commit of work prior to forking the gatecounter stuff

gatecounter-scripts/LDRdbWriteGate.py

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+# Written By Johnathan Cintron and Devlyn Courtier for the HCCC Library
+
+#import time, MySQLdb
+
+import sys
+import MySQLdb
+from datetime import datetime
+from time import sleep
+
+# Import Adafruit Libraries
+import Adafruit_GPIO.SPI as SPI
+import Adafruit_MCP3008
+
+# Set LDR constant
+#lrdConst = "25"
+
+# Set current date and time
+# count = int(sys.argv[1])
+
+count = 0
+
+# Hardware SPI config
+SPI_PORT = 0
+SPI_DEVICE = 0
+mcp = Adafruit_MCP3008.MCP3008(spi=SPI.SpiDev(SPI_PORT, SPI_DEVICE))
+
+try:
+	while True:
+		curr_date = datetime.now().strftime("%Y-%m-%d")
+		curr_time = datetime.now().strftime("%H:%M:%S")
+
+		# Read current LDR value from ADC
+		#curr_ldr = mcp.read_adc(0)
+		#print mcp.read_adc(0)
+		# Check if current ldr value is less than or greater than ldrConst
+		if mcp.read_adc(0) > 150:
+			count = count + 1
+
+		# Open database connection
+		db = MySQLdb.connect("HOSTNAME","USERNAME","PASSWORD","DATABASE")
+
+		# prepare a cursor object using cursor() method
+		cursor = db.cursor()
+
+		# Prepare SQL query to INSERT a record into the database.
+		sql = "INSERT INTO LDRSTATS (date, time, gatecount) VALUES ('%s', '%s', '%d')" % (curr_date, curr_time, count)
+
+		if any( [datetime.now().strftime("%M") == "00", int(datetime.now().strftime("%M")) == 10, int(datetime.now().strftime("%M")) == 20, int(datetime.now().strftime("%M")) == 30, int(datetime.now().strftime("%M")) == 40, int(datetime.now().strftime("%M")) == 50] ) and (datetime.now().strftime("%S") == "00"):
+			try:
+				# Execute the SQL command
+				cursor.execute(sql)
+				# Commit your changes in the database
+				db.commit()
+			except:
+				# Rollback in case there is any error
+				db.rollback()
+
+		# Disconnect from database server
+		db.close()
+
+		# Pause for three tenths of a second (will adjust later to find good timing)
+		sleep(0.33)
+except KeyboardInterrupt:
+	print("\nCtr-C pressed cleaning up GPIO")
+	sys.exit(0)