PLV-500AV-PE_User Manual
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Certifications
CE, UL, FCC Part 15 Class B
Green Standard
RoHS
Physical Dimension
L×W×H: 90 mm × 55 mm × 34 mm
Weight
120g
Page 1: ...500Mbps Powerline PLV 500AV PE User Manual V1 0...
Page 2: ...uttons 4 3 3 The Adapter s LEDs 5 4 How to Install the Utility 7 5 How to Use the Utility 10 5 1 Main Tab 10 5 2 Privacy Tab 13 5 3 Diagnostics Tab 16 5 4 About Tab 18 6 How to Use the Security Pushbu...
Page 3: ...nge of both residential at home and commercial offices apartments hotels warehouses network applications 1 1 Product Features Without new wiring every power socket becomes a connection node in the hou...
Page 4: ...irements Operating system Windows 98SE 2000 ME XP 32 64 bit and Vista 32 64bit CPU Intel Pentium III or better clock rate faster than 2 0GHz recommended RAM At least 128MB Screen resolution Any resolu...
Page 5: ...rd between the device and the AC power source Only a qualified technician should service this product Opening or removing covers may result in exposure to dangerous voltage points or other risks Do no...
Page 6: ...s to your computer or other Ethernet enabled network device 3 2 The Adapter s Buttons The following figure shows the adapter s buttons Figure 1 Side panel of the device Reset Restore the factory defau...
Page 7: ...The Adapter s LEDs All adapter s LEDs are located on the front panel There are 3 LEDs to indicate the adapter s status Figure 2 Top view The following table describes the LEDs on the device LED Color...
Page 8: ...rline network The Data LED color will vary according to the physical rate PHY RATE 80Mbps green 40 PHY RATE 80Mbps orange PHY RATE 40Mbps red Data Off The PLC adapter does not connect to the powerline...
Page 9: ...stalled please uninstall it and restart your computer Follow the steps below to install the utility No password or CD Key is needed Step 1 Please insert the utility CD into the computer s CD ROM drive...
Page 10: ...PLV 500AV PE_User Manual 8 Figure 4 Selecting the folder Step 3 Click Browse to select the installation folder and then click Next to continue...
Page 11: ...PLV 500AV PE_User Manual 9 Figure 5 Completing the installation Step 4 Click Close to finish the installation...
Page 12: ...Click Connect The utility automatically scans the powerline periodically for other HomePlug devices when it is connected to the local device If no local HomePlug device is discovered the status bar d...
Page 13: ...ied To change the name click Rename or click the name and edit it in the list MAC Address This column shows the MAC addresses of the remote devices Password By default this column is blank You can cli...
Page 14: ...ppears providing suggestions to solve the common problems This process might take a few seconds to get completed Add This button is used to add a remote device to the existing network by entering the...
Page 15: ...s not located a warning message appears Scan This button is used to perform an immediate search for HomePlug devices connected to the powerline network By default the utility automatically scans every...
Page 16: ...mePlugAV as the network name or by clicking on the Use Default button Note If the network name changes to anything other than HomePlug the network type in the main screen is displayed as Private Set L...
Page 17: ...et All Devices This button is used to change the logical network of all devices that appear in the main panel If these devices whose passwords have been entered for the same logical network a dialog b...
Page 18: ...ommunicate through HomePlug on the powerline network It includes the following Operating system platform version Host network name User name MAC address of all NICs Network interface card connected to...
Page 19: ...evices that are active on the current logical network show a transfer rate in the rate column Devices on other networks or devices that no longer exist are shown with a in the rate column The followin...
Page 20: ...he network A dialog window pops up with a confirmation message if the user wants to delete a device whose password has been entered 5 4 About Tab The About screen shows the software version and provid...
Page 21: ...user wants them to form a logical network Do as follows Step1 Press the NMK button on the first device A for less than 3 seconds Step2 Press the NMK button on the second device B for less than 3 seco...
Page 22: ...igure 12 Forming a HomePlug AV logical network 6 2 Joining a Network In this scenario a network exists a new device the joiner wants to join the network Any device on the existing network can become t...
Page 23: ...join another logical network Step1 Press the pushbutton on the leaver for at least 10 seconds The device will reset and restart with a random NMK Step2 Wait for reset to complete The power LED on the...
Page 24: ...e the AVLN Press NMK button on A more than 10 sec A computes random NMK A resets and restarts A PLC A PLC B PLC B PLC C PLC A B and C form an AVLN A wants to leave the AVLN Press NMK button on A more...
Page 25: ...complying with the following correct rules because it can significantly improve the transmission capacity of the network For the PLC device without female socket it is recommended to plug the device...
Page 26: ...Modulation Schemes Supports1024 256 64 16 8 QAM QPSK BPSK and ROBO Encryption 128 AES LED s Power Ethernet Ethernet ink and activity Data PLC link and activity Push Button Reset Restore the factory de...
Page 27: ...PLV 500AV PE_User Manual 25 Certifications CE UL FCC Part 15 Class B Green Standard RoHS Physical Dimension L W H 90 mm 55 mm 34 mm Weight 120g...
Page 28: ...er Sense Multiple Access Collision Avoidance DAK Device Access Key DM Device Manager IGMP Internet Group Management Protocol NEK Network Encryption Key NID Network ID Identification NMK Network Member...
Page 29: ...PLV 500AV PE_User Manual 27 TOS Type Of Service VLAN Virtual Local Area Network...
Page 30: ...icast directed to a host IGMP default CAP 3 sets the channel access priority for IGMP frames these are the group management frames not the stream data Unicast default CAP 1 sets the default channel ac...
Page 31: ...PLV 500AV PE_User Manual 29 VLAN Tag User Priority Default CAP Priority TOS Bit User Priority Default CAP Priority 4 CAP2 4 CAP2 5 CAP2 5 CAP2 6 CAP3 6 CAP3 7 CAP3 7 CAP3...
