Add Door to Area for Current Site

You can add doors to areas for the current site for management.

The access control devices need to be added to the HikCentral Professional for area management. Refer to Manage Access Control Device for details.

Note:

One door can only belong to one area. You cannot add one door to multiple areas.

  1. In the top left corner of Home page, select > Basic Management > Device.
  2. Select Area on the left.
  3. In the left panel, select the current site from the drop-down site list to show its areas.
    Note:

    The icon indicates that the site is the current site.

  4. Optional: Select an area for adding doors to the area list panel.
  5. Select the Door tab.
  6. Click on the element page to enter the Add Door page.
  7. Select the device type.
  8. Select the door(s) to be added.
  9. Optional: Select the area.
    Note:
    • You can click Add in the Area field to add new areas.

    • If you have not selected area in previous step, selecting area in this step will be required.

  10. Click Add.

    The added door(s) will be displayed in the list.

  11. Optional: After adding the doors, you can do one or more of the following.
    Option Description

    Synchronize Door Name

    Select the doors and click to synchronize the doors' names from the device in a batch.
    Note:

    You can only synchronize the door name of online HIKVISION device.

    Apply Door Name

    Select the doors and click to apply the doors' names to the device in a batch.

    Move to Other Area

    Select the doors and click . Then select the target area to move the selected doors to and click Move.

    Set Geographic Location

    Click to enter Map Settings page and drag the door to the map. See Add Hot Spot on Map for details.

    Display Doors of Sub Areas

    Check Include Sub-area to display the doors in sub areas.

    Filter by Device Type

    Click and check the device type in the drop-down list to filter the doors.

    Search for Doors

    Enter the keywords in the Search field to search for doors.