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LevelOne User Man ual PLI-4 510 500Mbp s Powerline Adapter with Mains Pass - Through Ve r. 1 .0.
Table of Co nte nts Chapter 1 – Intr oducti on ................................................................................................ . 2 1.1 Over view .......................................................................................
1 Safety FCC This eq uipment has been test ed and fou nd to c om ply w ith Part 15 Class B of the FCC Rules . Operatio n is subjec t to the fo l lowing t wo c onditi ons: (1) This dev ice may not caus e harmful i nterference (2) This device mus t accept any interferenc e received, incl uding inte rference that m ay caus e undesir ed operation.
2 Chapt er 1 – Introduc tion 1.1 Overview H om ePlu g P ow erline is an excellent solution that can b e used to ex tend y our networ k. In the home or s mall of fice bui lding, use Ho mePlug Ether net Bridge s to l ink multipl e locations wi thout the need to r un long Eth ernet cable s.
3 Ethernet Link: Solid/Of f/Flashi ng Certi fications HomePlug A V Power line Certificati on FCC Class B / CE Mark 1.3 Casing De tails Fron t Ca sing The fro nt casing c o n tains 3 s tatus l ights: P ower , PLC Link, and Eth ernet Link.
4 Ethernet Link Solid Gr een: 10/100 Mbps port linked Of f: Ethernet Li nk not ac tive Flashi ng Green: Data s ending Bottom C asing The botto m casing c ontains an Ethernet Port.
5 1.4 Package Contents Make sure that you have the f ollowing items : - PLI -4 510 - RJ - 45 Ethernet LAN cab le - Quick Installation Guide - CD User Manual / QIG/ Ut ility 1.5 System Requirements - Powerline Ethernet Adaptor can support any Operation System.
6 Chapt er 2 – Installa tion & Uninst allation Connecti on of Pow erline Ether net Adapter 2. 1 Insta ll ing Power line Device 1. If you have the SINGLE PACKAGE o f Powerline,Connect the supplie.
7 secure Powerline networks. Users are requested to verify that no other Encryption M anag ement Utilities are installed prior to the ins tallation of this utility. Other utilities should be uninst alled before installing this utility. 1. In order to install, insert Conf iguration Utility C D - ROM into the computer’s C D - ROM drive.
8 4. Click “ Set up ” button to continue. 5. Click “Confirm” button to continue..
9 6. Click “ Next ” button to continue. 7. Click “ Next ” button to continue..
10 8. Click “ I A gree ” button to cont inue 9. Click “ I nstall ” button to c ontinue..
11 10. Click “ Fl is h ” button to continu e. 11. Click “ Ne xt ” butt on to co nt inue..
12 12. Click “ I Agree & N ext ” button to continue. 13. Click “ Ne xt ” butt on to co nt inue..
13 14. Click “ Ne xt ” butt on to co nt inue. 15. Click “ Close ” b utt on t o exi t.
14 16. nnected lo 17. You can see your device working well . The top panel of the screen shot shows a Homeplug device connected locally to your compu t er.
15 2.3 Un i nstallation of Confi gurati on Utili ty 1. To uninstall the Configura tion Util ity , g o t o th e “ Control Panel ” of you r sys te m. 2. Open the “ A dd/Rem ove Programs ” . 3. Select and double click on the “ Powerline Utilit y ” in the A dd/ Remove Programs Properties .
16 Chapte r 3 – Conf igurat ion Uti lit y Setup Introduction The Configuration Utility enables the users to identify HomePlug devices on the powerline network, measures data rate performance, ensures privacy and performs diagnostics by setting user defined secure powerline networks.
17 T he Mai n screen provides a list of all powerline dev ices log ically connected to the computer w hen the ut ility is r unning.The top panel shows all local HomePlug devices connected to the computer’s NIC (Network Interface Card). In most cases, only one device will be seen.
18 following information is display ed for all devices that appear in the lower panel. Device Name column show s the def ault device name, which may be user re - def ine d. A u ser can change the name by either using the rename button or by clicking on the name and editing in - place.
19 Ad d button is use d to add a remote dev ice to the exi s ting network by ente r ing the dev ice password of th e device. A dialo g box will appear as show n below in Figure 3-4 . The dialog box al lows the user to enter both a device name and t he password.
20 Th e Scan button is used t o perform an i mm ediate search o f the HomePlug dev ices connect ed to t he Powerline network. By de f ault, 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.
21 3.2 P r i v a c y Screen The Privacy screen provides the user with an option to maintain security for their logical networ k and also to select the devices t hat has t o be i nc luded in the network.
22 3.3 Diagnost ics Screen Th e Di agnostics screen shows Sy st em information and a histor y of al l r emote devices seen over a period of time. The appearance is show n in Fig ure 3-7 .
23 Th e Lower panel c ontains a history o f all remote dev ices seen on the computer over a certain period of t im e. All devices that were on the powerline network are li sted here along with a few other parameters.
24 Chapter 4 – Indi v i dual HomePlug A V Ne tw ork Se tup(Opti onal ) All HomePlug AV 500Mbps nano Pass Thru ship with a def ault security k ey so they w ill autom atically link to a ll ot h er HomePlug AV 500Mbps n ano Pass Thru or Ethernet Bridges sharing the same electrical lines.
25 4.2 A dding Br idge C t o existing Ne twork AB (Netw ork ABC) One unassociated Bridge C is added to an ex ist ing Netw or k AB. The proc edure is as fo l lo ws: 1. Pres s and ho ld the Securit y button o n Bridg e C fo r no m ore than 10 s econds .
26 4. 3 Removing Bri dge B from Bridge A & C Netw ork and join w ith Bri dge D & E (Netw ork BDE) The proc edure is as fo l lo ws: 1. Pres s and ho ld the Securit y button o n Brid ge B f or no m ore than 10 s econds . Must r elease af ter 10 seconds.
27 4.4 Trouble shooting If your HomePlug A V 500 Mbps nan o Pa ss Thru have di fficulty communicati ng with eac h other , chec k the fo l low ing: • Try power cycling the un it by unpl ugging it from the wal l for 10 s econds and plug ging it i n again.
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