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

VPort 2140 User’s Manual Getting Started
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8. Under the Server Types tab of my connection, checkmark the Enable software compression
option under Advanced options, and checkmark the TCP/IP option under Allowed network
protocols, as shown below. Leave settings under the other tabs as default values, and then
click on OK to continue.
ATTENTION
Note that the location of the Enable software compression option and TCP/IP option might be
different from OS to OS.
9. The connection is now ready to use for modem and null modem mode. Double click on the
newly-installed connection icon. A dialing information window will appear. Enter root as user
name and the MAC address shown at the bottom of the window as the password, and then
click on Connect to connect to the Internet. Note that the letters in the MAC address should
be in capitals (for example, type A instead of a).