Add Elevator to Area for Current Site

You should add elevator to areas for further management.

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

Note:

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

  1. In the top-left corner of the Home page, select > Basic Management > Device.
  2. Click 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 elevators to in the area list panel.
  5. Select the Elevator tab.
  6. Click to enter the Add Elevator page.
  7. In the Elevator Control Device field, all the added elevator control devices are displayed. Select the device to add the elevator to.
  8. In the Range of Floor No. field, enter the start No. and end No. of the floors that you want to import to the area.

    The floors between the start No. and end No. will be imported to the area. After imported, you can manage the floors in the system, such as adding to access levels, controlling status, etc.

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

    Get Floor Name

    Select the elevator and click to get the floors' names of the elevator from the device in a batch.

    Apply Floor Name

    Select the elevator and click to apply the elevator's floors names to the device in a batch.

    Move to Other Area

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

    Set Geographic Location

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

    Display Elevators of Sub Areas

    Check Include Sub-Area to display the elevators of sub areas.

    Search for Elevators

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