DS-K1103 - Memory reader Hikvision - Free user manual and instructions

Product Type	Proximity Card Reader with Keypad
Dimensions (H x W x D)	119 mm x 75 mm x 21 mm
Weight	150 g
Power Supply	12 V DC, 100 mA max
Reading Frequency	13.56 MHz (MIFARE) or 125 kHz (EM)
Read Range	Up to 50 mm (MIFARE), up to 80 mm (EM)
Keypad	12-key backlit keypad (0-9, *, #)
Communication Interface	Wiegand 26/34-bit or RS-485
LED Indicators	Bi-color (red/green) for status
Buzzer	Built-in for audible feedback
Tamper Switch	Yes, anti-tamper detection
Operating Temperature	-20 °C to 65 °C
Operating Humidity	10% to 90% RH (non-condensing)
Housing Material	Polycarbonate (UV resistant)
Protection Rating	IP65 (weatherproof)
Mounting Type	Surface mount on standard gang box
Cable Length	Pre-wired with 3 m pigtail cable
Compatibility	Hikvision access controllers and third-party panels
Functions	Card reading, PIN input, card+PIN modes
Maintenance	Clean with a soft dry cloth; avoid liquids
Safety	CE, FCC, RoHS compliant
Repairability	Replaceable cable and tamper switch; no user-serviceable parts

Frequently Asked Questions - DS-K1103 Hikvision

How do I connect the DS-K1103 to an access controller?

Connect the Wiegand wires (D0, D1) to the corresponding inputs on the controller. For RS-485 models, connect A and B lines. Ensure power (12V DC) is supplied. Refer to the controller manual for pinout.

Can I use the reader without a keypad?

The DS-K1103 has a built-in keypad, but you can disable PIN entry via configuration. It still functions as a card-only reader if PIN mode is not enabled.

What types of cards are supported?

It supports 13.56 MHz MIFARE Classic/Plus/Ultralight cards, and some models support 125 kHz EM cards. Check your model for specific compatibility.

How do I adjust the beep volume?

The beep volume is fixed. To disable it, you may need to cut the buzzer jumper inside the reader (warranty caution) or configure via software if supported.

The reader LED is not turning on. What should I check?

First, check the power supply (12V DC). Ensure the cable is not damaged. If power is correct, the reader may have a fault; test with another unit.

Can the DS-K1103 be used outdoors?

Yes, it has an IP65 rating, making it suitable for outdoor use. Avoid direct exposure to heavy rain or submersion.

How do I reset the reader to factory defaults?

To reset, power off the reader, press and hold the tamper button, then power on. Release after 5 seconds. The LED should flash red/green to indicate reset.

The keypad is not responding. What could be wrong?

Check for debris under keys or moisture ingress. Clean gently with compressed air. If still unresponsive, the keypad membrane may be damaged and require replacement.

What is the maximum cable distance for Wiegand?

For reliable Wiegand communication, keep cable length under 150 meters (500 feet). Use twisted-pair shielded cable to minimize interference.

How do I clean the reader?

Use a soft, lint-free cloth slightly dampened with water or mild detergent. Do not use alcohol or harsh chemicals. Dry thoroughly.

USER MANUAL DS-K1103 Hikvision

DS-K1100 Series Card Reader User Manual

User Manual

© 2018 Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology Co., Ltd.

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This Manual is applicable to card reader.

Series	Models	Descripon
DS-K1101 Series	DS-K1101M	MIFARE card reader (without keypad)
	DS-K1101MK	MIFARE card reader (with a keypad)
	DS-K1101C	CPU card reader (without keypad)
	DS-K1101CK	CPU card reader (with a keypad)
DS-K1102 Series	DS-K1102M	MIFARE card reader (without keypad)
	DS-K1102MK	MIFARE card reader (with a keypad)
	DS-K1102C	CPU card reader (without keypad)
	DS-K1102CK	CPU card reader (with a keypad)
	DS-K1102E	EM card reader (without keypad)
	DS-K1102 EK	EM card reader (with a keypad)
	DS-K1102 EM	Dual-band card reader(without keypad)
	DS-K1102 EMK	Dual-band card reader(with a keypad)
DS-K1103 Series	DS-K1103M	MIFARE card reader (without keypad)
	DS-K1103MK	MIFARE card reader (with a keypad)
	DS-K1103C	CPU card reader (without keypad)
	DS-K1103CK	CPU card reader (with a keypad)
DS-K1104 Series	DS-K1104M	MIFARE card reader (without keypad)
	DS-K1104MK	MIFARE card reader (with a keypad)
	DS-K1104C	CPU card reader (without keypad)
	DS-K1104CK	CPU card reader (with a keypad)

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Regulatory Informaon

Please take aenon that changes or modicaon not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user's authority to operate the equipment.

FCC compliance: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protecon against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instrucon manual, may cause harmful interference to radio communicaons. Operaon of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his own expense.

FCC Conditions

This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operaon is subject to the following two conditions:

1. This device may not cause harmful interference.
2. This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operaon.

EU Conformity Statement

This product and - if applicable - the supplied accessories too are marked with "CE" and comply therefore with the applicable harmonized European standards listed under the RE Direcve 2014/53/EU, the EMC Direcve

2014/30/EU, the LVD Direcve 2014/35/EU, the RoHS Direcve 2011/65/EU.

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2012/19/EU (WEEE direcve): Products marked with this symbol cannot be disposed of as unsorted municipal waste in the European Union. For proper recycling, return this product to your local supplier upon the purchase of equivalent new equipment, or dispose of it at designated collecon points. For more informaon see: www.recyclethis.info.

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2006/66/EC (baery direcve): This product contains a baery that cannot be disposed of as unsorted municipal waste in the European Union. See the product documentaon for specic baery informaon. The baery is marked with this symbol, which may include leering to indicate cadmium (Cd), lead (Pb), or mercury (Hg).

For proper recycling, return the baery to your supplier or to a designated collecon point. For more informaon see: www.recyclethis.info.

Industry Canada ICES-003 Compliance

This device meets the CAN ICES-3 (A)/NMB-3(A) standards requirements.

Use only power supplies listed in the user instrucons:

Model	Manufacturer	Standard
TS-A018-120015Ec	Shenzhen TransinTechnologies Co., Ltd	CEE

Safety Instrucon

These instrucons are intended to ensure that user can use the product correctly to avoid danger or property loss.

The precauon measure is divided into Warnings and Cauons:

Warnings: Neglecng any of the warnings may cause serious injury or death.

Cauons: Neglecng any of the cauons may cause injury or equipment damage.

Warnings Follow these safeguards to prevent serious injury or death.	Cauons Follow these precautions to prevent potential injury or material damage.

Warnings

• All the electronic operaon should be strictly compliance with the electrical safety regulaons, re prevenon regulaons and other related regulaons in your local region.
• Please use the power adapter, which is provided by normal company. The power consumpon cannot be less than the required value.
• Do not connect several devices to one power adapter as adapter overload may cause over-heat or re hazard.
• Please make sure that the power has been disconnected before you wire, install or dismantle the device.
• When the product is installed on wall or ceiling, the device shall be rmly xed.
• If smoke, odors or noise rise from the device, turn o the power at once and unplug the power cable, and then please contact the service center.
• If the product does not work properly, please contact your dealer or the nearest service center. Never aempt to disassemble the device yourself. (We shall not assume any responsibility for problems caused by unauthorized repair or maintenance.)

Cauons

- Do not drop the device or subject it to physical shock, and do not expose it to high electromagnesm radiaon. Avoid the equipment installaon on

vibraons surface or places subject to shock (ignorance can cause equipment damage).

- Do not place the device in extremely hot (refer to the specicaon of the device for the detailed operang temperature), cold, dusty or damp locaons, and do not expose it to high electromagnec radiaon. The appropriate temperature is -20^ to 65^ .

● The device cover for indoor use shall be kept from rain and moisture.

- Exposing the equipment to direct sun light, low venlaon or heat source such as heater or radiator is forbidden (ignorance can cause re danger).

- Do not aim the device at the sun or extra bright places. A blooming or smear may occur otherwise (which is not a malfuncon however), and aecng the endurance of sensor at the same me.

- Please use the provided glove when open up the device cover, avoid direct contact with the device cover, because the acidic sweat of the ngers may erode the surface coang of the device cover.

- Please use a so and dry cloth when clean inside and outside surfaces of the device cover, do not use alkaline detergents.

- Please keep all wrappers aer unpack them for future use. In case of any failure occurred, you need to return the device to the factory with the original wrapper. Transportaon without the original wrapper may result in damage on the device and lead to additional costs.

- Improper use or replacement of the baery may result in hazard of explosion. Replace with the same or equivalent type only. Dispose of used baeries according to the instrucons provided by the baery manufacturer.

Prevenve and Cauonary Tips

To guarantee the card reader works properly, please read and obey the notes below.

- If the card reader is powered by the controller, the power supply distance is recommended to be no longer than 100m. If the distance is longer than 100m, you are advised to power the card reader by external 12V (range: -%10 \~ +%10) DC power supply, which is nonswitched and linear.

● To guarantee the communicaon between the controller and the card

reader, you must use RVVP cable above 0.5 to connect them.

• If the card reader is installed outside or in environment easy to permeable, it is advisable to install a waterproof shield.
• If you need to install several card readers, the distance among them must over 30cm.
• To reduce the noise in long distance transmission, the shield of cable should connect to the GND of both controller and card reader terminal.

Content

Chapter 1 Introducon....1

1.1 Front View....1
1.2 Rear View....3
1.3 Slide View....5

Chapter 2 Installaon....7

2.1 Installing PSAM Card 7
2.2 Introducon for DIP Switch 7
2.3 Denion of Cable....8
2.4 Wiring Cables....9
2.5 Installing Card Reader....11

Chapter 3 Sound Prompt and Indicator.... 13

Chapter 1 Introduction

DS-K1100 series card reader is a kind of high-performance product, with a 32 bit high-speed processor. It communicates with access controller via either RS-485 protocol or Wiegand protocol. And a build-in tamper-proof module helps to protect card reader from malicious damage. As to the physical appearance, the PC+ABS material makes water proof and dust proof possible in poor environment.

1.1 Front View

The front view of DS-K1101 series card reader is shown below:

Figure 1-1 DS-K1101MK/DS-K1101CK

Line drawing of a smartphone with a wireless signal icon on the screen (no text or symbols)

Figure 1-2 DS-K1101M/DS-K1101C

The front view of DS-K1102 series card reader is shown below:

Figure 1-3 DS-K1102MK/DS-K1102CK

Simple line drawing of a smartphone with a diamond-shaped tag and wireless signal icon (no text or symbols)

Figure 1-4 DS-K1102M/DS-K1102C

The front view of DS-K1103 series card reader is shown below:

Figure 1-5 DS-K1103MK/DS-K1103CK

Simple line drawing of a smartphone with a speech bubble icon on the screen (no text or symbols)

Figure 1-6 DS-K1103M/DS-K1103C

The front view of DS-K1104 series card reader is shown below:

Figure 1-7 DS-K1104MK/DS-K1104CK

Technical line drawing of a rectangular device with rounded corners and a central square frame (no text or symbols)

Figure 1-8 DS-K1104M/DS-K1104C

1.2 Rear View

The rear view of card reader is shown below:

Figure 1-9 Rear View of DS-K1101 Series

Figure 1-10 Rear View of DS-K1102 Series

Figure 1-11 Rear View of DS-K1103 Series

Figure 1-12 Rear View of DS-K1104 Series

Table 1-1 Descripon of Rear View

No.	Name
1	Cable Interface of RS-485, Power, LED Control, etc.
2	Buzzer
3	Tamper-proof Module
4	DIP Switch
5	PSAM Card Slot (available for CPU card reader)

1.3 Slide View

The side view of card reader is shown below:

Pure mechanical part diagram showing two vertical columns with no text or symbols

Figure 1-13 DS-K1101 Series

Technical line drawing of a mechanical assembly or bracket component (no text or symbols)

Figure 1-14 DS-K1102 Series

Technical line drawing of a vertical mechanical or electrical component with no visible text or symbols

Figure 1-15 DS-K1103 Series

Technical line drawing of a door frame with handle and side panels (no text or symbols)

Figure 1-16 DS-K1104 Series

Chapter 2 Installation

2.1 Installing PSAM Card

PSAM card slot is only available for CPU card reader. Insert the PSAM card into the slot according to the direcon shown below.

Pure electrical circuit lines without any symbols

Figure 2-1 PSAM Card Slot

2.2 Introducon for DIP Switch

The DIP switch module is shown below. The No. of DIP switch from le to right is 1 \~ 8.

Figure 2-2 DIP Switch Module

Table 2-1 Descripon of DIP Switch

Icon	Descripon
	Represent 1 in binary mode
[7GDS]	Represent 0 in binary mode

For example, binary value of the following status is: 0000 1100.

Figure 2-3 DIP Switch Module

Table 2-2 Descripon of DIP Switch

No.	Descripon	DIP Switch Status
1 ~ 4	Address of RS-485	1: 10: 0
5	Read card No. or le in card. (Only available for CPU card reader.)	1: read card No;0: read le in card.
6	Wiegand protocol or RS-485 protocol.	1: Wiegand protocol;0: RS-485 protocol.
7	Wiegand Protocol (available when No. 6 is 1)	1: Wiegand protocol of 26-bit;0: Wiegand protocol of 34-bit.
8	Matched Resistance (available for RS-485 protocol)	1: Enable;0: Disable.

2.3 Denion of Cable

The descripon of 10 cables is shown below.

Table 2-3 Descripon of Cable

Color	Descripon
Yellow	RS-485+
Brown	Blue LED Control (available for Wiegand Protocol)
Blue	RS-485-
Purple	Beep Control (available for Wiegand Protocol)
Gray	Case Sensor (available for Wiegand Protocol)
Green	Wiegand W0 (available for Wiegand Protocol)
White	Wiegand W1 (available for Wiegand Protocol)
Black	GND
Orange	Red LED Control (available for Wiegand Protocol)
Red	PWR (DC +12V)

2.4 Wiring Cables

Purpose:

Wire the cables between controller and card reader, thus to establish the communicaon between them.

Steps for RS-485 communicaon mode:

1. Set the DIP switch of No. 6 as 0.
2. Set the DIP switch of No. 1 \~ 5 for RS-485 address and reading card mode. For details, please refer to 2.2 Introducon for DIP Switch.
3. Wire the cable between controller and card reader as shown below.

Figure 2-4 Wiring for RS-485 Communicaton Mode

Steps for Wiegand communicaon mode:

1. Set the DIP switch of No. 6 as 1.
2. Set the DIP switch of No. 5 and 7 for reading card mode and Wiegand protocol. For details, please refer to 2.2 Introducon for DIP Switch.
3. Wiring the cable between controller and card reader as shown below.

Figure 2-5 Wiring for Wiegand Communicaon Mode

2.5 Installing Card Reader

Before you start:

Set the DIP switch. For details, refer to 2.2 Introducon for DIP Switch.

Steps:

1. Fix the gang box on the wall or other place.
2. Connect the cables between controller and card reader. For details, refer to 2.4 Wiring Cables.
3. Push the card reader to match the xed gang box.
4. Fasten the screw to keep the components together.
5. Fix the side cover onto the card reader, press the cover to make it ghtly t the reader.

Technical line drawing of a mechanical assembly with three circular holes and a shaft, shown in three sequential steps (no text or symbols)

Chapter 3 Sound Prompt and Indicator

Aer the card reader is powered on, LED status indicator will turn blue and blink for 1 me. Then it will turn red and blink for 3 mes. At last the buzzer will send out a beep sound indicang the starng up process is completed.

During using the card reader, it will send out dierent sounds prompt and the LED indicator on it have dierent statuses. You can refer to tables below for detailed informaon.

Table 3-1 Descripon of Prompt Sound

Sound Prompt	Descripon
One beep	RS-485 protocol: Pressing keys prompt; Swiping card prompt; Time out prompt for pressing keys or swiping card.Wiegand protocol: Pressing keys prompt; Swiping card prompt.
Two rapid beeps	The operaon of pressing keys or swiping card is valid.
Three slow beeps	The operaon of pressing keys or swiping card is invalid.
Rapidly connuous beeps	Alarm of tamper-proof.
Slowly connuous beeps	The card reader is unencrypted.

Table 3-2 Descripon of LED Indicator

LED Indicator Status	Descripon
Green and blinking	Card reader is working normally.
Solid green	The operaon of pressing keys or swipingcard is valid.
Solid red	The operaon of pressing keys or swiping card is invalid.
Red and blinking	For RS-485 protocol: Registering failed or card reader is oine. Failed to get key les of PSAM card; Failed to detect the PSAM card.
Red and Keeping rapidly blinking	Available for reading le mode of CPU card: PSAM is not inserted or undetected.

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