Add Indoor Stations and Door Stations in a Batch

Add Indoor Stations and Door Stations in a Batch

You can add indoor stations and door stations in a batch to the system by entering the device information to the predefined template and importing the template to the system.

Make sure the devices you are going to use are correctly installed and connected to the network as specified by the manufacturers. Such initial configuration is required in order to be able to connect the devices to the HikCentral Professional via network.

  1. Click Physical View > Video Intercom Device to enter the video intercom device management page.
  2. Click Add to enter Add Video Intercom Device page.
  3. Select Indoor Station or Door Station as the device type.
  4. Click Batch Import as the adding mode.
  5. Click Download Template to save the predefined template (Excel file) on your PC.
  6. Open the exported template file and enter the required information of the devices to be added.
  7. Click and select the template file.
  8. Optional: Select a time zone for the device in drop-down list of Time Zone of Device.
    Note:

    You can check Apply to Device so that when the time zones of the device and the system are not consistent, the system will automatically apply the time zone settings to the device.

  9. Finish adding the devices.
    • Click Add to add the door stations/outer door stations in a batch, and back to the video intercom device list page.

    • Click Add and Continue to save the settings and continue to add other door stations/outer door stations.

  10. Perform the following operation(s) after adding the devices.
    Option Description

    Remote Configurations

    Click to set the remote configurations of the corresponding device.
    Note:

    For detailed operation steps for the remote configuration, see the user manual of the device.

    Change Password

    Select the added device(s) and click to change the password for the device(s).
    Note:
    • You can only change the password for online HIKVISION devices currently.

    • If the devices have the same password, you can select multiple devices to change the password for them at the same time.

    Add Related Camera

    Click to relate camera(s) with the added indoor station(s). For details, refer toRelate Camera with Indoor Station.

Add Indoor Stations and Door Stations in a Batch

You can add indoor stations and door stations in a batch to the system by entering the device information to the predefined template and importing the template to the system.

Make sure the devices you are going to use are correctly installed and connected to the network as specified by the manufacturers. Such initial configuration is required in order to be able to connect the devices to the HikCentral Professional via network.

  1. Click Physical View > Video Intercom Device to enter the video intercom device management page.
  2. Click Add to enter Add Video Intercom Device page.
  3. Select Indoor Station or Door Station as the device type.
  4. Click Batch Import as the adding mode.
  5. Click Download Template to save the predefined template (Excel file) on your PC.
  6. Open the exported template file and enter the required information of the devices to be added.
  7. Click and select the template file.
  8. Optional: Select a time zone for the device in drop-down list of Time Zone of Device.
    Note:

    You can check Apply to Device so that when the time zones of the device and the system are not consistent, the system will automatically apply the time zone settings to the device.

  9. Finish adding the devices.
    • Click Add to add the door stations/outer door stations in a batch, and back to the video intercom device list page.

    • Click Add and Continue to save the settings and continue to add other door stations/outer door stations.

  10. Perform the following operation(s) after adding the devices.
    Option Description

    Remote Configurations

    Click to set the remote configurations of the corresponding device.
    Note:

    For detailed operation steps for the remote configuration, see the user manual of the device.

    Change Password

    Select the added device(s) and click to change the password for the device(s).
    Note:
    • You can only change the password for online HIKVISION devices currently.

    • If the devices have the same password, you can select multiple devices to change the password for them at the same time.

    Add Related Camera

    Click to relate camera(s) with the added indoor station(s). For details, refer toRelate Camera with Indoor Station.