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 System Configuration
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Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4
□Sun □Mon □Tue □Wed □Thu □Fri □Sat
snapshots begin at [hh:mm:ss]
snapshots stop at [hh:mm:ss]
□Enable the external script file to ignore the following settings
□Show alert in image
Motion Detected on:
□Video 1 □Video 2 □Video 3 □Video 4
Trigger
condition
DI condition:
DI 1: Disable, High, Low, Rising, Falling
DI 2: Disable, High, Low, Rising, Falling
DI 3: Disable, High, Low, Rising, Falling
DI 4: Disable, High, Low, Rising, Falling
Delay □ second(s) to trigger output alarm
DO condition:
DO 1: Disable, Open, Close
DO 2: Disable, Open, Close
Snapshot on:
□Video 1 □Video 2 □Video 3 □Video 4
□Event operation
Trigger action
□ Send
snapshot while
trigger
condition(s)
match
Take □ snapshot(s) with □ tenth seconds
interval after the event
□Sequential mode Snapshot every □ tenth seconds
□Send snapshot by email
□Weekly schedule
□All the time except
for the above schedule
□Send snapshot by
FTP
□FTP put snapshots with date and time suffix
Weekly schedule
The Weekly schedule is provided for daily security application. Administrators can select any
weekday from Monday to Friday with the daily schedule set from 8 am to 8 pm when no one is
available to perform event checking. If the security system is installed in an office for which no
one is present on nights or weekends, administrators can still set the time period as above, from 8
am to 8 pm, but remember to select All the time except for the above schedule to let the program
run during nights and weekends.
ATTENTION
Either “Weekly schedule” or “All the time except for the above schedule” must be selected, or
the applications described in the following sections will not work properly.
Enable the external script file to exclude the following settings
Administrators can write a script named SCRIPT.TXT to match the additional software according
to the Command Script for DI/DO and Camera’s Actions Setting section from Chapter 5. After
uploading this script to the VPort via FTP, check the option Enable the external script file to
exclude the following settings. Otherwise the VPort will operate according to the settings under
Enable the external script file to exclude the following settings option.