beautypg.com

D-Link DVS-301 User Manual

Page 62

background image

Building Networks for People

DVS-301 User Manual v1.00

56

One-shot fast configuration via FTP

For quick setup of Video Server, the administrator can utilize the default CONFIG.INI that may

be downloaded from the FTP daemon of Video Server. To log into the FTP daemon, enter “root”

as the user name and the same password used when connecting to the Web server. The MAC

address of Video Server is the password for the initial access.

Then administrators only need to modify necessary fields and then upload the file to Video

Server with the file name “CONFIG.INI”. To reduce error in interpretation, it is recommended

that the downloaded template CONFIG.INI be modified using the options following each item in

the sample below. The file will include seven categories: [SYSTEM], [NETWORK], [VIDEO],

[SERIAL], [ALERT],and [LAYOUT]. The category name in brackets should be in upper case.

The item name in angle braces should be in lower case. Some items related to disable/enable

should use the keywords “YES”/“NO”. The number zero entry in and

password> is for the administrator, i.e. “root”.

Since the password when logging into FTP is not encrypted, it is recommended to use the Web

instead of FTP to configure the system afterwards. If some parameters other than the network

or camera drivers are changed, administrators can set to NO to avoid resetting

the system. It will automatically return to YES during the next downloading of CONFIG.INI.

A sample CONFIG.INI is attached below. The italic text following each line describes the format

of the field and the bold italic characters are the possible values of each field.

******* sample file **********

Video Server Initial Configuration File

[SYSTEM]

YES

or NO

Video

Server

String shorter than 40 characters

0002D1000001

Read only string

IP2001-1A-5168-0101

Read only string

2001/08/14

year/month/date. Read only string