Python/PHP with ZK fingerprint attendance machines

If you are developing for Linux environment and If you have a task related to pulling data from a zk fingerprint attendance machine / biometric device the hair pulling phase may start 1 hour – 3 hours of hopeless search.

Downloading windows SDK and reverse engineering them isn’t the solution. wireshark isn’t the solution and connecting the the shared .mdb file isn’t also a solution the right solution is to connect to the machine using UDP port 4370.

0- Backup your attendance machine data.(You may use zktimes for this step.)

1- clone this repo:

For Python: git@github.com:dnaextrim/python_zklib.git

For PHP: https://github.com/dnaextrim/php_zklib

2- Login to the attendance machine as admin

and set the communication key (aka communication password to 0 or empty).

3- Set the IP address to some IP (say 192.168.1.201) this is the default one.

4-Connect the attendance machine to the network (ethernet most commonly)

5-Change IP:

zk = zklib.ZKLib(“192.168.1.201″, 4370)

6- Comment this (dangerous line that clears admin):

print “Pesan Clear Admin:“, zk.clearAdmin()

Now, try to run the script with the machine connected to your local network.

./zktest.py

I’ve just saved your life.

Check the file capability it should be very easy for any python programmer from here on.

Note: you may find very strange messages like “Pesan Koneksi” or use my safe English translated fork.

Enjoy!