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Powerline Ethernet Adaptor 

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Page 2: ...llation Uninstallation 2 2 1 Installing Powerline Device 2 2 2 Installation of Powerline Utility 2 2 3 Uninstallation of Configuration Utility 11 Chapter 3 Configuration Utility Setup 12 3 1 Main Tab 12 3 2 Privacy Screen 18 3 3 Diagnostics Screen 19 3 4 About Screen 20 Chapter 4 Reset and Network ID Buttons Setting 21 4 1 Reset Button 21 4 2 Network ID Button 21 ...

Page 3: ...emes Frequency 4 3 MHz 20 9 MHz Security 128 bits AES encryption IEEE802 3 10Base T IEEE802 3U 100Base TX 1 3 LED Indicators The Powerline Ethernet Adaptor has three LEDs indicator Turn on when connected to AC power supply Turn on when detected and connected with another HomePlug adaptor within the network Turn on when connected to the Ethernet card of the computer or Ethernet Hub Switch 1 4 Packa...

Page 4: ... if the PLC LED of Powerline Ethernet Adapter is ON the Powerline Ethernet Adapter is connected and suitable for Internet Connections 5 Check if the PLC LED is OFF the Powerline Ethernet Adapter isn t connected and suitable for Internet Connections Please follow next step to have it connected and suitable for Internet Connections 2 2 Installation of Powerline Utility The Configuration Utility enab...

Page 5: ...a requires the installer program to have administrator privileges so the new policy called User Account Control has been introduced in Windows 7 Vista If UAC is enabled Windows pops up a window User Account Control Windows need your permission to continue User needs to click Yes Allow to continue ...

Page 6: ...4 Powerline Ethernet Adaptor 3 Please click Powerline Utility button to continue 4 Click Next button to continue ...

Page 7: ...5 Powerline Ethernet Adaptor 5 Click Next button to continue 6 Click I Agree button to continue ...

Page 8: ...6 Powerline Ethernet Adaptor 7 Click Install button to continue 8 Click Finish button to continue ...

Page 9: ...7 Powerline Ethernet Adaptor 9 Click Next button to continue 10 Click I Agree and then click Next button to continue ...

Page 10: ...8 Powerline Ethernet Adaptor 11 Click Next button to continue 12 Click Next button to continue ...

Page 11: ...9 Powerline Ethernet Adaptor 13 Click Close button to exit 14 In order to start the utility double click the utility icon on desktop ...

Page 12: ...aptor 15 You can see your device working well The top panel of the screen shot shows a Homeplug device connected locally to your computer The bottom panel shows one device connected remotely to the computer running the utility ...

Page 13: ...ty 1 To uninstall the Configuration Utility go to the Control Panel of your system 2 Open the Add Remove Programs 3 Select and double click on the Powerline Utility in the Add Remove Programs Properties 4 Follow the on screen instructions to uninstall the Powerline Utility ...

Page 14: ...ine networks The Utility will use a Graphical User Interface GUI with limited user selectable options 3 1 Main Tab In order to start the utility double click the utility icon on desktop Figure 3 1 shows the main screen of the Configuration Utility The top panel of the screen shot shows a HomePlug AV device connected locally to the host computer The bottom panel shows four devices connected remotel...

Page 15: ...line periodically for any other HomePlug devices If no local HomePlug devices are discovered the status area above the connect button will indicate with a message NO HOMEPLUG ADAPTERS DETECTED Figure 3 2 illustrates the presence of two local devices connected locally to the computer Figure 3 2 Multiple Local Device Connection The lower panel displays all the HomePlug remote devices discovered on t...

Page 16: ...may be user re defined A user can change the name by either using the rename button or by clicking on the name and editing in place An icon is usually shown with the name By default the icon is always accompanied by a device name MAC Address column shows the Remote device s MAC address ...

Page 17: ...word button A dialog box will appear as shown in Figure 3 3 to type the password The selected device name is shown above the password field and the password can be verified by hitting the OK button The Password field accepts the Device password in any case formats with or without dashed between them If a device was not found the user will be notified along with the suggestions to resolve common pr...

Page 18: ...log box allows the user to enter both a device name and the password If a device was not found the user will be notified and suggestions to resolve common problems will be presented Figure 3 4 Add Remote Device Note The device must be present on the power line plugged in in order for the password to be confirmed and added to the network If the device could not be located a warning message will be ...

Page 19: ...of the HomePlug devices connected to the Powerline network By default the utility automatically scans every few seconds and updates the display screen A typical screen after naming and supplying passwords might appear as in Figure 3 5 Figure 3 5 Main Screen of the Configuration Utility ...

Page 20: ...work type on the main screen as Private Figure 3 6 Privacy Screen The Set Local Device Only button can be used to change the network name network password of the local device If a new network password is entered all the devices seen on the Main panel prior to this will be no longer present in the new network effectively making the local devices not to communicate to the devices who were in the old...

Page 21: ... which were used to communicate over HomePlug on the Powerline network It shall include the following Operating System Platform Version Host Network Name User Name MAC Address of all NICs Network interface card connected to the host Identify versions of all Driver DLLs and Libraries used NDIS and optionally HomePlug chipset manufacturer name MAC Firmware Version MAC addresses of all devices connec...

Page 22: ...is available from the diagnostics screen Device Alias Name Device MAC Address Device Password Device Last known rate Device Last Known Network name HomePlug chipset manufacturer name Date device last seen on the network MAC Firmware Version The diagnostics information displayed may be saved to a text file for later use or can be printed for reference for a technical support call Devices which are ...

Page 23: ...Don t power off when the device is in reset process 4 2 Network ID Button The HomePlug AV powerline communication devices can form multiple logical networks over a common powerline or coax medium There are many situations when it is desirable to add new devices to or remove old devices from a HomePlug AV logical network Push this button to accomplish using HomePlug AV Simple Connect Technology Net...

Page 24: ...ress the button on the second device for less than 3 seconds The button on the second device must be pressed within 1 minute by default however the interval is programmable 4 Wait for connection to complete and the PLC LED will be ON The PWR LED on both devices will flash evenly at 1 second intervals until the operation succeeds or fails It will illuminate steadily on successful completion If an e...

Page 25: ...e PWR LED on the adder will flash unevenly until the Network ID button on the adder is pressed again or the joiner is reset by pressing the Network ID button for more than 10 seconds as described in Case 3 The join operation can be cancelled by pressing the Network ID button on the first device again for less than 3 seconds instead of pressing the Network ID button on the second device If you pres...

Page 26: ...twork ID button on the leaver for at least 10 seconds The device will reset and restart with a random NMK 2 Wait for reset to complete and the PLC LED will be OFF The PWR LED on the leaver will momentarily extinguish during reset flash during restart then illuminate steadily No errors can occur Once the process completes the user may disconnect the device from the medium or join it to another logi...

Page 27: ...nt a mode of operation in which an adder device in the network remains in the adder state for an extended period allowing additional joiners to be added in turn This lets you press the adder Network ID button once then press each joiner Network ID button in turn If Network ID buttons are pressed on two or more joiners only the first one will respond The second will not This makes timing important ...

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