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Economy — No Wiring Needed
No need to drill holes in the wall or use unsightly cables.
1
2
3
There's no tricky installation or
complicated settings. Just take the
BL-PA100KT*
1
out of the box and
plug it into the power outlet. Set up
the other equipment on the
network, such as routers and PCs,
as described in their respective
instructions. Adding more HD-PLC
Ethernet Adaptors*
2
is easy too,
using the quick 3-step procedure
shown here.
*1 Contains a set of two BL-PA100 units. One HD-PLC
Ethernet Adaptor can be set as the Master unit, and
individual Terminal units can be registered. One of the
BL-PA100KT units is set as a Master unit and the other
is set as a Terminal unit when they are shipped from
the factory. *2 BL-PA100
High-Speed Communication
Great Features for Enhancing
Home Entertainment
Plug the Master and
Terminal units into the
same power outlet.
Push the Setup button on
each unit.
The PLC lamp lights up to show
that set-up is complete. You can
move the units anywhere you
want to go online at home.
AC
Master
Terminal
1. Plug it in
2. Push two buttons
3.Watch it light up
Master/Terminal
Fast, comfortable communication of high-volume data.
Easy Set-up — No PC Required
Settings are easy for anybody to make.
Adding more HD-PLC adaptors
Excellent Utility
Can be used anywhere that has a power outlet.
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High Reliability
Superb security features without complicated settings.
BL-PA100
(Terminal)
BL-PA100
(Master)
BL-PA100
(Terminal)
PC
Modem/Router
Outlet
Outlet
Electrical wiring
Outlet
PC
Refer to the chart below to determine the network speed.
PLC
LAN
Master
Network
speed
No link
Good
Less than
10 Mbps*
3
Better
10 Mbps to
30 Mbps*
3
Best
More than
30 Mbps*
3
Panasonic HD-PLC Features
Wavelet OFDM System
Terminal
PLC
CHECK
Master
PLC
CHECK
PUSH
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The HD-PLC Ethernet Adaptor
turns every power outlet in the
house into an Internet access
point. Just like plugging an electric
cord into the outlet, you insert the
HD-PLC Ethernet Adaptor plug and
you're ready to log on to the
Internet. It's a super-easy home
network, with no need for
complicated cables.
No need to drill holes in the wall or
use unsightly cables. Because you
can use your existing electrical
wiring and power outlets, you save
the expense of wiring. You also
don't need to extend any cable
modem or router cables to your
PC, so there is no need to drill
holes or run cables along the floor
or wall. In addition to being
economical, this preserves the
room's appearance.
The HD-PLC Ethernet Adaptor
comes standard with AES* 128-bit
encryption, and the security
settings are made automatically
without any need for a PC. This
easy set-up ensures a high level of
safety and no setting mistakes.
Also, because it uses household
power outlets, data communication
is not blocked by obstacles like
walls as it is with wireless LAN
systems, so you enjoy smooth and
easy network communication.
*AES stands for Advanced Encryption Standard. It is
a next-generation encryption standard approved in
2001 by the National Institute for Standards and
Technology (NIST), an organization under the U.S.
Department of Commerce, as a standard encryption
technique to be adopted by the U.S. government.
Vulnerabilities discovered in the previous DES (Data
Encryption Standard) were eliminated in AES.
*3 Approximate data transmission speed when transmitting data using the UDP protocol.
Internet
The HD-PLC PHY (physical layer) uses Wavelet OFDM
(Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing) technology to
achieve highly efficient transmission with characteristics that
exceed even FFT (Fast Fourier Transform)-based OFDM
systems. Wavelet OFDM features greater speed efficiency and
forms a deeper "flexible notch" that prevents interference with
shortwave and other broadcasts. This is achieved by
appropriately modulating the sub-carrier and by including no
guard interval.
Stable Data Communication Performance
HD-PLC is a proprietary Panasonic technology
that enables high-speed, high-quality,
stable data transmission.
PC
PC
Internet
Modem/
Router
FFT-Based OFDM Spectrum
Wavelet OFDM Spectrum
50/60 Hz
<500 kHz
2 MHz~30 MHz
AC
Power
Supply
Lower-Speed
PLC
High-Speed PLC
HD-PLC*
Bandwidth of AC Power Line Signals
Frequency (MHz)
Magnitude (dB)
Frequency (MHz)
-13dB
-35dB
10
0
-10
-20
-30
-40
-50
-60
Magnitude (dB)
10
0
-10
-20
-30
-40
-50
-60
0
5
10
15
20
25
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
•Security settings are
complicated.
•Obstacles such as thick
walls can block
communications.
Using a wireless LAN
Without HD-PLC Adaptor
LAN cables must be used for
connection.The unsightly cables
ruin the appearance of the room.
With HD-PLC Adaptor
There is no need to route cables, and
it is economical. The room also looks
neat without any cables in sight.
Deeper
Notch
Unattractive
wall with cables
Neat wall
without cables
Front
panel
The BL-PA100 quickly detects fluctuations in the data
transmission path caused by noise and other factors, and
determines the optimal data transmission method to enable
maximum throughput at that point in time and achieve stable
communication performance. Strong error correction coding
and a diversity mode also boost reliability in poor-quality home
power lines.
Quick Response for Optimizing Data Transfer when Conditions Change
Speed (Mbps)
200
150
100
50
0
Dryer ON (30 sec)
Dryer ON (30 sec)
Time (sec)
Quickly finds maximum transmission rate
Quickly resumes communications
A
B
B
A
B
A
*HD-PLC uses the 4- to 28-MHz range in this frequency band.
Fast, comfortable communication
of high-volume data. At a
theoretical maximum transmission
speed of 190 Mbps, the system is
faster than a wireless LAN system,
even when comparing actual
system speeds. Also, a simple
speed measurement function*
1
shows the communication speed
between Master and Terminal
units.*
2
The speed is measured by
simply pressing a button on the
Terminal, so you can easily find
which power outlets give you the
highest communication speed for a
more comfortable network
environment. You no longer have
to feel frustrated because of slow
data transmission.
*1 The indicated speed is only valid for the
moment at which it was measured.
It does not imply that the indicated speed
will continue.
*2 It does not indicate the communications
speed between Terminals.
