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www .zyxel.com www .zyxel.com PLA-401 Series Powerline Ethernet Adapter Copyright © 2010 ZyXEL Communications Corporation Edition 1, 11/2010[...]
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About This User's Guide PLA-401 Series User’s Guide 3 About This User's Guide Intended Audience This manual is intended for people who w ant to configure the PLA -401 Series using the PLA-4xx Series Configur ation Util ity version 3.3.4. Y ou should have your basic Internet access or home network already set up. Related Document ation ?[...]
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About This User's Guide PLA-401 Series User’s Guide 4 Customer Support In the event of probl ems that cannot be solved by using t his manua l, you sh ould contact your vendor . If y ou canno t cont act your vendor , then contact a Z yXEL office for the region in wh ich you bought the devi ce. See http://w ww .zyxel.com/ web/contact_us.php fo[...]
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Document Conventions PLA-401 Series User’s Guide 5 Document Conventions W arnings and Notes These are how warnings and notes are shown in this User’ s Guide. W arnings tell you about things that could harm you or your device. Note: Notes tell you other import ant informat ion (for e xample, other things you may need to configure or help ful tip[...]
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Document Conventions PLA-401 Series User’s Guide 6 Icons Used in Figures Figures in this User’ s Guide ma y use the following generic icons. The PLA -401 Series icons used may not be an ex act representation of yo ur device. PLA-401 Series Computer Intern et Modem / Router Printer Notebook TV[...]
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Safety Warnings PLA-401 Series User’s Guide 7 Safety Warnings • Do NO T use this product near water , for exam ple, in a wet basement or near a swimming pool. • Do NO T expose your device to dampness, dust or corrosive liquids. • Do NO T store things on the device. • Do NOT install, use, or service this device during a thunderstorm. There[...]
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Table of Contents PLA-401 Series User’s Guide 9 Table of Contents About This User's Guide ........................................... ..................................................... .......... 3 Document Conventions.................................................................. ......................................... .5 Safety War[...]
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Table of Contents PLA-401 Series User’s Guide 10 4.1 ENCRYPT Button Overview ......... ................ ................ ................ ................ .................... ... 29 4.2 Set Up a HomePlug A V Network with ENCR YPT ...................... ................... ................ ....... 29 4.3 Setting Up Multiple Networ ks .......... .[...]
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Table of Contents PLA-401 Series User’s Guide 11 Chapter 8 LEDs and T roubleshooting ....................................... ............................................................. 71 8.1 LEDs ................... ................ ................ ................ ................. ................ ............. ..... .............. 71 8.2 P[...]
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13 P ART I Introduction Introducing the PLA-40 1 Series (15) Installing th e Utility (21)[...]
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PLA-401 Series User’s Guide 15 C HAPTER 1 Introducing the PLA-401 Series 1.1 Overview This chapter introduces the main ap plications and features of the PLA -401 Series HomePlug A V compliant powerline adapter . See App endix A on page 81 for detailed product specific ations. In this User’ s Gu ide the el ectrical wi ring network i s referred t[...]
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Chapter 1 Introducing the PLA-40 1 Series PLA-401 Series User’s Guide 16 Series.) The PLA -401 Series uses 128-bit Advanc ed Encryption Standard (AES) to ensure safe transfer of in formation. Figure 1 Exp and Y our Network with the PLA-401 Series Connect your PLA -401 Series to an Internet gatewa y such as a modem and plug it into an ordinary pow[...]
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Chapter 1 Introd ucing the PLA-401 Series PLA-401 Series User’s Guide 17 Note: This User ’s Guide descr ibes the latest version utility . This utility i s only compatib le with a PLA-401 Series which ha s the latest firmware installed. If you don’t already have them, download the la test firmware and ut ility from the ZyXEL website. 1.4 Secur[...]
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Chapter 1 Introducing the PLA-40 1 Series PLA-401 Series User’s Guide 18 2 It’ s a good idea to ens ure privacy of your communication . When you use the PLA - 401 Series and other powerline adapters, the elec trical wiring in your home becomes an extension of y our Ethernet ne twork. Y our network tr affic flows freely within the electrical cir[...]
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Chapter 1 Introd ucing the PLA-401 Series PLA-401 Series User’s Guide 19 1.6 PLA Comp atibility Y our PLA-401 Series can work with different PLA models that ha ve a firmw are versio n of a t least 3.0 .5 in the same powerline network. The following table shows a quick summar y of firmware and utility version s compatible with the di fferent power[...]
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Chapter 1 Introducing the PLA-40 1 Series PLA-401 Series User’s Guide 20 This diagr am below shows a P owerline ne twork where two PLAs hav e an earlier firmware that cannot be managed by the 3.3.4 Configur ation Util ity . Y ou should upgrade the firmw are of these PLAs. Figure 2 W rong Firmware in a Powerline Network The diagram below shows a P[...]
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PLA-401 Series User’s Guide 21 C HAPTER 2 Installing the Utility This chapter guides you through the installa tion of the configur ation utility for y our PLA-401 Series. 2.1 Overview of the Inst allation Process The installation of the c onfiguration ut ility does the following: 1 Checks for and installs Microsoft’s .NET Framework version 2.0 [...]
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Chapter 2 Installing the Utility PLA-401 Series User’s Guide 22 1 Insert th e included CD-ROM into y our comput er’ s CD-ROM driv e. The Setup ut ility runs automatically . Alternati vely this can al so be done manuall y by double clicking the setup.exe file on the CD. A prompt appears asking y ou to install the .NET Framework v ersion 2.0. R e[...]
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Chapter 2 Installing the Utility PLA-401 Series User’s Guide 23 3 The Setup utility runs aut omatically . Click Ye s or Next to continue through the initial screen. Click Cancel only if you w ant to abort the installation. Figure 6 Inst allShield Wizard S t art Screen 4 If you w ant the utility to be onl y available t o the currently logged in us[...]
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Chapter 2 Installing the Utility PLA-401 Series User’s Guide 24 5 When the installation is finished , a screen appears to confirm the InstallShield Wizard has successfully installed the PLA-4xx Series Configuration Utility to your computer . Click Close to exit the wizard. Figure 8 Inst allation Complete Note: Y ou may be asked to restart your co[...]
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25 P ART II Managing the PLA- 401 Series Firmware T ool (27) The ENCRYPT Button (29) The Configuration Utili ty (35) P owerline Network Setup T utorial (61) LEDs and T roubleshooting (71)[...]
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PLA-401 Series User’s Guide 27 C HAPTER 3 Firmware Tool 3.1 Overview Use the Firmware Upgrade Tool to ensure you hav e the latest firmware (v ersion 3.3.4 or later) on your PLA-401 Series(s). Y ou need to upgrade all your PLA-401 S eriess to the latest firmw are to ensure they can connect with each other and they are compatible with the latest ve[...]
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PLA-401 Series User’s Guide 29 C HAPTER 4 The ENCRYPT Button Use the ENCRYPT button to automaticall y set up a secure powerline connection between your powerline devices. 4.1 ENCR YPT Button Overview The ENCRYPT button allows you to set up a secure powerline connection with other HomePlug A V compliant powerline devices which also support the ENC[...]
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Chapter 4 The ENCRYPT Button PLA-401 Series User’s Guide 30 4 Press the ENCRYPT button at the side of your powerline device for 1~2 seconds. The power ( ) light will blink as the power line device tries to set up a connection. Figure 9 ENCR YPT Connection Proce dure Note: The ENCR YPT button’s location varies for each Powerline mo del. 5 Rep e [...]
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Chapter 4 The ENCRYPT Button PLA-401 Series User’s Guide 31 8 Then repeat steps 4 and 5 in this section using an y powerline device ( A or B ) you have connected using ENCRYPT and the powerline device you w ant to connect ( C ). Y ou must use the ENCRYPT button on both devic es. Figure 10 Adding More Powerline Ad apters to Y our Network 9 If you [...]
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Chapter 4 The ENCRYPT Button PLA-401 Series User’s Guide 32 For example, you have already set up a powerline network in your home ( A ) which accesses a printer ( B ). Now you want a separ ate powerline network connection from your laptop to your printer ( C ). Figure 1 1 One Existing Powerline Network 1 Click the ENCRYPT button on ( A ) for more[...]
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Chapter 4 The ENCRYPT Button PLA-401 Series User’s Guide 33 4 Check the LEDs on both ( A ) and ( C ). When the power ( ) and HomePlug ( ) lights stop blinking and the power ( ) light shines st eadily , the devic es are connected. Figure 12 T wo Separate Powerline Networks Congratulations. Y o u now have two separ ate powerline networks as shown a[...]
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Chapter 4 The ENCRYPT Button PLA-401 Series User’s Guide 34 4.4 ENCR YPT Button Behavior The following table summarizes th e actions that occur when the ENCRYPT button is pressed for specifi c lengths of time. See T roubles hooting in Chapter 8 on page 76 for suggestions on problems with the ENCRYPT button and the lights. T able 3 Time ENCRYPT Bu[...]
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PLA-401 Series User’s Guide 35 C HAPTER 5 The Configuration Utility 5.1 Overview This chapter shows you how t o use the Conf igur ation Utility (or Utility) to secure, manage and set up Q uality of Service (QoS) on your powerline network. The PLA-401 Series is designed as a pl ug-and-play network expanding solution. This means that once y ou comp[...]
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Chapter 5 The Configuration Utility PLA-401 Series User’s Guide 36 message. The HomePlug AV standard us es 128-bit AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) to safely transmit data between powerl ine adapters. For the powerline adapters to communicate with each other they all need to use the same network name. This network na me allows the powerline ada[...]
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Chapter 5 The Configuration Utility PLA-401 Series User’s Guide 37 5.3 Configuration Screen Use the Configura tion screen to see which devices are recogni zed by your powerline network, to configure your PLA -401 Series and to set up a secure powerline network by changing the powe rl ine network name. This s creen opens up when you launch the uti[...]
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Chapter 5 The Configuration Utility PLA-401 Series User’s Guide 38 5.4 Firmware Screen Use the Firmware screen to update the firmware on the PLA -401 Series directly connected to the compu ter running the configuration utility . Site This field displays • Local , if it is identifying the powerlin e adapter directly connected to the computer run[...]
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Chapter 5 The Configuration Utility PLA-401 Series User’s Guide 39 Firmware is the soft ware which is embedded in the PLA- 401 Series. This software contains processing instructions f or how the PLA-40 1 Series sends and receives informat ion in a secure way . P arameter Information Block (PIB) is sim ilar to firmware. It contains the most basic [...]
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Chapter 5 The Configuration Utility PLA-401 Series User’s Guide 40 5.5 Network Info Screen Use the Network Info screen to see the rates at which a specific PLA -401 Series is communicating with other powerline adapters on your powerline net work. Figure 17 Network Info Screen The following table describes t he labels in this screen. T able 5 Netw[...]
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Chapter 5 The Configuration Utility PLA-401 Series User’s Guide 41 5.6 Advanced Screen Note: This feature is only available with the latest version utility . Go to the Z yXEL website to download the latest utility and firmware for your ZyXEL HomePlug A V adapter . Y ou can configure the powerline adapters on your network to give priori ty to netw[...]
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Chapter 5 The Configuration Utility PLA-401 Series User’s Guide 42 For example, if you have a file server on your home net work to deliver music and movie files to co mputers in your home, you should set the priori ty of the powerline adapter connected to this serv er to Medium . If video tr affic is de livered too slowly , quality problems may o[...]
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Chapter 5 The Configuration Utility PLA-401 Series User’s Guide 43 • Although device E receives audio or movie files, it does not send a lot of tr affic, so the powerline adaptor attached to it can be set to a low priorit y . Figure 18 Priority Settings Use this screen to configure priority settings for traffic from the powerline adapters on yo[...]
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Chapter 5 The Configuration Utility PLA-401 Series User’s Guide 44 The following table describes t he labels in this screen. 5.7 About Screen Use the About screen to view information regarding the configur ation utility and firmware version of the PLA -401 Series you are connected to. Click the icon in the top right corner of the utility to view [...]
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Chapter 5 The Configuration Utility PLA-401 Series User’s Guide 45 The following table describes t he labels in this screen. T able 8 About Screen LABEL DESCRIPTION Utility vers ion : This field displays the software version of the configuration utility . Firmware vers ion This field displays the firmware version of the device you selected in the[...]
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PLA-401 Series User’s Guide 47 C HAPTER 6 The OS X Configuration Utility 6.1 Overview This chapter shows you how t o use the co nfigur ation utility on a Mac compu ter with the Leopard operating system. See the User’s Guide Chapter 5 on page 35 for background information on some powerline features. All HomePlug A V compliant powerline adapters [...]
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Chapter 6 The OS X Configuration Utility PLA-401 Series User’s Guide 48 6.1.2 S t art the Configuration Utility Drag the utili ty application from the CD (or download it from the Z yXEL download libr ary) to the Applications folder on your computer . Double-click it to open it. Figure 21 Utility Main Scr een 6.1.3 Add a Device T o add a device, c[...]
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Chapter 6 The OS X Configuration Utility PLA-401 Series User’s Guide 49 T o enter the NMK for a powerline adapter , sele ct the device icon in the left panel of the main utility screen and then click Change Network Name (NMK) in the main utility screen. Figure 22 Change Network Name (NMK) 6.1.5 Change Nickname Y ou can give each de vice in your p[...]
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Chapter 6 The OS X Configuration Utility PLA-401 Series User’s Guide 50 The following table shows some example pr iority settings based on application type. Figure 24 QoS Settings T able 10 Priority Settings PRIORITY LEVEL APPLICA TION Highest V oice Application High Video and Audio Applications Mid Data Applications Low Data Applications T able [...]
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Chapter 6 The OS X Configuration Utility PLA-401 Series User’s Guide 51 6.1.7 Set HomePlug Light Color Use this screen to define which color the HomePlug light shines at v arious speeds. For example, configure the lig ht to shine red when the speed is slow enough to warrant y our attention, amber for ‘nea r slow’ speeds and green for acceptab[...]
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Chapter 6 The OS X Configuration Utility PLA-401 Series User’s Guide 52 6.1.8 Link Information Use the Link Info screen to find out more information on the connection between two powerline adapters on your powerlin e network. The link information screen shows the MAC addresses of connected po werline adapters and statistics on the links. Figure 2[...]
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Chapter 6 The OS X Configuration Utility PLA-401 Series User’s Guide 53 A vg. Source PB CRC Error Rate This field displays the aver age CRC (Cyclic Redundancy Check) error rate of tr ansmission from the source device (as shown in the screen) received by destination powerline device. A Cyclic Redundancy Check (C RC) is used as a checksum to detect[...]
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Chapter 6 The OS X Configuration Utility PLA-401 Series User’s Guide 54 6.1.9 Download Firmware Use this screen to go to the Z yXEL down load library from where you can download firmware to your computer . Figure 27 Download Firmware 6.2 Firmware Detection T ool Use the Firmware Detection Tool to detect the firmware version of the powerline devic[...]
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Chapter 6 The OS X Configuration Utility PLA-401 Series User’s Guide 55 use the same firmware version. Use the Firmware Upgrade Tool to upload new firmware. Y ou can not run the Firmware Detection Tool , the Firmware Upgrade Tool or the Configuration Utility at the same time, as only on e of these appl ications can access the PLA -401 Series conn[...]
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Chapter 6 The OS X Configuration Utility PLA-401 Series User’s Guide 56 6.3 Firmware Upgrade T ool Use the firmware upgr ade tool to upgrade firmw are to the powerline device directly connected to y our computer . T o upgrade to the l atest firmware, use the firm ware upgr ade tool on the CD included with y our PLA -401 Series. Make sure y ou als[...]
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Chapter 6 The OS X Configuration Utility PLA-401 Series User’s Guide 57 3 Open the Firmware Upgrade Tool application. Click Next to begin the firmware upgrade process. Figure 29 Firmware Up grade T ool: S tart 4 If you already have the l atest version firmware, you’ll see a warning screen. Click No unless you want to re-up load the firmware. Fi[...]
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Chapter 6 The OS X Configuration Utility PLA-401 Series User’s Guide 58 5 Select the region where y our powerline ne twork is locate d in the foll owing screen. Make sur e yo u up loa d th e co rre ct f irmwa re for your region as different regions have differnt firmware char acteristics. Figure 31 Firmware Up grade T ool: S tart 6 The firmware u[...]
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Chapter 6 The OS X Configuration Utility PLA-401 Series User’s Guide 59 7 If your firm ware is successfully upg raded, a succes sful screen appears. Click OK , then Finish to close the application. Y our device automatically restarts. Figure 33 Firmware Up grade T ool: Finish 8 T o check if your firmware is successfully upgr aded, run the Firmwar[...]
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PLA-401 Series User’s Guide 61 C HAPTER 7 Powerline Network Setup Tutorial 7.0.1 Overview Use this tu torial to expand yo ur existing powerline network. After setting up your first home powerline network (instructions for t hat are in the Quick Start Guide for your Z yXEL powerlin e adapter) you may w ant to extend the network or create a new one[...]
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Chapter 7 P owerline Netw ork Setup Tut orial PLA-401 Series User’s Guide 62 7.0.2 Import ant T e rms 7.0.3 Accessing Y our Powerline Adapter 1 Plug the powerline adapter you want to add to your network into a power socket and, if needed, switch the power socket on. Figure 34 Plug Y our Powerline Adapter into a Power Socket 2 Connect the powerlin[...]
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Chapter 7 Powerline Network Setup Tutorial PLA-401 Series User’s Guide 63 4 Open the PLA-4xx Series Configuration Utility on your computer . Go to Start > (All) Programs > ZyXEL PLA-4xx Seri es Configuration > PLA-4xx Series Configuration Utility, or click on the icon on your desktop shown below . Figure 36 Click on the PLA-4xx Series Co[...]
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Chapter 7 P owerline Netw ork Setup Tut orial PLA-401 Series User’s Guide 64 1 Connect your computer to the powerline ad apter you want to add to your network and open the PLA-4xx Series Configuration Utility (see Section 7.0.3 on page 62 ). 2 Th e u ti l i ty s ho u l d o p e n to t h e co n f ig uration tab . On this screen in the Site column y[...]
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Chapter 7 Powerline Network Setup Tutorial PLA-401 Series User’s Guide 65 4 Click Save and click OK on the pop-up. Figure 40 Network Name Pop-up 5 Y our new adapter will now have the same Network Name as your existing network and so has now joined yo ur existing network. 6 Connect the adapter to the device you want to add to the network, for exam[...]
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Chapter 7 P owerline Netw ork Setup Tut orial PLA-401 Series User’s Guide 66 Z yXEL DMA -1100P you can use your TV to watch movies and play games whic h are stored on a computer . Figure 41 Add Ne w Adapters to Make a Second Network 1 Connect your new powerline adapter and op en the configuration util ity as shown in Section 7.0.5 on page 65 . Th[...]
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Chapter 7 Powerline Network Setup Tutorial PLA-401 Series User’s Guide 67 2 Ty p e a Network Name that is different from the Network Name for your existing network. Make sure you use the same new Network Name for all new adapters you want to add to y our new network. Figure 42 Making a Ne w Network with the New Adapter 3 After you ha ve set u p a[...]
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Chapter 7 P owerline Netw ork Setup Tut orial PLA-401 Series User’s Guide 68 2 The utility should open to the config uration tab as s hown below . A list of powerline adapters on your network displays. Thes e adapters all have the same network name as the adapter you are connected to . The adapter you are connected to will appear as Local in this[...]
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Chapter 7 Powerline Network Setup Tutorial PLA-401 Series User’s Guide 69 4 Click Save. • If you d o not type the DAK password or type i t incorrectly either of the following pop-ups appear . Click OK and type the DAK Password correctly in the DAK Password field. Figure 45 Incorrect DAK or No DAK • If you hav e correctly entered the DAK Passw[...]
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Chapter 7 P owerline Netw ork Setup Tut orial PLA-401 Series User’s Guide 70 7 Check you ha ve added the adapters correct ly by changing the networ k name for the local adap ter . All a dapters with the new Network Name now appear in th e list of adapters on your network. These adap ters are now part of your new network. Figure 48 Adapters on a N[...]
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PLA-401 Series User’s Guide 71 C HAPTER 8 LEDs and Troubleshooting This chapter describes the beha vior of the LEDs (lights) and offers some suggestions to solv e proble ms you might encounter . 8.1 LEDs The following sections describes the lights on the PLA-401 Series. The following figure is th e front panel of the PLA -401 Series. Use the ligh[...]
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Chapter 8 LEDs and Troubl eshooting PLA-401 Series User’s Guide 72 The following table describes t he behavior of the lights on the PLA- 401 Series. T able 14 PLA-401 Series LIGHTS ICON COLOR ST ATU S DESCRIPTION POWER Green On The PLA-401 Series is on and receiving power . It also indicates a successful connection using the ENCRY PT button. Blin[...]
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Chapter 8 LEDs and Troubleshooting PLA-401 Series User’s Guide 73 8.2 Power and Light Problems The PLA-401 Series does not turn on. None of the lights turn on. 1 Make sure you are using the power cord included with the PLA -401 Series. 2 Make sure the power cord is connected to the PLA -401 Series and plug ged in to an appropriate power source. M[...]
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Chapter 8 LEDs and Troubl eshooting PLA-401 Series User’s Guide 74 2 Use the PLA-4xx Series Configuration Utility to detect all other HomePlug devices on your powerline network. Make sure that the network name (sometim es called the network password) is the same on all of your powerline adapters. See Section 5.3 on page 37 for instructions on che[...]
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Chapter 8 LEDs and Troubleshooting PLA-401 Series User’s Guide 75 • Make sure your computer is using Windows XP or Windows Vista (32-bit) operating system. At the time of writing, this is the onl y compatible operat ing system for the configuration utility . The PLA-4xx Series Configuration Utility doe s not display all or any of my devices. ?[...]
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Chapter 8 LEDs and Troubl eshooting PLA-401 Series User’s Guide 76 8.5 ENCR YPT Button Problems This section applies onl y to PLA -401 Seriess with the ENCRYPT button. The HomePlug light is already on, but I haven’t press ed the ENCRYP T button yet. Y our device has already connected to another powerline device. Press the ENCRYPT button for mor[...]
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Chapter 8 LEDs and Troubleshooting PLA-401 Series User’s Guide 77 The POWER lights on both devices blink, then many light s blink and the HomePlug light blinks red. Do not worry , the connection pr ocess is proceeding normally . The POWER lights on both devices finis hed blinking, but on ly one device’s HomePlug light is on. One device may hav [...]
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PLA-401 Series User’s Guide 81 A PPENDIX A Product S pecifications The following tables summarize the PLA -401 Series’s hardw are and firmware features. T able 15 Hardware Specifications Dimensions (W x D x H) 95 mm (L) x 65 (H) mm x 80 (W) mm Po w er I n p u t 100 - 240 VAC, 50/60 Hz, 0.12 A Ethernet Port Auto-negotiating: 10 Mbps or 100 Mbps [...]
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Appendix A Product Specifications PLA-401 Series User’s Guide 82 T able 16 Firmware Specifica tions FEATUR E DESCRIPTION P owerline Functionality The HomePlug AV standard specifies how network devices communicat e using standar d electrical wiring. It supports a data transfer r ate of up to 200Mbps. Data is encrypted using 128-bit AES (Advanced E[...]
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Appendix A Product Specifications PLA-401 Series User’s Guide 83 The following list, which is not exhaust ive , illust rates the standards supported in the PLA-401 Series. Cable Pin Assignment s RJ-45 Connector Pin Assignment s Figure 50 RJ-45 Connector Pins T able 19 RJ-45 Connector Pin Assignments T able 17 Performance FEATUR E DESCRIPTION Thro[...]
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PLA-401 Series User’s Guide 85 A PPENDIX B Legal Information Copyright Copyright © 2010 by Z yXEL Communications Corporation. The contents of this publication ma y not be reproduced in any p art or as a whole, transcrib ed, stored in a retriev al syst em, tr anslated into any la nguage, or transmitted in an y form or by any me ans, electronic, m[...]
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Appendix B Legal In formation PLA-401 Series User’s Guide 86 T rademarks Z yNOS (Z yXEL Network Operating S ystem) is a registered trademark of Z yXEL Communications, Inc. Other trademarks ment ioned in this publication are used for identification purposes only and ma y be properties of their respective owners. Certifications Federal Communicatio[...]
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Appendix B Legal Information PLA-401 Series User’s Guide 87 verursachen; in diesem F all kann vom Betreiber verlangt werden, angemessene Massnahmen durchzuführ en. Conformité CE Le produit satisfait aux exigences techniques de la directiv e 1999/5/CE (R&T TE) et est conçu pour être utilisé au sein de la Communauté eur opéenne et en Sui[...]
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Appendix B Legal In formation PLA-401 Series User’s Guide 88 components without charge for ei ther part s or labor , and to whatever extent it shall deem necessary to restore the prod uct or components to proper operating condition. Any replacement will consist of a new or re-manufac tured f unctionally equivalent product of equal or higher value[...]
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Index PLA-401 Series User’s Guide 89 Index Symbols .NET Framework 21 A about screen 44 Advanced Encryption Standard, see AES 15 AES 17 , 35 AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) 15 applications 15 C cabling type 81 CE 82 certifications 82 , 86 notices 87 viewing 87 configuration screen 37 connections overview 16 copyright 85 D DAK 35 , 37 DAK (Data [...]
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Index PLA-401 Series User’s Guide 90 M MAC address 37 management multiple networks 18 overview 35 managing the device using the web configur ator . See web configurator . multiple networks 18 N network example 35 network information 40 network ports 81 P Par ameter Information Block, see PIB 38 passwords 35 , 37 , 38 types of 17 PIB (P arameter I[...]
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