Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product Fritz! Powerline 500E AVM
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© AV M GmbH · Alt-Moabit 95 · 10559 Berlin · T elefon 030 39976-0 · info@avm.de www.avm.de Installation and Operation 411298001 FRITZ!Powerline 500E Inst alla tion and O p eratio n.
2 T able of C ontents Symbols and Highlighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 1 FRITZ !Powerline 500E . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 2 Before Y ou Connect the FRITZ!Power line . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 2.
3 6 The AV M FRITZ !Powerline Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 7 Factory Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 8 Pow er-sa ving Feat ures of FRITZ!Po werline 500E . . . . . . 23 9 Optimizing Tr ansmission C apac it y.
4 Symb ol s a n d Hi ghl i g ht in g Symb ols and emphas ized text are used to mark certain inform ation in this m anual. Sym bo ls High light ing This symbol marks useful h ints and tips. This sym bol indicates important instructions that mu st be observed to a void malfunctions.
FRITZ!Po werline 500E 5 1 FRITZ!Powerline 500E FRI TZ!Pow erline 500E allows data to b e tran smitt ed over the ele ctrica l wiring in your home. Wit h FRITZ! Powe rline 50 0E y ou c onnect net work devic es lik e co mput - ers, game consoles and tel evisions via electrical wiring in what is known a s a powerline netw ork.
6 Before Y ou Connect the FRITZ!P owerline 2 Before Y ou Connect the FRITZ!Powerline • Check the contents of your F RITZ!Powerline 5 00E package. • Read the securit y instructions before connecting FRITZ!Powerline 500E. 2.1 Package C ontents • two FRI TZ!P ower line 500E • two ne twork cables • print ed produc t inform ation 2.
LEDs, Buttons and Network P ort 7 2.3 LEDs, Butto ns and Netwo rk Port LEDs FRITZ!Pow erline 5 00E has three LEDs t hat display the operat- ing status: LED C ondition Meaning on FRITZ!Powerline h as e.
8 LEDs, Buttons and Network P ort Butt on FRITZ !Powe rline 50 0E has two bu ttons: LAN Port FRITZ !Po werline 500E h as a n etwork port (LAN port) f or co m- puters a nd othe r networ k devices . Th is po r t is a gi ga bi t E th e rn e t p o r t. Button Function “Reset” Button Restores the f actory settings to FRITZ!Pow erline.
Co nnecting the FRITZ!Powerline 9 3 C onnecting th e FRITZ!P ow erline With FRITZ! Powe rline 50 0E Set y o u can s et up a p owe rli ne n etwo rk and expand it with further adapters. 3.1 C onnecting FRITZ!Powerline 500E Set 1. Insert the first FRITZ!Powerlin e adapter in an outlet near you r FR IT Z! Box.
10 Expand ing a F RITZ !Powerl ine Ne twork Now you can use t he In ternet connect ion of t he FRIT Z!Box on the ne twor k device. 3.2 Ex pand ing a FRIT Z!Po werli ne Netwo rk An existing FR ITZ!Powerl ine powe rline net work can be ex- panded with additional FRITZ!Powerline adapters.
Conn ecting Powerline Adapters from Other Manuf acturers 11 3.3 C onnecting Pow erline Adapters f rom Other Manuf acturer s In a FRITZ!Powerline network you can also integrate powerline adapters from othe r manufacturers. The prerequisite for th is is that they are powerl ine dev ice s of the 500 and 20 0-Mbit /s ca te go r y .
12 Security in the Powerline Network 4 Security in the Powerline Network FRIT Z!Powerlin e 500E is delivere d with a p reset ind ividual n etwork passwo rd.
Ch anging the Network Pas sword 13 Changing the Netw ork Password by Button Plug all FRITZ!Powerline adapters in a ny outlet in your home. For this operation it make s sense to plug all adapters that are supposed to receive the new net work password nex t to each othe r in a m ulti-o utlet strip.
14 Ch anging the Network Pas sword Changing the Ne twork Password i n the AVM FRITZ!Powerl ine Program 1. Plug b oth FRITZ !Powerl ine adap ter int o ou tlets i n your home. 2. Use a network cable to connect o ne FRITZ! Powerline adapter to a c omputer on which the AVM FRITZ!Pow er- line prog ram is installed.
Ch anging the Network Pas sword 15 9. If there are more than two adapters in your network, then the ada pte rs that still have t he old netw ork pass word will no longer be vis ible in t he AV M FRI TZ!Powerline pro- gram.
16 Applic ation Ex amples 5A p p l i c a t i o n E x a m p l e s The ne twork d evices connected in a network can exchange data among each other and share network resour ces. C o mputers exc hange data, and share an Internet connection or a p rinter .
Networking Computers 17 connect ion is not lim ited by structura l comp onen ts like rein force d concre te or clay plaster, del ivers high transmiss ion speeds and can be s et up easily and economically.
18 Game C onsoles on the Internet C o nnection or in the Home Network 5.3 Game C onsoles on the Internet C onnection or in the Home Netw ork With FRITZ!P owerline 500E yo u can integr ate your game c on- sole in to yo ur netwo rk.
TV s and Stereo Systems in the Network 19 5.4 TV s a nd Ster eo Systems i n the Ne twork With FRIT Z!Powerlin e 500E you can in tegrate your TV and your stereo system into your ne twork.
20 The A VM FRITZ !Powerline Program 6T h e A V M F R I T Z ! P o w e r l i n e P r o g r a m For FRITZ!Powerline there is the A VM FRITZ!Powerline progr am, a user inter face for the FRITZ!Powe rline netw ork. The p rogram offers you an overview of the FR ITZ!Powerl ine adapters used i n the ne twork and the adapters from other manufactur ers.
The A VM FRITZ !Powerline Program 21 • Dis pl ay of the in div idua l devic e pr ofile f or eac h adap ter • Factory set tings can be restored to each adapter • Firmware update s of visible FRIT.
22 Factory Settings 7 Fact ory Settings The adapt ers from the FRI TZ!Powerline Set are del ivered with preset values for th e adapter name, L ED control, power-saving function (green mode) and n etwork pa ssword settings. These fou r settings can be changed as nee ded.
Power -sav ing Feat ures of FRITZ!Pow erline 500E 23 8 Power-s aving Features of FRITZ!Powerline 5 00E FRITZ!Powerline is equipped with modern power-saving fe atures and adjusts its energy consumption to the given state of operation.
24 Op tim izi ng Tra nsmi ssio n Ca pacit y 9 Optim iz ing T ransmi ssi on C apac ity The power mains and the instal led wiring are not designed for fa st da- ta t ransmi ss ion. Howe ver, if you f ollow the tips in this c hapter , wi th FRIT Z!Powerline you can use the po wer outlet as a fast data por t.
FAQs 25 10 FA Qs This section presents answers to questions that may ari se about pow- erline adapters and powerline networks. 10.1 Multipl e Powerl ine Network s in Onc e Cir cuit Can multiple powerli ne net works exist in a single circuit ? Multip le FRITZ!P owerline network s can e xis t with in one c ircuit.
26 Electricity Meter, F use Box, GFC I Ground Fau lt Circuit Interrupter 10.3 Electric ity Met er, Fuse Bo x, GF CI Gro und Fa ult C ircuit Int erru pter Can a powerli ne connec tion extend over an el.
Kinds of Device s on the Powerline Adapter 27 10.5 Kinds of Devic es on the Po werli ne Adapter What kinds of de vices can b e conn ecte d to po wer line? All network d evices that comply wit h the Ethe rnet IEEE 802.3 standard c an be connected to the adapters.
28 Powerline: T echn ical Back ground 11 Powe rline : T ech nical Background Powerline is a n etwork te chnology t hat uses existing elec trical w ires for da ta transm ission .
Electromagnetic Interferenc e 29 12 E lectromagne tic Inter ference There are norm s that limit t he emission of hig h-frequency i n- terferen ce for all electronic devices. For F RITZ!Powerline t he norm EN 55022 (I nformation te chnology e quipmen t - Radio dist urbance char acteristics - Limits and methods of mea sure- ment) appl ies.
30 Comp arison with other Network T echnologies 13 C ompari son with other Network T echnologi es powerli ne is su itable for building small to med ium-sized n etworks, lik e priv ate home netw orks, netw orks in off ices, pr actice s, hotels, schools and simila r institu tions.
Comp arison with other Network T echnologies 31 Range Powerline up to several hundred meters WLAN not specified, becau se rates depend so strongly on structura l conditions Eth erne t up to 100 mete rs FRITZ!Powerline 500E-e.
32 T echnical Specifications 14 T echnical Specifications • Up to several hundred meters range on the power line • Gigabit LAN P ort • Encrypti on: AES 12 8 Bit (ex works) • Transmissi on rate: up to 5 00 Mbi t/s. Th is is a gross val- ue; the at tainab le user data rate is lower.
Cust omer Service 33 15 Customer Ser vice Be it prod uct documentatio n, frequently ask ed qu estions, tips or sup- port: this chapter presents information on all important ser vic e top- ics. 15.1 In formation in the Inter net On its w eb site AVM presents comprehensive informati on on your AVM p ro du ct .
34 Support from the Suppor t T eam Support by E-mail Y ou can send us an English-language e-mail request at any time using the “S ervice” area of o ur web site. The “Se rvice” area can be reac hed at: www .avm. de/en/se rvice 1. Sele ct the p roduct grou p and y ou r produ ct for which you need suppor t from t he “Suppor t” area.
Manufac turer’ s Warranty 35 15.3 Manufact urer’s W arranty Withi n the warr anty period, w e will remove de fects to the pro duct which are demo nst rab ly due to faul ts in m ateria ls or manufacturi ng.
36 Legal N oti ce Legal N otice This doc umentat ion and the sof tware it de scribes are pro tected b y copy right. A VM grants th e non- ex clusi ve rig ht to us e the softwa re, which is su pplied e xclus iv ely in obj ect co de form at.
37 Decla ration of CE C onformit y The manuf acturer AVM G mb H Alt-Mo abit 95 D 10559 Berlin herewith declares th at the product FRITZ!Powerline 500E Powerline adapter comp lies with th e foll owing .
38 Dis pos al Inf ormat ion In acc ordance with European regulat ions an d the W aste Elec- trical and Ele ctronic Equi pment D irective (WEEE ), the FRITZ!Pow erlin e 500E , as well as all devices an d ele ctronic c omponen ts co ntai ned in the pa ck age, m ay not be dispo sed with h ouse hol d waste .
39 Index A appli cation exam ples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 game consoles on the In ternet connec tion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Internet connection for all network devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 netwo rkin g mu ltiple co mput ers.
40 S securit y . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Securit y button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 securit y instruct ions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 standard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 stereo system s in th e network .
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