Flow Chart

For the first time, you can follow the flow chart to perform configurations and operations.

Figure 1. Flow Chart of Video Intercom

Add Device: Add video intercom devices (such as master station, outer door station, indoor station, and door station) to HikCentral Professional and configure device parameters remotely. For more details, refer to Manage Video Intercom Device and Configure Device Parameters.
Group Resources into Areas: After adding the devices to the system, you need to group the devices' resources (such as doors and cameras) into different areas according to the resources' locations. For details, refer to Manage Area.
Manage Person: Add person group and person to the system, link person with indoor station, and set credential information. For more detail, refer to Manage Person List.
Configure Event / Alarm: Configure event and alarm for video intercom resources. For more details, refer to Configure Event and Alarm.
Operations on Control Client: After the above configurations on the Web Client, you can control door status during live view, search event and alarm, call indoor station and answer call. For more details, refer to User Manual of HikCentral Professional Control Client.

Note:
The doors of video intercom device can be used similarly as the doors of access control device. For more details about related configurations and operations of the doors, refer to Flow Chart.

For the first time, you can follow the flow chart to perform configurations and operations.

Figure 1. Flow Chart of Video Intercom

Add Device: Add video intercom devices (such as master station, outer door station, indoor station, and door station) to HikCentral Professional and configure device parameters remotely. For more details, refer to Manage Video Intercom Device and Configure Device Parameters.
Group Resources into Areas: After adding the devices to the system, you need to group the devices' resources (such as doors and cameras) into different areas according to the resources' locations. For details, refer to Manage Area.
Manage Person: Add person group and person to the system, link person with indoor station, and set credential information. For more detail, refer to Manage Person List.
Configure Event / Alarm: Configure event and alarm for video intercom resources. For more details, refer to Configure Event and Alarm.
Operations on Control Client: After the above configurations on the Web Client, you can control door status during live view, search event and alarm, call indoor station and answer call. For more details, refer to User Manual of HikCentral Professional Control Client.

Note:
The doors of video intercom device can be used similarly as the doors of access control device. For more details about related configurations and operations of the doors, refer to Flow Chart.