SF Series User Manual

Version: 1.2
Date: July, 2011

About This Document:

This document introduces the operations of SF series product. For the
product installation, please refer to installation instruction.
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Important Notice:
Firstly thank you for purchasing this SF series terminal, before use, please
read this manual carefully to avoid the unnecessary damage! The company
reminds you that the proper using will improve the using affect and
verification speed.
No written consent by ZKSoftware Inc., any unit or individual isn’t allowed to
excerpt, copy the content of this manual in part or in full, also spread in any
form.
The product described in the manual maybe includes the software which
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the permission of the relevant holder, any person can’t copy, distribute, revise,
modify, extract, decompile, disassemble, decrypt, reverse engineering,
leasing, transfer, sub­license the software, other acts of copyright
infringement, but the limitations applied to the law is excluded.

Notational Conventions:
This document includes such notational conventions as tips, important
notices and precautions. The notations contained in this manual include:

: Indicates important information, including precautions, which must be

read carefully to achieve the optimal equipment performance.

: Indicates the voice prompt generated by the device.

We can neither promise that the information consistent with the actual
product because of the constantly updated of product, nor assume any dispute
resulting from the actual technical parameters does not match this information,
any change without prior notice.

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Contents

1. Instruction for Use ..............................................................­ 1 ­

1.1 Overview of Device Functions .........................................­ 1 ­

1.2 Front View........................................................................­ 2 ­
1.3 Verification State ..............................................................­ 2 ­
1.4 Operation Time out ..........................................................­ 3 ­
1.5 Finger Placement.............................................................­ 4 ­
1.6 LED and Buzzer...............................................................­ 5 ­
1.7 Administrator Lost ............................................................­ 5 ­

2. Basic Operations.................................................................­ 6 ­

2.1 Enroll an Administrator ....................................................­ 6 ­

2.2 Enroll an Ordinary User ...................................................­ 9 ­
2.3 User Verification.............................................................­ 10 ­
2.4 Delete Singer User ........................................................ ­ 11 ­
2.5 Delete All Users .............................................................­ 13 ­

3. Appendix ............................................................................­ 15 ­

3.1 List of Parameters..........................................................­ 15 ­

3.2 Statement on Human Rights and Privacy .....................­ 16 ­
3.3 Environmental protection...............................................­ 18 ­
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1. Instruction for Use

1.1 Overview of Device Functions

SF Series product can directly use the lock control, and also can use the
fingerprint access controller connected. The product have only Enroll, Delete,
and doorbell buttons, the operation of every step have the voice prompts,
make the customer more simple and convenient to operate. No LCD and
sensor buckle cover played a good role to ensure the product clean.
USB­client communication greatly reduces the tedious wiring. Standard ID
card module provides customers with greater choice. This product is suitable
for small office environment, enterprise internal and some lower security level
sites.

Door Sensor

Alarm
Out switch

Lock

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1.2 Front View

⑦Card sensor area

①LED indicator
⑥Fingerprint sensor

⑤Sensor buckle cover

②Enroll button
③Delete button
④Doorbell button

①LED indicator: Display operation results and abnormal state. For details,
see 1.6 LED and Buzzer.
②Enroll button: Operation key, used to register users and administrators.
③Delete button: Operation key, delete users and administrators.
④Doorbell button: Press to send a ring signal, the doorbell will ring after
receiving this signal.
⑤Sensor buckle cover: Protection fingerprint sensor, with anti­dust,
anti­glare and so on.
⑥Fingerprint sensor: Enroll and verify the fingerprint.
⑦Card sensor area (with the red line box): Enroll and verify the card.

1.3 Verification State

The device is in verification state after powering on. User can verify and then
unlock the door in this state. During this state, the user can also enter or exit
the normal user registration state, administrator registration state, single user
deletion state and clear users state, each step has voice and light prompt,

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the system will automatically return to the verification status when it’s time
out.

1.4 Operation Time out

During an operation, if a step last on N seconds with no user response ("N"

representing the number, you can set through the access control software),
the device will repeat the prompts for this operation. If there is no user
response after twice prompts, the device will automatically return to verify
state and prompt "—: The operation timed out, system back to validated
status".

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1.5 Finger Placement

Recommended fingers: The index finger, middle finger or the ring finger; the
thumb and little finger are not recommended (because they are usually
clumsy on the fingerprint collection screen).

1. Proper finger placement:

The finger must be flat to the surface and

centered on the fingerprint sensor.

2. Improper finger placement:

Not flat to the surface

Off­center

Slanting Off­center

Please enroll and verify your fingerprint by using the proper finger placement
mode. We shall not be held accountable for any consequences arising out of the
degradation in verification performance due to improper user operations. We shall
reserve the right of final interpretation and revision of this document.

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1.6 LED and Buzzer

1. LED indicator lights up in blue and flashes every 2 seconds in verification

state. LED indicator light is off when the device is in registration or deletion
state.
2. LED light is green and solid on for 1 second if the verification, registration
or deletion is successful. Otherwise, the LED light is red and solid on for 1
second.
3. After you open the door, the device will check the door state when the time
exceed "Door Sensor Delay" ("Door Sensor Delay" is set through the access
control software). If the door is not closed, the buzzer will beep for 1 minute,
the device will trigger the alarm signal if the buzzer beep longer than 1 minute
and the door is still unclosed.

If the device's LED and buzzer indicator does not match the
description above, please contact the relevant technical staff.

1.7 Administrator Lost

If the administrators is lost, you can press the Enroll or Delete key after
dismantle alarming lasted for 30 to 60 seconds, to re­register an
administrator without administrator verification.

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2. Basic Operations

2.1 Enroll an Administrator

The users are divided into two types: administrators and ordinary users. For
the first time of using this device, which is the case the administrator has not
registered, ordinary users can not register, and you must register at least one
administrator first.
The privilege of administrator and ordinary user are as follows:
Administrator: Has all operating privilege, can enroll, delete all of the
administrators and ordinary users (except himself).
Ordinary users: Only has the privilege of verification and unlock the door.
Enroll administrator steps are as follows:
1) During verification state, press the Enroll key for 3 seconds, the device
prompts "— : Enter the Administrator enrollment status", and the device
enters the administrator register status.

: Enter the Administrator

enrollment status

2) When the device prompts “—: Please confirm with the administrator,
press Enroll button to exit”, please press the administrator fingerprint by the

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proper way or swipe the administrator card. Please refer to 1.5 Finger
Placement for more details.
Note: If the device does not register an administrator, go directly to step
(4).
3) If the verification is successful, the device enters the register mode,
continue with step (4). If the verification fails, the device prompts”—: Please
try again” or”—: Please punch card again”. After three consecutive
verification failures, the device will prompt”—: Administrator failed to confirm,
system back to validated status”, and return to verify status.
4) When the device prompt”—: Please press fingerprint or punch card, press
Enroll button to exit" to start register administrator. The device supports two
kinds of register methods, fingerprint registration and card registration, follow
these steps:
① Fingerprint registration
a. Use the proper way to press a finger on the fingerprint sensor, the device
prompts “—: Please press the finger again".
b. Press the same finger for another time, the device prompts “—: Please
press the fingerprint for the last time”.
c. Press the same finger for the third time, the registration is successful, the
device prompts “— : User ID ×××, enrollment succeeded (××× indicates the
user's ID number, starting from 001, the valid user ID is 001 to 999). If the
registration is failed, the device prompts “—: Fingerprint repeat, please try
again" and return to the register state, repeat the step a.
② Card registration
Swipe the card near to the card sensor area, if the registration is successful,
the device prompts”—: User number ×××, registration is successful". If the
registration is failed, the device prompts “—: Duplicated card number” and
return to register state, waiting for swipe card or press fingerprint.
5) After successful registration, the device will enter the register state

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automatically. Repeat the step (4) and register other administrators.

1) Each administrator or ordinary user can only register one fingerprint or

one card.
2) In finger pressing process, if the fingerprint with a bad quality, the device
prompts “—: Please try again”.
3) If the capacity is full in user enrolling, the device prompts “—: Users are
full, system back to validated status”.

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2.2 Enroll an Ordinary User

Ordinary user enrollment steps:

1) During verification state, press the Enroll key, the device prompts "—:
Enter the user enrollment status", then device enter the ordinary user register
status.

: Enter the user enrollment status,

please confirm with the administrator,

press Enroll button to exit.

Note: If the device did not register an administrator, the device prompts
“—: Extended press the Enroll button to enroll an administrator", enter
the administrator enrollment process.
2) The following steps are same to the administrator enrollment. Please refer
to 2.1 Enroll an Administrator for specific operations.
3) After successful registration, the device will enter the register state
automatically, and continue to register other users.

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2.3 User Verification

User verification operations:

1) System enters the verify state and prompts”—: User verify, please press
fingerprint or punch card".
2) Start to verify the user. The device supports fingerprint verification and card
verification, operations are as follows:
① Fingerprint verification
Press a finger on the fingerprint sensor in proper way. If the user verified
successful, the device prompts”—: User ID ×××, thank you "(××× indicates
the user ID number), and trigger the unlock signal. If the user fails to verify,
the device prompts “—: Please try again".
② Card verification
Swipe a card near to the card sensor area, if the validation is successful, the
device voice prompt “—: User ID ×××, thank you "(××× indicates the user ID
number), and trigger the unlock signal. If the user fails to verify, the device
prompts”—: Please punch card again".

Note: In the verification state, if the door sensor or dismantle switch is in

abnormal state, the device will trigger the alarm signal. After making the door
sensor and dismantle switch work normally, the user can disarm the alarm by
fingerprint or card verification successfully.

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2.4 Delete Singer User

The operations of deleting a single user:

1) During verification state, press the Delete key, the device prompts "—:
Enter the delete a user status, please confirm with the administrator, press
Enroll button to exit".

： Enter the delete a user status,

please confirm with the administrator,

press Enroll button to exit.

Note: If there is no user, the voice prompt”—: No users enrolled,

system back to validated status", and automatically returns to the verify
status.
2) Please press the administrator fingerprint by the proper way or swipe the
administrator card. Please refer to 1.4 Finger Placement for more details.
3) If the verification is successful, the device enters the delete mode, continue
with step (4). If the verification fails, the device prompts”—: Please try again”
or”—: Please punch card again”. After three consecutive verification failures,
the device will prompt”—: Administrator failed to confirm, system back to
validated status”, and return to verify status.
4) The user can press a fingerprint or swipe card, follow these steps:
① Fingerprint verification
Press a finger on the fingerprint sensor in proper way. If the user verified

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successful, the device prompts”— : User ID ×××, delete successfully" (×××

indicates the user ID number). If the user fails to verify, the device prompts
“—: Please try again".
② Card verification
Swipe a card near to the card sensor area, if the validation is successful, the
device voice prompt “—: User ID ×××, delete successfully" (××× indicates
the user ID number). If the user fails to verify, the device prompts”—: Please
punch card again".

1) If the deleting user was the last administrator, the device will prompt”—:
Forbid to delete the last administrator, system back to validated status", and
automatically returns to the verify status.
2) In finger pressing process, if the fingerprint with a bad quality, the device
prompts “— : Please try again”.

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2.5 Delete All Users

The operations of deleting all users:

1) During verification state, press the Delete key for 3 seconds, the device
prompts "—: Enter the clear user status, please confirm with the
administrator, press Enroll button to exit".

：Enter the clear user status, please

confirm with the administrator, press

Enroll button to exit

Note: If there are no user, the voice prompt”—: No users enrolled,

system back to validated status", and automatically returns to the verify
status.
2) Please press the administrator fingerprint by the proper way or swipe the
administrator card. Please refer to 1.4 Finger Placement for more details.
3) If the verification is successful, the device prompts”—: Clear users
successfully, please long press Delete key to clear the administrator, press
Delete button to exit”, and continue with step (4). If the verification fails, the
device prompts”—: Please try again” or”—: Please punch card again”. After
three consecutive verification failures, the device prompts”—: Administrator
failed to confirm, system back to validated status”, and return to verify status.
4) Long press the Delete key to delete the administrator, the device prompts

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“—: Clear administrator successfully, system back to validated status". The

device will automatically return to the verification status.

： Clear administrator successfully,

system back to validated status.

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3. Appendix

3.1 List of Parameters

Basic function parameters are shown as follows:

Power DC12V
Function Access control device, has the detection
functions such as door sensor, dismantle
switch etc.
One Wiegand output (only SF101)
User number 200 (fingerprint, ID card and MF card)
Record memory 30000 records
communication USB
RS232/485 (monitors the device running)
Fingerprint head Optical fingerprint sensor
Fingerprint algorithm 9.0/10.0 (switch by software)
Door bell Supports the wired doorbell
Speaker The voice prompts
Buzzer Alarm when the device is dismantled
LED Three indicators (Red, green, blue)
Language Supports multi­national voices
Sleep Supports the sleep function

Access control parameters and the sleep function are set by the access
control software.

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3.2 Statement on Human Rights and Privacy

Dear Customers:
Thank you for choosing the hybrid biometric products designed and
manufactured by us. As a world­renowned provider of biometric technologies
and services, we pay much attention to the compliance with the laws related
to human rights and privacy in every country while constantly performing
research and development.
We hereby make the following statements:
1. All of our fingerprint recognition devices for civil use only collect the
characteristic points of fingerprints instead of the fingerprint images, and
therefore no privacy issues are involved.
2. The characteristic points of fingerprints collected by our products cannot
be used to restore the original fingerprint images, and therefore no
privacy issues are involved.
3. We, as the equipment provider, shall not be held legally accountable,
directly or indirectly, for any consequences arising due to the use of our
products.
4. For any dispute involving the human rights or privacy when using our
products, please contact your employer directly.
Our fingerprint products for police use, or development tools support the
collection of the original fingerprint images. As for whether such a type of
fingerprint collection constitutes an infringement of your privacy, please
contact the government or the final equipment provider. We, as the original
equipment manufacturer, shall not be held legally accountable for any
infringement arising thereof.
The law of the People’s Republic of China has the following regulations
regarding the personal freedom:

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1. Unlawful arrest, detention or search of citizens of the People's Republic

of China is prohibited; infringement of individual privacy is prohibited.
2. The personal dignity of citizens of the People's Republic of China is
inviolable.
3. The home of citizens of the People's Republic of China is inviolable.
4. The freedom and privacy of correspondence of citizens of the People's
Republic of China are protected by law.
At last we stress once again that biometrics, as an advanced recognition
technology, will be applied in a lot of sectors including e­commerce, banking,
insurance and legal affairs. Every year people around the globe suffer from
great loss due to the insecurity of passwords. The biometric products actually
provide adequate protection for your identity under a high security
environment.

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3.3 Environmental protection

The environmental protection use period marked on our products is the safety
period of our products used under the conditions specified by this manual without
toxic and harmful substances leaking happened
The environmental protection use period marked on our products does not include
the easy wear and tear components required to be replaced regularly such as the
battery etc. The battery’s environmental protection use period is 5 years.
The toxic and harmful substances or element names and the content table

The toxic and harmful substances or elements

Part name Lead Merc Cadmiu Hexavalent Polybrominate Polybrominated

(Pb) ury m (Cd) Chromium d biphenyls diphenyl ethers

(Hg) (Cr6 +) (PBB) (PBDE)

SMD resistor × ○ ○ ○ ○ ○

SMD capacitor × ○ ○ ○ ○ ○

SMD inductance × ○ ○ ○ ○ ○

SMD diode × ○ ○ ○ ○ ○

ESD × ○ ○ ○ ○ ○

components

Buzzer × ○ ○ ○ ○ ○

Adapter × ○ ○ ○ ○ ○

Screw ○ ○ ○ × ○ ○

○：Indicate that the content of the toxic and harmful substance contained in all homogeneous
materials of this part is in the limitation requirement stipulated in SJ / T 11363­2006.
×：Indicate the content of the toxic and harmful substance contained in at least one
homogeneous material of this part is beyond the limitation requirement stipulated in SJ / T
11363­2006.
Note: The 80% product has adopted the manufacture with non­toxic and harmless
environmental protection materials, the non­toxic and harmless substances or elements
instead of the toxic and harmful substances or elements contained can not be achieved
because of the current technology and economic constraints.

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