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Attendance software for Hikvision face-recognition terminals

Atlaxys Tempo is built for the Hikvision DS-K1T321MFWX terminal: it queries the terminal directly over your local network, imports punches, enrols and removes employees, and monitors its clock. No internet connection and no Hikvision cloud service are needed.

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Terminals. Real capture of the software on its built-in demonstration company (fictitious company and employees, simulated terminal).

What is verified, and what is not yet

The requests Tempo uses worked on a real DS-K1T321MFWX (firmware V3.9.20, run of 15 October 2026), through the ISAPI code Atlaxys shares with its Gymza software. Tempo itself has been tested against a simulated terminal built on the recorded responses of this model; its acceptance test on the physical terminal is done at installation and has not been recorded yet. Capturing a face, fingerprint or card triggered from Tempo follows Hikvision’s documentation but has not yet been validated on the device.

What Tempo does with the terminal

  • Test the connection in six steps: network, credentials, identity, clock, capabilities, number of people and faces
  • Synchronise: read new events by serial number, without duplicates, resuming where the last read stopped
  • Link each person on the terminal to an employee (by number), or link all matching numbers at once
  • Enrol and remove an employee on the terminal from their profile (if allowed for that terminal)
  • Unidentified events (unknown face, unlinked person): set aside until you decide; nothing is added to attendance without you
  • Diagnostics: warnings if the clock drifts or the terminal’s time zone differs from the company’s
Events received from terminals, including unidentified events to review (French interface)
Terminal events. Real capture of the software on its built-in demonstration company (fictitious company and employees, simulated terminal).

How the terminal is connected

The PC and the terminal are on the same local network (cable recommended, Wi-Fi possible). Tempo queries the terminal through its ISAPI API over HTTP with Digest authentication, or HTTPS with certificate pinning. It reads events every 2 minutes (configurable); if the PC was off, events are read when it comes back, because they stay in the terminal’s memory.

Only recognised passages (face or fingerprint accepted) become punches. Refusals and door events are kept for history but do not count as attendance. Event pictures are never requested.

Preparing the terminal before installation

  1. Give the terminal a fixed IP address (or a DHCP reservation), unique on the network
  2. Set the time zone to GMT+0 without daylight saving — Morocco’s legal time since 20 September 2026 — and enable NTP
  3. Choose a unique administrator password, kept somewhere safe: Tempo stores it encrypted
  4. Disable Hik-Connect / EZVIZ and SSH if you do not use them
  5. Check the terminal’s displayed time against a phone

One account on this model

The DS-K1T321MFWX has a single access account: Tempo uses the administrator account. If the password is refused, Tempo stops resending it to avoid locking the account; fix it, then test again.

What about other Hikvision models?

The DS-K1T341, DS-K1T342, DS-K1T343 and DS-K1T671 families use the same protocol according to Hikvision’s documentation, but none has been tested with Tempo yet. For any other Hikvision access terminal, compatibility is unknown. Tempo reads the capabilities each terminal advertises and shows a warning for an unverified model.

Before quoting, we therefore check the exact model and firmware version. If you already own terminals, list them in your quote request.

Known limitations

  • No QR codes: the DS-K1T321MFWX advertises no QR capability
  • No door control from Tempo, on purpose
  • No real-time push: periodic reading (every 2 minutes by default)
  • Event search by time window for the first import is not confirmed on this model; Tempo then falls back to search by serial number
  • Employee numbers on the terminal: letters and digits only, 32 characters at most

Faces and fingerprints: where are they stored?

On the terminal. By default Tempo keeps no face image and no fingerprint. An encrypted copy in Tempo — useful to enrol an employee on several terminals or rebuild a reset terminal — exists only if the employer turns the option on, after checking that their CNDP authorisation covers it. Turning it off deletes every copy.

Card numbers are stored encrypted; only the last 4 digits are displayed. See also the biometrics FAQ.

Frequently asked questions

Does Tempo need internet to read a Hikvision terminal?

No. Tempo queries the terminal on the local network. Neither the internet nor the Hik-Connect cloud is needed; we even recommend disabling Hik-Connect if you do not use it.

Can I use iVMS-4200 or HikCentral instead?

They are separate Hikvision applications. Tempo does not use or connect to them. If you export punches as CSV from another application, Tempo can import that file (person, date-time).

How many terminals can I connect?

Several, all read by the same PC. The number of terminals and employees allowed is set in the licence issued with your quote.

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