ZKTeco FaceDepot-7BL User manual

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User Manual
FaceDepot-7BL
Date: 2020
Doc Version: 1.1
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About the Company
ZKTeco is one of the world’s largest manufacturer of RFID and Biometric (Fingerprint, Facial, Finger-vein)
readers. Product offerings include Access Control readers and panels, Near & Far-range Facial Recognition
Cameras, Elevator/floor access controllers, Turnstiles, License Plate Recognition (LPR) gate controllers and
Consumer products including battery-operated fingerprint and face-reader Door Locks. Our security
solutions are multi-lingual and localized in over 18 different languages. At the ZKTeco state-of-the-art
700,000 square foot ISO9001-certified manufacturing facility, we control manufacturing, product design,
component assembly, and logistics/shipping, all under one roof.
The founders of ZKTeco have been determined for independent research and development of biometric
verification procedures and the productization of biometric verification SDK, which was initially widely
applied in PC security and identity authentication fields. With the continuous enhancement of the
development and plenty of market applications, the team has gradually constructed an identity
authentication ecosystem and smart security ecosystem, which are based on biometric verification
techniques. With years of experience in the industrialization of biometric verifications, ZKTeco was
officially established in 2007 and now has been one of the globally leading enterprises in the biometric
verification industry owning various patents and being selected as the National High-tech Enterprise for 6
consecutive years. Its products are protected by intellectual property rights.
About the Manual
This manual introduces the operations of FaceDepot-7BL Product.
All figures displayed are for illustration purposes only. Figures in this manual may not be exactly consistent
with the actual products.

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Document Conventions
Conventions used in this manual are listed below:
GUI Conventions
For Software
Convention Description
Bold font Used to identify software interface names e.g. OK, Confirm, Cancel
>
Multi-level menus are separated by these brackets. For example, File > Create >
Folder.
For Device
Convention Description
< > Button or key names for devices. For example, press <OK>
[ ]
Window names, menu items, data table, and field names are inside square brackets.
For example, pop up the [New User] window
/
Multi-level menus are separated by forwarding slashes. For example,
[File/Create/Folder].
Symbols
Convention Description
This implies about the notice or pays attention to, in the manual
The general information which helps in performing the operations faster
The information which is significant
Care taken to avoid danger or mistakes
The statement or event that warns of something or that serves as a
cautionary example.

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Table of Contents
1INSTRUCTIONS TO USE ....................................................................................................................... 7
FINGER POSITIONING★.................................................................................................................................................................................71.1
STANDING POSITION,POSTURE AND FACIAL EXPRESSION..........................................................................................................................71.2
PALM REGISTRATION.......................................................................................................................................................................................91.3
FACE REGISTRATION .......................................................................................................................................................................................91.4
STANDBY INTERFACE ....................................................................................................................................................................................101.5
VIRTUAL KEYBOARD......................................................................................................................................................................................121.6
VERIFICATION MODES ..................................................................................................................................................................................121.7
1.7.1 PALM VERIFICATION ................................................................................................................................................................................... 12
1.7.2 FINGERPRINT VERIFICATION★................................................................................................................................................................ 14
1.7.3 FACIAL VERIFICATION ................................................................................................................................................................................ 18
1.7.4 CARD VERIFICATION ★.............................................................................................................................................................................. 21
1.7.5 PASSWORD VERIFICATION........................................................................................................................................................................ 24
1.7.6 COMBINED VERIFICATION......................................................................................................................................................................... 27
2MAIN MENU ....................................................................................................................................... 28
3USER MANAGEMENT......................................................................................................................... 29
ADDING USERS..............................................................................................................................................................................................293.1
SEARCH FOR USERS.......................................................................................................................................................................................353.2
EDIT USERS....................................................................................................................................................................................................363.3
DELETING USERS...........................................................................................................................................................................................363.4
4USER ROLE ......................................................................................................................................... 37
5COMMUNICATION SETTINGS............................................................................................................ 40
NETWORK SETTINGS .....................................................................................................................................................................................405.1
PC CONNECTION ..........................................................................................................................................................................................425.2
CLOUD SERVER SETTING...............................................................................................................................................................................425.3
WIEGAND SETUP...........................................................................................................................................................................................435.4
6SYSTEM SETTINGS............................................................................................................................. 46
DATE AND TIME ............................................................................................................................................................................................466.1
ACCESS LOGS SETTING.................................................................................................................................................................................486.2
FACE PARAMETERS .......................................................................................................................................................................................496.3
PALM PARAMETERS ......................................................................................................................................................................................516.4
FINGERPRINT PARAMETERS★.....................................................................................................................................................................516.5
FACTORY RESET.............................................................................................................................................................................................526.6
USB UPGRADE..............................................................................................................................................................................................536.7
7PERSONALIZE SETTINGS................................................................................................................... 54
INTERFACE SETTINGS ....................................................................................................................................................................................547.1
VOICE SETTINGS ............................................................................................................................................................................................567.2
BELL SCHEDULES...........................................................................................................................................................................................567.3

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PUNCH STATE OPTIONS ...............................................................................................................................................................................587.4
SHORTCUT KEY MAPPINGS ..........................................................................................................................................................................607.5
8DATA MANAGEMENT ........................................................................................................................ 64
DELETE DATA................................................................................................................................................................................................648.1
9ACCESS CONTROL ............................................................................................................................. 66
ACCESS CONTROL OPTIONS ........................................................................................................................................................................679.1
TIME SCHEDULE ............................................................................................................................................................................................689.2
HOLIDAY SETTINGS.......................................................................................................................................................................................709.3
ACCESS GROUPS...........................................................................................................................................................................................719.4
COMBINED VERIFICATION SETTINGS............................................................................................................................................................749.5
DURESS OPTIONS SETTINGS.........................................................................................................................................................................759.6
10 USB MANAGER............................................................................................................................... 77
DOWNLOAD ..................................................................................................................................................................................................7710.1
UPLOAD.........................................................................................................................................................................................................7810.2
11 ATTENDANCE SEARCH .................................................................................................................. 79
12 AUTOTEST ...................................................................................................................................... 82
13 SYSTEM INFORMATION................................................................................................................. 83
14 CONNECTION TO ZKBIOSECURITY SOFTWARE ........................................................................... 84
SET THE COMMUNICATION ADDRESS..........................................................................................................................................................8414.1
ADD A DEVICE TO THE SOFTWARE...............................................................................................................................................................8514.2
ADD PERSONNEL ON THE SOFTWARE .........................................................................................................................................................8614.3
STATEMENT ON THE RIGHT TO PRIVACY ................................................................................................ 87
ECO-FRIENDLY OPERATION ..................................................................................................................... 88

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1Instructions to use
Finger Positioning
★
1.1
Recommended fingers: Index, middle, or ring finger. Avoid using the thumb or little finger, as they are
difficult to press accurately on the fingerprint reader.
Press your finger on the fingerprint reader. Ensure that the center of your finger is aligned with the
fingerprint reader.
Note:Please use the correct method when pressing your fingers on the fingerprint reader for registration
and identification. Our company will assume no liability for recognition issues that may result from
incorrect usage of the product. We reserve the right of final interpretation and modification concerning
this point.
Standing Position, Posture and Facial Expression1.2
Recommended distance
The distance between the device and a user whose height is
within 1.4m-
1.8m is recommended to be 0.5m. Users may
slightly move forwards and backwards to improve the quality
of facial images captured.

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Facial expression and standing posture
Note: During enrollment and verification, please remain natural with facial expression and standing
posture.

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Palm registration1.3
Place your palm in the palm multi-mode collection area, such that the palm is placed parallel to the device.
Make sure to keep space between your fingers.
Face Registration1.4
Keep the face in the center of the screen during registration. Please face the camera and stay still during
face registration. The page looks like the following image:

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Standby Interface1.5
After connecting the power supply, the standby interface will be displayed as shown below:
Notes:
1. Click to open the User verification interface.
2. When there is no super administrator set in the device, click to enter the menu. After setting
the super administrator, it requires the super administrator’s verification before entering the menu
operation. For the security of the device, it is recommended to register a super administrator for
the first time you use the device.
3. ★The punch states can be switched directly by using the screen shortcut keys. Click anywhere on
the screen without icons, and six shortcut keys appear, as shown in the figure below:

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Press the corresponding shortcut key to select the current attendance state, which is shown in green.
Please refer 7.5 Shortcut Key Mappings for specific operations.

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Virtual Keyboard1.6
The virtual keyboard will be displayed as shown below:
Note: The device supports the input of English, numbers, and symbols. Click [En] to switch to the English
keyboard. Press [123] to switch to the numeric and symbolic keyboard and click [ABC] to return to the
alphabetic keyboard. Click the input box, the virtual keyboard appears. Click [ESC] to exit the input box.
Verification Modes1.7
1.7.1 Palm Verification
1: N Palm Verification mode
This verification mode compares the palm image collected by the palm collector with all the palm data in
the device.
The device will automatically distinguish between the palm and the face verification mode. Place the palm
in the palm collector area, and the device will automatically detect the palm verification mode.

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1: 1 Palm Verification mode
Click the button on the main screen to open 1:1 palm verification mode.
Enter the user ID and press [OK].

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If the user has registered the fingerprint, face, card number and password in addition to his/her palm, and
the verification method is set to palm/ fingerprint/ face/ badge/ password verification, the following
screen will appear. Select the palm icon to open the palm verification mode.
1.7.2 Fingerprint Verification
★
1: N Fingerprint Verification mode
The 1:N Fingerprint Verification mode compares the fingerprint that is being pressed on the fingerprint
reader with all of the fingerprint data that is stored in the device.
The device will enter the fingerprint authentication mode when a user presses his/her finger onto the
fingerprint scanner. Please follow the instructions to place your finger on the sensor. For details, please
refer 1.1 Finger Positioning.

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Successful Verification:
Failed Verification:

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1: 1 Fingerprint Verification mode
The 1:1 Fingerprint verification mode compares the fingerprint that is being pressed on the fingerprint
reader with the fingerprints that are linked to User ID input via the virtual keyboard.
Users may try verifying their identities with 1:1 verification mode when they cannot gain access with 1: N
authentication method.
Click the button on the main screen to open the 1:1 fingerprint verification mode.
1. Enter the User ID and press [OK].
If the user has registered the palm, face, card number and password in addition to his/her fingerprint, and
the verification method is set to palm/ fingerprint/ face/ badge/ password verification, the following
screen will appear. Select the fingerprint icon to enter fingerprint verification mode.

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2. Press the fingerprint to verify.
Successful Verification:

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Failed Verification:
1.7.3 Facial Verification
1:N Facial Verification
The 1:N Facial Verification mode compares the acquired facial images with all face data registered in the
device. The following is the pop-up prompt box of the comparison result.

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1:1 Facial Verification
The 1:1 Facial Verification mode compares the face captured by the camera with the facial template
related to the entered user ID.
Press on the main interface to open the 1:1 facial verification mode.
Enter the user ID and click [OK].