Notification System of Student Presence on a School Bus based on SMS

Abstract

School bus is one of the transportation facilities provided by several regions in Indonesia. The school bus is used as a means of public transportation for school students to go to school. This study aims to improve school bus facilities by adding monitoring features that can help parents monitor their child's presence on the bus. Notification is given in the form of a SMS containing departure and arrival information including status, student name, time, date and location. The system is built using Raspberry Pi and using Gammu to provide a notification message. Based on testing, the system can provide notifications in sms form properly. The system can send notification when student get in and off the bus based on RFID tapping.