User`s manual
Table Of Contents
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Getting Started
- Before Getting Started
- Setting up an Ethernet Environment
- Cable Connection
- Powering on VPort 2140 Video Server
- Assigning an IP Address to VPort 2140 Video Server
- Working in a DHCP Server Networking Environment
- Installing the VPort Installation Wizard
- Running the VPort Installation Wizard
- Working in a Non-DHCP Server Networking Environment
- Assigning the IP Address Manually
- Accessing VPort 2140 Video Server for the First Time
- Setting up a Modem Environment
- Mounting VPort 2140
- 3. Accessing VPort 2140 Video Server for the First Time
- 4. System Configuration
- 5. Advanced Applications
- 6. Upgrading System Firmware
- 7. Troubleshooting
- A. URL Commands of Video Server
- Page URL
- System Resource URL
- General Format of Command URL
- System Configuration URL
- Security Configuration URL
- Network Configuration URL
- Video Configuration URL
- Image Quality Configuration URL
- COM 1 Configuration URL
- COM 2 configuration URL
- Camera custom command configuration URL
- Camera preset configuration URL
- Custom camera configuration URL
- Application configuration URL
- Motion detection configuration URL
- Demo configuration URL
- Homepage layout configuration URL
- B. Settings of Supported PTZ Cameras
- C. Camera Control Cable
- D. Time Zone Table
- E. Technical Specifications
- F. Service Information

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4. Select the serial port that the included null modem cable is connected to, and click on Next to
continue. The null modem is now ready for use.
5. If a Dial-Up adapter is not installed, Windows will automatically prompt you to install it.
Click on OK to continue. If the adapter does not start automatically, double click on the
Control Panel network icon install the Microsoft Dial-Up Adapter.
Modem Mode
1. Click on Start Æ Control Panel Æ Modems.
2. If you already have a Modem, read the Setting up a new connection
section below. If you
don’t have a modem, an Install New Modem message will appear. Click on Next, and the
system will detect the modem automatically. If your modem is not detected, you can select the
Modem from the manufacturers column.
Setting up a new connection.
1. After the modem is installed, open the dialup network folder in Windows to set up a new
connection.