2 Introduction This guide will take you through the steps to setup a Hikvision Video Intercom system for a single dwelling with 2 x Indoor Room Stations and 1 x Villa Door Station. This assumes that the Intercom devices are at factory default settings and need to be activated.
Hikvision Intercom Setup Guide (v1.0) September 2017 5 Configure iVMS4200 Software The iVMS4200 (version 2.4) software by default only shows Intercom door stations. To setup and configure Indoor stations the device type needs to be added to iVMS4200. Click on Device Management.
Hikvision Intercom Setup Guide (v1.0) September 2017 6 Activate Intercom Devices All Intercom devices need to be activated (ie with a strong password) before being configured for use. Activation can be done via the iVMS4200 software tool. Notes around the activation password Please make this a strong password.
Hikvision Intercom Setup Guide (v1.0) September 2017 Now we activate the devices individually. 6.1 Door Station Select Encoding Device/Door Station Select Door Station at the bottom of the screen and click “Activate” DIY Security Cameras (www.diysecuritycameras.com.au) Page...
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Hikvision Intercom Setup Guide (v1.0) September 2017 Enter a strong password for the door station and click “OK” Device should now show as active. DIY Security Cameras (www.diysecuritycameras.com.au) Page...
Hikvision Intercom Setup Guide (v1.0) September 2017 6.2 Indoor Station Select Indoor Station/Master Station in left Menu Select Indoor Station at the bottom of the screen and click “Activate” DIY Security Cameras (www.diysecuritycameras.com.au) Page...
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Hikvision Intercom Setup Guide (v1.0) September 2017 Enter a strong password for the indoor station and click “OK”. Device should now show as active DIY Security Cameras (www.diysecuritycameras.com.au) Page...
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Hikvision Intercom Setup Guide (v1.0) September 2017 Repeat steps 2 and 3 for the remaining Indoor Stations until all show as active. DIY Security Cameras (www.diysecuritycameras.com.au) Page...
Hikvision Intercom Setup Guide (v1.0) September 2017 7 Assign IP Address to Intercom Devices As per our Network Worksheet in section 4.1 assign the IP address, netmask, gateway IP to each Intercom device. 7.1 Door Station 1. Select Encoding Device/Door Station 2.
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Hikvision Intercom Setup Guide (v1.0) September 2017 3. Enter IP address, Netmask, Gateway and activation password. Click “OK” 4. Device should now show with the new assigned IP address. DIY Security Cameras (www.diysecuritycameras.com.au) Page...
Hikvision Intercom Setup Guide (v1.0) September 2017 7.2 Indoor Station Note: All indoor stations will have the same default IP address of 192.0.0.64. If you require a particular Indoor Station to be the Master, then plug the Indoor Station in one at a time and assign the IP address to it. You could also assign the IP address based on the serial number in the iVMS4200 device display.
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Hikvision Intercom Setup Guide (v1.0) September 2017 3. Enter IP address, Netmask, Gateway and activation password. 4. Device should now show with the new assigned IP address 5. Now select the remaining Indoor Station and repeat steps 2 and 3 above. After completing all Indoor stations should show their new IP addresses as per below.
Hikvision Intercom Setup Guide (v1.0) September 2017 7 Configuration and Setup of Intercom Devices We have successfully activated all our devices and assigned IP addresses. We are now ready to add the devices to the iVMS4200 software client and configure each individual component. The following section will configure each Intercom device as per our worksheet details in 4.1.
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Hikvision Intercom Setup Guide (v1.0) September 2017 Highlight the “MainDoor” device just added and click on “Remote Configuration”. Navigate to System->Time. Setup the time using NTP. Note the Door Station is responsible to keep our time synchronised. In our example we use the gateway address because it is an NTP server, however your setup may vary.
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Hikvision Intercom Setup Guide (v1.0) September 2017 Navigate to Intercom->Id Configuration. Set Device Type to “Door Station (V series)”. All other parameters can be left at defaults. Note “No:” 0 indicates a Master/Main Door Station. Click save. Navigate to Intercom->Dial. Set “Room No:” to 1 and click Save. This is the room number we use for our master indoor station.
Hikvision Intercom Setup Guide (v1.0) September 2017 7.2 Master Indoor Station 1. Select Indoor Station/Master Station and click “Add to Client” In the popup box enter Nickname, admin as the user id and the admin password, and click Add. Repeat for the remaining indoor stations.
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Hikvision Intercom Setup Guide (v1.0) September 2017 5. Navigate to Intercom->ID Configuration. Set “Device Type” to “Indoor Station”. Set “Room No:” as 1. Click “Save”. 6. Navigate to Network->Linked Network Configuration. This is where we link our Master Indoor station to our Main Door Station. Main point to note here is that our Main Door Station is also our SIP Server.
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Hikvision Intercom Setup Guide (v1.0) September 2017 7. Our Main Indoor Station is now configured, Close the configuration window by click on the X. DIY Security Cameras (www.diysecuritycameras.com.au) Page...
Hikvision Intercom Setup Guide (v1.0) September 2017 7.3 Extension Indoor Station 1. Highlight the “Extension” device and click on “Remote Configuration”. 2. Navigate to Intercom->ID Configuration. Set the following: a. Device Type: Station Extension b. No: 1 (As the first extension. Multiple extension from 2 upwards for a maximum of 9) c.
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Hikvision Intercom Setup Guide (v1.0) September 2017 3. Once device has reboot and reappeared, highlight the device and click on “Remote Configuration” as per step 1 above. 4. Navigate to Network->Linked Network Configuration. Set the following: a. Main Indoor Station IP: 192.168.20.110 b.
Hikvision Intercom Setup Guide (v1.0) September 2017 8 Validation If we have followed the steps above and configured everything correctly both the indoor stations should show a “green” connected icon on the main screen indicating that the network is connected and that the main door station is available.
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