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    TRENDnet User’s Gu ide TPL-420E/TPL-4 20E2K © Copyright 201 5 TRENDnet. All R ights Reserved. 2 Table of Contents Table of Contents ...................................................................................... 2 Product Overview .................................................................................... 4 Features .............[...]

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    TRENDnet User’s Gu ide TPL-420E/TPL-4 20E2K © Copyright 201 5 TRENDnet. All R ights Reserved. 3 System Informat ion ................................................................ ............................. 22 Manage your report ................................................................ ............................. 22 Powerline Utilit[...]

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    TRENDnet User’s Gu ide TPL-420E/TPL-4 20E2K © Copyright 201 5 TRENDnet. All R ights Reserved. 4 Product Overview T PL - 420 E Package Contents  TPL-420 E Power line 1200 AV2 Adapter  Multi-Language Qu ick Installation Guide  CD -ROM (Utility & U ser’s Guide)  Network cable (1. 5 m / 5 ft.) TPL - 420 E 2K Package Contents  2 [...]

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    TRENDnet User’s Gu ide TPL-420E/TPL-4 20E2K © Copyright 201 5 TRENDnet. All R ights Reserved. 5 Multiple Adapters Two adapte rs are needs to start a network — us e up to 8 adapters to network an entire home No CD Installation Simply plug in the adapters — TRENDnet adapters auto-connect out of the box Cross Compatible Backward compat ible wit[...]

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    TRENDnet User’s Gu ide TPL-420E/TPL-4 20E2K © Copyright 201 5 TRENDnet. All R ights Reserved. 6 Device Label Product Outlo ok Model Number Serial Number Network MAC Address Device Password (DPW) Power LED Ethernet LED Powerline LED Sync button Synchronize with other Powerline Adapters. Gigabit Network Port Connect network cables from Powerline A[...]

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    TRENDnet User’s Gu ide TPL-420E/TPL-4 20E2K © Copyright 201 5 TRENDnet. All R ights Reserved. 7 Ground Wire TPL-420E u sing all 3 power wires to boost u p the Powerline communication speed to gigabit. Please use 3 wire sockets and make sure your electric syst em installed w ith all load, natural and g round 3 wires. Push Buttons Button Action Fu[...]

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    TRENDnet User’s Gu ide TPL-420E/TPL-4 20E2K © Copyright 201 5 TRENDnet. All R ights Reserved. 8 Diagnostic LEDs LED Color Seque nce Definition POWER Green Solid Device is powered on Green Blinking Powerline synchronizatio n in progress N/A Off Device is powered off or in sleep POWERLINE Green Solid Powerline connected (B est) Blinking Data trans[...]

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    TRENDnet User’s Gu ide TPL-420E/TPL-4 20E2K © Copyright 201 5 TRENDnet. All R ights Reserved. 9 Application Diagram Diagram Explan ation: The first Powerline unit is networked to a router which is in turn c onnected to a router (typically supplied by your Internet Serv ice Provider (ISP)) th at provides Internet conn ectivity. A second Powerline[...]

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    TRENDnet User’s Gu ide TPL-420E/TPL-4 20E2K © Copyright 201 5 TRENDnet. All R ights Reserved. 10 Installing Your Powerline Adapter Powerline Secur ity All out- of -the-box TRENDnet HomePlugA V Powerline adapter s can b e connected to each ot her without further configuration. To add add itional network security t o your network, you c an change [...]

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    TRENDnet User’s Gu ide TPL-420E/TPL-4 20E2K © Copyright 201 5 TRENDnet. All R ights Reserved. 11 Before Physical I nstallation It is recommended that you create the P owerline data connection next to each other before physically install the Powerline adapter to the outlet you want. With this practice, you can have ample time to do the synchroniz[...]

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    TRENDnet User’s Gu ide TPL-420E/TPL-4 20E2K © Copyright 201 5 TRENDnet. All R ights Reserved. 12 Physical Install ation With t he s ynchronized Powerline adapters or t he ou t- of -box adapters, now you can set up your Powerline adapters to the location you want your network extends to. There are several l ocation choosing considerations of wher[...]

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    TRENDnet User’s Gu ide TPL-420E/TPL-4 20E2K © Copyright 201 5 TRENDnet. All R ights Reserved. 13 Ethernet port on your computers or an other network enabled device. 6. After the additi onal Powerline adapter is conne cted and installed to your computer or networ k device, wait for t he Power LED to turn on. After the Power LED turns on, verify t[...]

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    TRENDnet User’s Gu ide TPL-420E/TPL-4 20E2K © Copyright 201 5 TRENDnet. All R ights Reserved. 14 Move Powerline adapters between different overlapping power line networks Note: Assumin g all Po werline adapter s are T RENDnet Powerline a dapters a nd for reference in the diagram and this procedure, the a dapters w ill be labeled Adapter A, B, C,[...]

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    TRENDnet User’s Gu ide TPL-420E/TPL-4 20E2K © Copyright 201 5 TRENDnet. All R ights Reserved. 15 The Powerline Utility The Powerline Ut ility allows you do ing following jobs: 1. Create a c ustomized network name for your powerline network and apply it to multiple P owerline adapters at the sa me time. 2. View Powerline adapters connected to you[...]

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    TRENDnet User’s Gu ide TPL-420E/TPL-4 20E2K © Copyright 201 5 TRENDnet. All R ights Reserved. 16 WinPcap. I f yo u have installed a previous vers ion o f W inPcap, please uninstall it manually. And then, start the installation fro m the beginning. 5. At the WinPcap in staller window, click Next . 6. Click Yes to allow in stallation. 7. Review th[...]

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    TRENDnet User’s Gu ide TPL-420E/TPL-4 20E2K © Copyright 201 5 TRENDnet. All R ights Reserved. 17 9. Wait for the WinPcap installation to complete. 10. After the process has be en completed, click Finish . 11. At the TRENDnet Powerline Util ity Setup Wizard, cl ick Next . 12. In the License Agreement window, click I Agree , and then click Next .[...]

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    TRENDnet User’s Gu ide TPL-420E/TPL-4 20E2K © Copyright 201 5 TRENDnet. All R ights Reserved. 18 13. In the Select Installation F older window, click Next . 14. In the Confirm Installatio n window, click Next . 15. Wai t for the Powerline Utility installation to complete. At the Installation Comp lete window, click Close .[...]

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    TRENDnet User’s Gu ide TPL-420E/TPL-4 20E2K © Copyright 201 5 TRENDnet. All R ights Reserved. 19 Using the Utility Before using the utility, please do the following: 1. Write down the Device Password (DPW) (16-digit characters A- Z only) and MAC Address (12-digit chara cters a -f, A-F, 0-9) of each Powerline adapter as this will be required to c[...]

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    TRENDnet User’s Gu ide TPL-420E/TPL-4 20E2K © Copyright 201 5 TRENDnet. All R ights Reserved. 20 Powerline Utility – Map View Local Device All Pow erline a da pter s connected to the same network as your computer will be li st ed he r e. The default de vi ce name is main chip number , f oll owed by the MAC add ress a nd fir mware version numbe[...]

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    TRENDnet User’s Gu ide TPL-420E/TPL-4 20E2K © Copyright 201 5 TRENDnet. All R ights Reserved. 21 Rename remote device (Click and select a re mote device and t hen click Rename button in Map View ) Enter Password (Click and select a re mote device and t hen click Enter Passwo rd button in Map View ) The device passwo rd (DPW) can be fo und on dev[...]

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    TRENDnet User’s Gu ide TPL-420E/TPL-4 20E2K © Copyright 201 5 TRENDnet. All R ights Reserved. 22 Powerline Utility – Detailed View System Information System Information sectio n shows this utility v ersion, your computer information, network adapters install ed on your computer. Remote Devices Powerline adapte rs in remote locations connect to[...]

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    TRENDnet User’s Gu ide TPL-420E/TPL-4 20E2K © Copyright 201 5 TRENDnet. All R ights Reserved. 23 Powerline Utility – Device Setup Private Network Name This is the network nam e of your powerline network. Default is “HomePlugAV ”. When network name set t o “HomePlugAV”, it c onsidered a public network b ecause very out of box Powerli ne[...]

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    TRENDnet User’s Gu ide TPL-420E/TPL-4 20E2K © Copyright 201 5 TRENDnet. All R ights Reserved. 24 Powerline Utility – Advanced Select Local Device This advanced featur e supports local devices only. Choose on e of your local device and proceed the adva nce setting. Upgrade Firmware Click this button to upg rade device firmware. Reset Device Cle[...]

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    TRENDnet User’s Gu ide TPL-420E/TPL-4 20E2K © Copyright 201 5 TRENDnet. All R ights Reserved. 25 Powerline Utility – Options Scan Options By default, the Powerl ine Util ity scans adapters attac hed to the network every 2 s econds. You can change the sca nning frequency from 2 secon ds up to 60 seconds or stop auto sca n. You can then scan de [...]

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    TRENDnet User’s Gu ide TPL-420E/TPL-4 20E2K © Copyright 201 5 TRENDnet. All R ights Reserved. 26 Powerline Utility – About About Powerline Utility This Powerline Utility manages TPL-420E and most legacy HomePlug certif ied Powerline adapters. For more informat ion, please visit our website www.tr endnet.com[...]

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    TRENDnet User’s Gu ide TPL-420E/TPL-4 20E2K © Copyright 201 5 TRENDnet. All R ights Reserved. 27 Regulations F ed er al Co mm uni cat io n Co mm iss io n In te rf er en ce St ate me nt This equipment has been tested and found to co mply with the lim its for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed[...]

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    TRENDnet User’s Gu ide TPL-420E/TPL-4 20E2K © Copyright 201 5 TRENDnet. All R ights Reserved. 28 Industry Can ada CAN ICES-3 (B)/NMB -3(B) IC: ICES/NMB – 006 complies with IC: I CES - 006; en conform ité avec IC: NMB – 006 Europe – EU Declar ation of Conformity TRENDnet hereby declar e that the product is in compliance with the essential [...]

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    TRENDnet User’s Gu ide TPL-420E/TPL-4 20E2K © Copyright 201 5 TRENDnet. All R ights Reserved. 29 per tine nti stab ilit e dal la di rett iva 20 04/1 08/C E, 20 06/9 5/CE e 2009 /125 /CE . Latviski [Latvian] Arš oT REND netd eklar ē, ka TPL - 420 E at bilst Dir ekt īvas 2004 /108 /EK , 2006 /95/ EK u n 2009 /125/E K bū tisk ajām pras ībām [...]

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    TRENDnet User’s Gu ide TPL-420E/TPL-4 20E2K © Copyright 201 5 TRENDnet. All R ights Reserved. 30 puede apagar utilizando el botón de alimentación, o simplemente desconectar el a daptador de corriente para optimizar el ahorro de energía. Modo de espera en red: 2. 76 W Modo de espera : 0. 37 W Ελληνική [Greek] Αυτ ή η σ υσκε ?[...]

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    TRENDnet User’s Gu ide TPL-420E/TPL-4 20E2K © Copyright 201 5 TRENDnet. All R ights Reserved. 31 Modo de espera : 0. 37 watts Slovensko [Slovenian] Ta mre ža n aprav a je let o En erg y Pod obni izd elek (Er P ou z dop isom ), sam odej no pr eklo pi n a var čeva nje z en erg ijo v st anju pr ipravl jen ost i mod a rok u 10 min ut brez pre nos [...]

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    TRENDnet User’s Gu ide TPL-420E/TPL-4 20E2K © Copyright 201 5 TRENDnet. All R ights Reserved. 32 Limited Warranty TRENDnet war rants i ts pro ducts a gainst d efects in mat erial and workmanship , under normal us e and s ervice, for the following lengths of tim e from th e date of purchase. • TPL - 420 E – 3 Years Warrant y If a pr oduc t do[...]