VPort 2140 User’s Manual www.moxa.
VPort 2140 User’s Manual The software described in this manual is furnished under a license agreement and may be used only in accordance with the terms of that agreement. Copyright Notice Copyright 2004 Moxa Networking Co., Ltd. All rights reserved. Reproduction without permission is prohibited. Trademarks MOXA is a registered trademark of the Moxa Group. All other trademarks or registered marks in this manual belong to their respective manufacturers.
Before getting started Before using your VPort 2140, pay attention to the following items. After opening the VPort 2140 box, compare the contents of the box with the Package Checklist in Chapter 1. Notify your sales representative if any of the items is missing or damaged.
Table of Contents Chapter 1 Introduction ......................................................................................1-1 Chapter 2 Getting Started .................................................................................2-1 Chapter 3 Accessing VPort 2140 Video Server for the First Time ................3-1 Chapter 4 System Configuration......................................................................4-1 Overview .................................................................
Application ............................................................................................. 4-13 Demo....................................................................................................... 4-17 Homepage layout .................................................................................... 4-17 View log file ........................................................................................... 4-18 View parameters .......................................................
Network Configuration URL ...................................................................A-3 Video Configuration URL .......................................................................A-4 Image Quality Configuration URL ..........................................................A-4 COM 1 Configuration URL .....................................................................A-5 COM 2 configuration URL ......................................................................
1 Chapter 1 Introduction VPort 2140 is a high-performance networking video transmitter. In addition to meeting the basic needs of video feed, many advanced features are included to help you set up surveillance or web attraction applications. The state-of-the-art design strikes a good balance between stability, robustness, ease-of-use, and flexibility.
Overview Video Server is a high-performance networking video transmitter. Its powerful VLIW DSP core and fully optimized algorithm compresses and transmits high quality real-time video over a standard TCP/IP network. In addition to meeting the basic needs of video feed, many advanced features are included to help you set up surveillance or web attraction applications. The state-of-the-art design strikes a good balance between stability, robustness, ease-of-use, and flexibility.
Introduction on our website. Package Checklist 1 VPort 2140 Video Server Camera control cable Power adaptor Null modem cable 2 GPIO terminal connectors Software CD L-type Fixed Aluminum pieces and 8 screws NOTE: Notify your sales representative if any of the above items is missing or damaged.
NOTE: ActiveX Control SDK is supported with flexible interface and sample codes for third-party developers (please contact Moxa sales representatives if you require this SDK.) Typical Applications Ethernet Connection Analog Cameras http://192.168.4.100 TCP/IP IP: 192.168.4.100 Server 4DI/ 2DO Modem Dial-up Connection Analog Cameras IP: 192.168.4.100 PSTN Modem http://192.168.4.
Introduction Product Descriptions Front Panel 1: RESET & DEFAULT buttons for restoring the system There are two buttons located at the center of the front panel. One is labeled “RESET” and the other is labeled “DEFAULT.” “RESET” will force the system to restart at any point, meaning the system will perform the system diagnosis, and software installation may be necessary if the IP address is not fixed. “DEFAULT” will restore the default settings, and then force the system to restart.
a. POWER: power indicator b. CONNECT: checks if the Video Server is alive c. SERIAL: checks if the RS-232/485 COM ports are in use As soon as the administrator plugs in the power connector, both the CONNECT and SERIAL LED’s will flash, one by one, until the diagnosis is finished. If the result is good, these 2 LEDs will turn off momentarily, and then follow the pattern shown in the table below.
Introduction Rear Panel 8: COM1 & COM 2 There are 2 COM ports on VPort 2140’s rear panel. a. COM 1 (RS-232): This RS-232 serial port can connect with an RS-232 PTZ camera. For RS-485 PTZ cameras, the administrator can use the General I/O terminal block’s COM 1 (RS-485) . b. COM 2 (RS-232): This RS-232 serial port can connect to a modem, or you can use the included null modem cable to utilize a dial-up network when Ethernet is not available.
range between 12V and 15V. Polarity does not matter if you use AC. The DC output through Pin 1 and Pin 2 is fed from the power adaptor of the Video Server or pin 11 and pin 12 if an external power source is attached. The current of external devices is limited to less than 500 mA. b. COM 1 RS-485: If the device connected to the COM1 port has an RS-485 interface, such as a PTZ camera control, wire the RS-485 Data+ and Data- control lines to COM RS-485 pin “+” and pin “ –”.
2 Chapter 2 Getting Started This chapter includes information about how to install a VPort 2140 Video Server.
Before Getting Started To adapt easily to different environments, the Video Server automatically detects the attached interfaces and configures itself appropriately. For this reason, users do not need to worry about whether the connected cameras are either NTSC or PAL, how to select between Ethernet or modem, and whether the Ethernet speed is 10 Mbps or 100 Mbps. The Video Server supports both Ethernet and modem dial-in connections.
Getting Started Rear Panel Before powering on the VPort 2140 Video Server: 1. Connect your camera’s video output with the BNC video input. 2. Connect I/O devices (such as sensors or alarms) with VPort’s GPIO Terminal Block. 3. Connect the hub or switch on the LAN to the VPort’s 10/100 Mbps Ethernet port. 4. Connect VPort’s COM port with your camera’s COM port if you are using a PTZ Camera. Running the IP Installer Program To run the IP installer program, double click on the “IPinstaller.
Powering on the VPort 2140 Video Server First, make sure that all cables are correctly and firmly connected, and then turn on the cameras, sensors, and alarm devices. Next, power on the video server by attaching the Video Server’s power adaptor to an electrical outlet. After the POST (Power-On Self Test) is completed successfully, the Video Server is ready to be configured. At this point, the network speed and video modulation type will be detected automatically.
Getting Started address for this VPort. If you check Use this IP whenever system boots option, you will not see this VPort the next time you run the IP installer program, unless you have restored the VPort. As a matter of convenience, we strongly recommend that you check this option. 6. Click on Set IP Address to assign the IP address to this VPort.
7. If you check Use the IP whenever system boots option, then whenever you change the root password and restart the system, a dialog window will open to ask for Server FTP Port and Root Password, since they were already changed by the administrator to something other than the default settings. If the settings made by the administrator are lost, restore default settings and then rerun the IP installer program. 8. The system will check if the IP address is valid. 9.
Getting Started Setting up a Modem Environment VPort 2140 Video Server provides 2 modem modes: Modem and Null Modem. The null modem mode can be used for point-to-point connections in a local environment. Although the baud rate can be set up to 115.2 Kbps, the actual data rate depends on the Modem connection. For dial-up connections, the VPort 2140 Video Server waits passively for a phone call to establish a point-to-point connection.
Before powering on the VPort 2140 Video Server: 1. 2. 3. Connect your cameras’ video outputs to the BNC video inputs. Connect VPort’s COM port with your PC’s COM port. Connect the power adaptor. Modem Before powering on the VPort 2140 Video Server: 1. 2. 3. 4. Connect your cameras’ video outputs with the BNC video inputs. Connect VPort’s COM port with your modem’s COM port. Power on the Modem. Connect the power adaptor.
Getting Started Configuring a Modem (Under Windows 2000 Environment) Installing a new modem Null Modem Mode 1. Click on Start Control Panel Modems. 2. An Install New Modem message will appear. Check Don’t detect my modem; I will select it from a list, and click on Next to continue.
3. Under the Manufacturers column, select (Standard Modem Types). A number of modem models will appear in the Models column. Select Standard 33600 bps Modem, and click on Next to continue. 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.
Getting Started Modem Mode 1. Click on Start Control Panel 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.
4. Click on Finish to complete the installation of the new modem. The new connection will be displayed in the Dial-up Networking folder and will be used for modem or null modem connections. 5. Open the Dial-Up Networking window, and then click on the icon for the connection (My Connection) that was just installed to configure the connection’s properties. 6. When the My Connection window opens, right click on the General tab. In null modem mode, you should uncheck Use area code and Dialing Properties.
Getting Started 7. Click on Configure to modify the modem’s properties. Under Maximum speed, select 115200, and then click OK to continue. 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.
Accessing VPort 2140 Video Server for the First Time In Null Modem Mode Administrators can connect to http://200.1.1.1 from the web browser directly via the null modem cable. 200.1.1.1 is VPort’s default IP address for the dial-up connection; and 200.1.1.100 is the IP address assigned by VPort to the user’s PC. The user name and password are the same as what were entered during the software installation. After successful authentication, administrators should see the motion pictures on the main page.
3 Chapter 3 Accessing VPort 2140 Video Server for the First Time This chapter includes information about how to access VPort 2140 Video Server for the first time.
Accessing VPort 2140 Video Server Opening Your Browser Open your browser, type the VPort’s IP address in the Address box, and then press Enter. Authentication After opening your browser and typing the VPort’s IP address, a dialogue window will appear, asking you to enter the username and the password. When accessing the VPort for the first time, administrators must enter root as the username, and the MAC address, in capital letters, as the password. You can find the MAC address on the VPort’s label.
Accessing VPort 2140 Video Server for the First Time Installing the Plug-in Application If you access the VPort for the first time via a browser that supports server push (e.g., Netscape), the video images will be displayed directly. If you are using Windows’ Internet Explorer as your browser, you will be asked to install a new plug-in application provided by the VPort. This plug-in application has been registered for certification, and is used to display video images via Internet Explorer.
Text Mode Logo and Host Name The default logo is Moxa’s logo, and the host name is VPort 2140 Video Server. For customized usage, the administrator can change the layout of the homepage from the Homepage Layout page. Video Quality Selection There are 5 options for video quality: Medium, Standard, Good, Detailed, and Excellent. Different video quality selections result in different sized JPEG files. The table below is an example. Video Quality Medium Standard Good Detailed Excellent JPEG File Size 9.
Accessing VPort 2140 Video Server for the First Time Camera View selection A maximum of 4 cameras can be connected to the VPort 2140 at the same time. Users can view the image of each camera by selecting “Video 1,” “Video 2,” “Video 3,” and “Video 4,” or selecting “Video All” to view all images in Quad screen. In Quad viewing mode, the maximum image size is only 352 x 240 (NTSC) or 352 x 288 (PAL) for each camera, in order to fit the monitor screen.
4 Chapter 4 System Configuration After installing the hardware, the next task required is to configure VPort 2140’s settings. There are 3 configuration methods: via web access, via FTP, and via Telnet.
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System Configuration System Configuration Via Web Access System configuration can be easily done remotely from Internet Explorer via the Web Server. There are two wizards, in addition to classified categories of system configurations, which provide user-friendly instructions to facilitate the setup task. Alternatively, administrators may type the system configuration URL, “http:///setup/config.html”, to enter the configuration page directly.
Using the Application Wizard VPort 2140 has two applications to choose from: 1. Surveillance System Create a security system by configuring the built-in motion detection and external sensors to integrate with an existing e-mail or FTP server, or external alarms. You may also use the weekly schedule feature for timed monitoring. 2. Web Attraction Customize the main page to your own style and set up accounts for your potential visitors.
System Configuration Date and Time The default setting for Date and Time is Keep current date and time. You may also choose from one of the following date and time configuration options: 1. The easiest way to adjust the date and time is to make the VPort Sync with computer time. 2. Select the Manual option if you wish to set the date and time manually by entering new settings. 3. Select the Automatic option to make the VPort synchronize automatically with timeservers over the Internet every month.
Add user To add a new user, type the new user’s name in the Username box, the password in the User password box, and select authorization level by checking I/O access or Camera control. Click on Add to insert the entry. The VPort 2140 Video Server has a total of 20 user accounts. Each user can be given independent access right of the external I/O access and camera control. Manage user If the access rights of some users need to be changed, find the user name from the drop down list and click on Edit.
System Configuration will automatically operate normally after being restarted after a power loss. 2. □ Use this IP whenever system boots = Reset network at next boot In this case, the installation process must be performed again when system reboots. This is the default setting. You can ignore this option if you are using the Modem Dial-up connection.
FTP FTP is the other means available for VPort 2140 Video Server to send out alarm messages and snapshots. To send the system log files described in the above paragraph via FTP, the SMTP server should be erased. 1. Local FTP server port can also be changed to a setting different from the default setting of 21. Administrators should have enough network knowledge to change the default port. 2. Administrators must enter correct Primary FTP Server, Primary FTP user name, and Primary FTP password. 3.
System Configuration Video To allow the VPort 2140 to show cameras’ video images, check the Enable item for each camera. There are 3 kinds of settings for each camera’s video in this page. Image setting 1. Show Time stamp in image and Text on image When these options are enabled, Time stamp and Text on image will be shown on the image for reference. The time stamp is captured from the Video Server’s date and time that are maintained by an on-board real-time clock. 2.
settings. After the configuration is done, click on Close to close this window. If the configurations are changed without saving, they will only be used until the next time the system starts up. Camera Setting 1. Camera type The default camera type of VPort 2140 is Fixed camera, which means it is a general camera without motorized function. If you wish to select a PTZ camera, you also need to select the COM port that this PTZ camera is connected to, and the PTZ camera’s ID to activate it.
System Configuration size = 30%, then the system will only detect the motion of objects that occupy an area larger than 30% of the total monitored area; the motion of objects with size less than 30% of the monitored area will NOT be detected.) 2. Sensitivity sets the measurable difference between two sequential images to indicate motion. A larger object size and lower sensitivity will cause the VPort to ignore small variations in images.
Interface mode The COM 1 supports 2 serial interfaces, although only one interface can be used at a time. Depending on the interface used by the attached device, administrators must set the Interface mode to either RS-232 or RS-485. The COM 2 only supports RS-232 interface. For this reason, there is no interface mode selection for COM 2. RS-232 interface is used via the DB9 COM port, and RS-485 interface is used via the GPIO. These 2 interfaces in COM 1 cannot be used at the same time.
System Configuration PTZ Cameras, for default settings of the supported PTZ cameras. Custom command VPort 2140 Video Server provides 5 custom commands in addition to the general pan, tilt, zoom, and preset functions. Administrators can click on Custom Command to configure, and refer to the manual enclosed with the attached PTZ camera to set up frequently-used functions. The Command should be entered in ASCII format.
by time interval. Administrators can use combinations of options on the application web page to perform various useful security applications. Although most settings will be done automatically by the Application Wizard, administrators can also make adjustments to the settings from this page. To set up the 4 applications that VPort 2140 Video Server provides, administrators must have a certain level of knowledge about the setting items listed in the Application web page.
System Configuration 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.
Sequential Mode With this feature, VPort 2140 Video Server can upload snapshots periodically to an external E-mail or FTP server as a live video source. The interval can be set from a tenth of a second to several hours in Snapshot every □ tenth seconds. The external E-mail or FTP server must be set up in the Network configuration page. Send Snapshot by Email or FTP Snapshots taken by either event operation or sequential mode can be sent by E-mail or FTP, which are set in the Network configuration page.
System Configuration Demo VPort 2140 Video Server provides a demonstration mode to allow general access for demonstration purposes. To set up the demonstration mode, administrators must choose the services to be permitted by each camera. If administrators select the view option, users may use demo as the username to access the VPort. In this case, leave the password field blank. Administrators also can select control camera for the demo account.
2. The “default” logo is the MOXA logo. 3. An external logo or image can be used by selecting the URL option, and typing the url for the image in the text input box. Logo link Administrators set up the Logo with a Logo link, so that visitors are directed to another web address when they click on the logo.
System Configuration View parameters Clicking on View parameters allows you to view all system parameters, which are listed by category. The content is the same as CONFIG.INI of VPort 2140 Video Server. Factory default This function is used to restore the Video Server to its factory default settings, so that any changes that were made previously will be lost. After clicking OK, the system will restart. Note that it will take some time for the restore action to finish.
System Configuration Via FTP CONFIG.INI FTP can be used to configure VPort 2140 Video Server much more quickly than configuring from web browser, particularly when configuring multiple Video Servers. To configure a Video Server via FTP, first download the parameter file, CONFIG.INI, customize each field, and then upload the file to the Video Server to install the new settings. To log into the FTP daemon, enter “root” as the user name, and use the same password used when connecting to the Web server.
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System Configuration IP address or domain name string with maximum of 80 characters 21 or 1024 to 65535 IP address or domain name 21 or 1024 to 65535 string with maximum of 14 characters string with maximum of 14 characters string with maximum of 40 characters NO or YES IP address or domain name 21 or 1024 to
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(0) (1) (2) (3) (0)YES (1)YES (2)YES (3)YES System Configuration 7 for Pelco D, 8 for LiLin, 9 for Ernitec, 10 for Custom Camera RS232 (0) (1) (2) (3) (4) HOME or RS485 string of maximum 60 characters string of maximum 60 characters string of maximum 60 characters string of maximum 60 characters string of maximum 60characters string with maximum of 60 characters UP string with maximum of 60 characters DOWN string with maximum of 60 characters LEFT string with maximum of 60 characters RIGHT str
RIGHT string with maximum of 60 characters TELESCOPE string with maximum of 60 characters WIDE string with maximum of 60 characters NEAR string with maximum of 60 characters FAR string with maximum of 60 characters [ALERT]
