Versatile Security in One Platform

What is
HikCentral Professional
HikCentral Professional, Hikvision’s software platform for integrating and managing security systems, is
designed to meet a variety of security challenges in one place. On the platform, you can manage individual
systems such as video security, access control, security alarms, and more, as well as explore cross-system
functionalities. While facilitating protection of people and property, it makes daily operations more efficient
and helps users of all kinds to make smarter decisions.

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System
Architecture 03
Integrated and open

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The platform is compatible with virtually all
Hikvision products and their rich applications,
including deep-learning-based analytics and
statistics. The platform’s open architecture
permits easy integration with 3rd-party systems
Light and efficient (OpenAPI/Database) and hardware (ONVIF).

HikCentral Professional employs a

lightweight architecture that features a
reduced consumption of system resources.
It is capable of managing systems of

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varying size with consistent efficiency.

Unified and flexible

The platform supports assembling various application plug-ins under a unified,
on-demand architecture for collaboration across business segments. What’s
more, new plug-ins can be constantly developed to meet new business needs.
Versatile applications
cover a broad range of business needs

Nine major applications to

Digital Signage
choose from
All major security needs are covered through nine core security
modules, including video, access control, visitor, attendance,
entrance & exit, security alarm, intelligence analysis, digital
signage, and maintenance. Whatever your situation, you will find
what you need here.
Attendance Visitor

A unified security system

that enhances management
Intelligent
Analysis
E&E operations
All applications can be connected in an interactive way to build a
truly unified architecture, enhancing your operational efficiency
– for example, an intrusion alarm and access control with video
verification, or perhaps visitor control with pre-registration of
Video Intrusion Access Control Maintenance
vehicles, and much more.

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Streamlines operations
and management
With situational awareness powered by
informative dashboards and interactive
E-maps, optimal approaches advised by
operation wizards, and the flexibility of a user-
defined control panel, you can make smarter
Key decisions fluidly and efficiently.

Benefits
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Simplifies deployment
and maintenance
With a minimum system requirement of Intel
i3 CPU and 8 GB RAM, you can have your
own security platform deployed with limited
hardware cost. Moreover, maintenance
of the whole system is much easier with
visualized health monitoring in real time.
Scales as business grows Promises security
By virtue of a flexible and scalable architecture, and reliability
the platform can be scaled as your business
needs evolve. You can expand it from a small Feel secured with advanced system
32-channel, 8-door system to an ultra-large- protection by constant encryption
scale system that links up to 100,000 channels of of data and privacy, along with
equipment (under the RSM mode). comprehensive redundancy and
disaster recovery mechanisms. You can
be assured of your business continuity.

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Facilitates hassle-free
integration
Through an open architecture design and a
series of highly adaptive OpenAPI interfaces,
you will enjoy hassle-free integration with a
wide range of third-party systems such as ARC
and payroll systems.

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User-centric design
ensures personalized and
optimized experience

Personalized security
management
Whatever your role – manager, decision maker, HR,
receptionist, security, or maintenance staff – HikCentral
Professional will help you get up and running quickly
with pre-set modes. What’s more, users can customize
their own system with the applications needed and
create a personal control panel for their specific duties
and routines, empowering staff with custom, optimized
management approaches.
Visualized systems, data,
and maintenance
Data collected from various applications becomes easy
to understand via dynamic reports and helpful, intuitive
dashboards. The dashboard supports creating your
personalized display for the information you care about
the most, contributing to smarter decision making with
more situational awareness.

Interactive E-maps
Interactive E-maps give users an instant and
dynamic view of multiple sites and the status
of multiple devices at the same time, as well as
a shortcut to handle events and alarms directly
onboard. It enables management and security
staff to get accurate and timely notifications
while responding to incidents promptly,
enhancing day-to-day operational efficiency.

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Light but powerful software

simplifies installation and
maintenance
Easy installation
Minimum system requirements for HikCentral Professional is i3 CPU, 8 GB RAM.

Easy maintenance
The system health status is displayed visually in real time, contributing to faster
notifications and locating of abnormal situations. What’s more, all system history
records are trackable.
Open system architecture
allows easy and convenient integration

Open API Collaborative, goal-oriented development creates the most useful and
customizable applications. Hikvision has created an open Software Development
Kit for innovated systems to meet any particularized demand.

Resource ANPR
Get Encoder, Access Control Get ANPR Picture, ANPR Log
Device information etc. Search

Video Access Control

Live view, Playback ,Two way Door Control, Search Card
Audio, PTZ etc. Swiping Records
API

Alarm Event
Alarm Log Search, Get Alarm ANPR event, Motion Detection,
Picture etc. Line Crossing, Door Open/
Closed etc.

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Video

Efficient and Low bandwidth

comprehensive video network
surveillance adaptability
Quickly save operating scenes and efficiently Smooth Streaming automatically adjusts
complete daily monitoring. Users can customize bitrate and resolution between clients and
their own view to have a holographic perception of NVRs / IPCs according to real-time network
all videos, maps and data. The monitoring views of conditions.
specific scenes can be opened in one second for
quick preview and playback.

Quick and
convenient search
and playback VCA Search
• Quick incident search and location using “After-the-fact” VCA search provides
thumbnails, supporting sub-stream, convenient analysis, including motion
transcoded, and frame-extracting analysis, line crossing detection,
playback intrusion detection and more.
• Convenient event search based on tags
and VCA search analysis, as well as key
attributes of vehicles and persons
• Quick go-through of video based on event
types, which reduces potential risks by
locating top-frequency events in top-
frequency areas
Video Export as Evidence
• Supports merging several clips into one video file for
downloading, making management flow simpler and
easier
• File export is available in various formats including exe.,
avi., mp4, and more

Reliable storage satisfying diversified needs

Flexible Storage Multiple Storage Media High Availability

HikCentral Professional offers event- Video and images can be stored on HikCentral Professional features a
triggered video recording and various media storage platforms, such fail-safe / high availability design
playback, along with automated video as NVRs/DVRs, pStor, Hybrid SAN, and with redundant remote & local backup
backup during idle periods. Channel- Cluster Storage Servers. and scheduled copy-back, along with
based video and image storage can pStor cluster services and NVR hot
be configured as well. swapping.

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Access control

Comprehensive
and flexible access Easy credential
management assignment
Users are able to customize a comprehensive The whole process of credential assignment is
access control system for employees and easy and user-friendly with clear, step-by-step
visitors with 5 credentials, 512 authentications, guidance. And the credential overview module
and 5 access strategies to choose from, for enables users to quickly locate and handle
hundreds of scenarios. abnormal credentials.

Convenient personnel Quick alarm

management handling
Employees, and other personnel can scan the QR When incidents occur, the access control
code generated by HikCentral Professional and system will trigger IP cameras to take
register their information remotely. Upon approval pictures and record videos. Security staff
of the administrator, they can get the access can check the video in real time and take
permissions instantly or at a pre-set time. prompt actions if needed.
Attendance Visitor

Efficient visitor management

Digitalized visitor management reduces paperwork as well
as costs. Visitors can complete their registration in advance
and pass through accessible areas as soon as they arrive,
enjoying a better experience. Visitors registered beforehand
can quickly re-register later to enhance efficiency.

Manage your visitors in a

secure way
Visitors are only allowed to enter areas they are given
access. Their visiting history is also traceable, adding to
Flexible rule setting overall security.

Users can schedule attendance rules for normal, man-hour, multiple, or temporary
shifts based on specific scenarios for offices, factories, stores, and more.

Diversified attendance reports

Users can choose from up to 17 kinds of attendance reports, covering major business
scenarios. Attendance files can be exported in Excel, PDF, and CSV formats and more.

Integration with third-party systems

HikCentral integrates widely with third-party software systems such as salary
calculation systems, meeting complex demands of a variety of businesses.

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Vehicle
Flexible entrance modes and
authorization rules enhance
efficiency and reduce
resource usage.

Video intercom
• Serves as a centralized platform to manage the
video intercom system
• Supports configuring related devices and setting
rules for device interaction
• Pushes calls from the indoor or outdoor station to
the management staff
 Booth Mode
Vehicle entrance & exit management In the professional Watchhouse mode, all entrance
& exit related information is compiled to help staff
Users can customize release rules for authorized and
quickly let vehicles exit.
unauthorized vehicles discretely. Temporary vehicles
can call the management center via intercom and
get permissions as needed.
Information display of passing vehicles
Leasing agreement management Displays images and real-time video of passing vehicles,
supporting manual verification
Supports configurations for parking space allowance
where multiple companies lease parking spaces
General matching
Information display General preliminary comparison match for vehicles not fully
recognized when exiting
Displays welcome message and vehicle information
on LED screen

Alarm management Manual release

Supported alarms include Overstated Parking, Park in Supports manual release and
Forbidden Period and Call Center records the justification

Strong capacity Displays remaining

Supports up to 8 traffic lanes and relays events parking spaces
triggered by ANPR cameras, video intercoms and Shows number of remaining
access control devices parking spaces in real-time

Historical record search

Easy and efficient history tracking

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Security alarm

Alarm Sources Alarm Center

HikCentral Professional can centrally • Real-time display of all kinds of alarms
manage various alarm sources, such as • Linked videos and locations will be
video, access control, alarm panels, and displayed automatically when an alarm
third-party alarm inputs. is selected

Alarm Linkage
• Flexible linkage with access control devices, cameras, and more can be configured
• Displays the status of alarm-triggering devices and quickly locates devices that have
triggered alarms

Composite Alarm Alarm Escalation

A composite alarm enables arming Alarm escalation takes place
or disarming in order to promote when the primary operator does
flexibility and accuracy of alarm not respond. An unprocessed
management. For example, you alarm will be forwarded and
may use composite I/O signals and escalated to upper level
motion detection events by installing management when the original
infrared beams, effectively reducing operator ignores.
the false alarm rate.
Intelligent analysis

Intelligent Analysis Dashboard

• The video-based intelligent analysis dashboard enables flexible
and extensible digital applications
• Including smart commercial analysis like flow, attribute, wait-
time, and visitor trend analyses, as well as vehicle management
and temperature measurement

Digital signage
• Eight types of pre-installed program templates are ready for use,
saving time and money
• All programs are created visually, making advertisement creation,
temperature screening, flow control, attendance, and other
functions easier and more efficient.

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