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P
RODUCT
O
VERVIEW
This Powerline device is virtually an Ethernet cable replacement and an Ethernet hub
replacement. Two of these Powerline Ethernet Bridge (Switch) devices can be used to
replace an Ethernet cable, for connecting any PC to another PC, PC to a DSL router, or a
wireless AP to a DSL device. Many of this devices can be connected together to form a
mesh communication. For example, three PCs can connect to a DSL router for accessing
internet via four of these Powerline devices, each PC to one of this Powerline device and
the DSL router to the fourth Powerline device.
Each Powerline device has predefined attributes such as DAK (device password) and
Powerline logical network group. Any device node in a logical network group can
communicate to any of the other nodes in the same group. Devices in different network
groups won’t be able to talk to one another. Max number of nodes in a Powerline logical
network group is defined in the
S
PECIFICATIONS
section in this user’s manual. Powerline
network group is defined by its
Network Name
stored in the device. Each device is shipped
with default Public network name of HomePlugAV, and thus belong to the same logical
network and be able to communicate with each other.
If user finds two newly purchased devices are not able to communicate with each other,
please use the GROUP button on the device or the
PLC Device Utility
software inside
installation CD to assign the Powerline devices to a same network group before installing.
For using the GROUP button, please see first portion of the
P
RODUCT INSTALLATION
section.
For using PLC Device Utility software, please refer to the
PLC Device Utility User
Guide
inside the CD included with the product.
Sleep Mode
If there is no Ethernet cable connected to the ZPL-200 over two minutes, the ZPL-200 will
go into sleep mode automatically to save power consumption and its POWER LED will blink
at 1 second ON and 1 second OFF period. To exit the sleep mode, insert the Ethernet cable
or plug the ZPL-200 again.
Note: 1. some computers support Wake up LAN function that it may cause our PLC can’t
enter the sleep mode. 2. ZPL-204 doesn't support sleep mode.
