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LevelOne User Man ual PLI- 405 2 5 00Mbp s Powerline Adapter Ve r. 1 .0 ...
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Table of Co nte nts Chapter 1 – Introduction ................................................................................................................. 2 1.1 Overvi ew ........................................................................................................................... 2 1.2 Specification ............................. ...
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1 Safety FCC This equi pment has be en teste d and found t o comply w ith Part 15 Cl ass B o f the FC C Rules. Operation i s s ubject to the fo l lowing two c onditions: (1) This devi ce may no t cause harm ful inter ference (2) This devi ce must a ccept any i nter ference receiv ed, including inte rference tha t ma y cause undes ired oper ation. C ...
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2 Chapt er 1 – Introdu ction 1.1 Overview The LevelOne PLI - 4052 op erates on HomePlug AV standard , providing up to 500 Mbp s data speed over the ex isting household pow er supply . This Produc t is cost- effe ctive, easy to create a home network without spending time and money to run expensiv e C A T5 cabling . Pow er line Device is t h e best ...
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3 1.3 Casing De tails The fro nt casi ng co n tai ns 3 stat us lights : Po wer , PLC Link, and Ethernet Link . (INSE RT FINA L C ASING DESIGN) St atus Light s Power On: This HomePl ug Et hernet Bridg e is receiv ing el ectric al pow er Off: P ower off Flashi ng Green ( 1 second ON , 4 second OF F ) : Devi ce in st andby mod e PLC Link The PLC (Pow ...
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4 Bottom Casing The bott om casing co ntains a rec esse d Reset Button, a Secur ity Button, and a n Ethernet Port. Button s Sec urity / Reset B utto n This button has dual functions : Security and R eset Security This function is designed to generate an individual HomePlug A V net work group unde r multiple nodes enviro n ment. Please refer to the ...
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5 1.4 Package Contents Make sure that you have the following items : - PLI - 405 2 - RJ - 45 Ethernet LAN cab le - Quick Installation Guide - CD User Manual / QIG/ Ut ili ty 1.5 System Requirements - Pow er line Ethernet Adaptor can support any Operation System. But the Pow erline Util ity can only support W indows 2000/XP/Vista/ W indow s 7. - Pen ...
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6 Chapt er 2 – Installa tion & Unins tallat ion Connecti on of Pow erline Ether net A dapte r 2. 1 Insta ll ing Power line Device 1. If you have the SINGLE PACKAGE o f Powerline,Connect the supplied R J45 Ethernet cable from your PC's E thernet port to the Powerline Ethernet Adapter's LA N Ports o r connect the supplied RJ45 Etherne ...
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7 2.2 Ins tallatio n of Powerli ne Utilit y The Co nfigurat ion Utility enables the us ers to identify HomePlug devices on the Powerline networ k; measures data rate performance, ensures privacy and performs diagnost ics by setting user defined secure Powerline netw orks. Users are requested to v er ify that no othe r Encryption M anagement Utiliti ...
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8 4. Click “ Set up ” button to continue . 5. Click “ Confirm ” button to continue. ...
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9 6. Click “ Next ” button to co ntinue. 7. Click “ Next ” button to continue. ...
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10 8. Click “ I A gree ” button to cont inue 9. Click “ I nstall ” button to continue. ...
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11 10. Click “ Fl is h ” button to continue. 11. Click “ Ne xt ” butto n t o co ntinue. ...
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12 12. Click “ I Agree & Next ” button to continue. 13. Click “ Ne xt ” button to continue. ...
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13 14. Click “ Ne xt ” button to continue. 15. Click “ Close ” b utt on t o exit ...
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14 16. nnected lo 17. You can see your device working well. The top panel o f the screen shot shows a Homeplug device connected locally to your computer. The bottom panel shows one device connected remotely to the computer running the u tility. 2.3 Un i nstallation of Configur ation Ut ilit y 1. To uninstall the Configuration Utility , g o t o th e ...
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15 4. Follow the on screen instructions to uninstall the Powerline Utilit y . ...
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16 Chapter 3 – Configur atio n Utili ty Setup Introduction The Configuration Utility enables the users to identify HomePlug devices on the pow erline network, measures data rate performance, ensures privacy and performs diagnostics by setting user defined secure powerline networks. The Utilit y will use a Gr aphical User Interface (GUI) with limi ...
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17 The M ai n screen pr ovides a list of all pow erline devices logically connected to the computer when the utility is running.T he top panel shows all local HomePlug devices connected to the computer’s NIC (Network I nterface Card). In most cases, only one de vice will be seen. In situations where there are more than one local device being conn ...
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18 above the Remote devices panel showi ng whether t he Autoscan func tionality is turned ON or OFF. The followi ng inf ormation is displayed for all dev ices that appear in the lower panel. Device Name col umn sh ows the default dev ice name, which may be user re - def ined. A use r can change the name by eit her using the rename button or by cli ...
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19 Ad d button is used to add a r emote devi ce to the existing network by entering the dev ice password of the device. A dialog box will appear as shown below in Figure 3-4 . The d ialog box allows the user to enter both a device name and the password. I f a device was not found, the user will be notified and suggestions to resolve common problems ...
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20 The Scan button is u sed to perform an immediate sear ch of the HomePlug devices connected t o the Powerline network. By default, the utility automatically scans every f ew seconds and updates the display screen. A typical screen after naming and supplying passwords might appear as in Figure 3-5. Figure 3-5 : Main Screen of the Configuration Uti ...
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21 3.2 P r i v a c y Scr een The Privacy screen provi des the user w ith an opt ion to maintain security for their logical netw ork and also to select the devices that has to be included in the network. T he appearance i s shown i n Figure 3-6. All HomePlug devices are shipped using a default logical netw ork ( netw ork name), which is normally “ ...
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22 3.3 Diagnost ics Screen The Diagnostics screen shows System information and a history of all remote devices seen over a period of time. The appearance is show n in Fig ure 3-7 . The Upper panel shows technical data concerning software and hardware present on the ho st computer which w ere used t o communicate over HomePlug on the Pow erline netw ...
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23 The Lower panel contains a history of all remote devices seen on the c om puter over a certain period of time. All d evices t hat were on the powerline netw ork are listed here along wi th a few other parameters. Devices that are active on the current logical netw or k will show a transfer rate in the Rate column; devi ces on other net works, or ...
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24 Figure 3-8 : About dialog screen Chapt er 4 – Indiv idual H omePlug A V Netw or k Stup(Opt ional All HomePlug A V Ethernet Bridges ship w ith a default security key so they w ill autom atically l ink to all other Home P lug A V E thernet Bridges sharing the same electrical lines. If there are other HomePlug A V Ethernet Bridges in the building ...
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25 The procedure is as fo l lows : 1. Press and hold the Security button on Bridge A for 10 seconds. Release it when the Pow er light flashes. T he passw ord t o Bridge A has just been e r ased. It must now be link ed to your network to adopt the new network s e cur ity k ey. 2. Press and hold the security button on Bridge B for 10 seconds and rele ...
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26 The procedure is as fo l lows : 1. Press and hold the Security button on Bridge C for 10 seconds. Release it when the Power light flashes. T he passw ord t o Bridge C has just been erased. It must now be link ed to your network to adopt the new network s e cur ity k ey. 2. Press and hold the security button on Bridge A for 2 seconds. The Power l ...
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27 The procedure is as fo l lows : 1. Press and hold the Security button on Bridge B for 10 seconds. Release it when the Pow er light flashes. The password to Bri dge B ha s just been erased and removes itself from Br idge A & C . 2. Press and hold the Security button on Bridge D for 2 seconds. 3. W ithin 120 sec onds a fter the Power light on ...
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28 If your HomePlug A V Ethernet Brid ges have dif f iculty communicating with each other , chec k the following : • T ry power cycling the unit by unpl ugging it from the w all f or 10 seconds and pl ugging it in again. • Use a pin and hold t he Reset button dow n for 2 s econds on each unit you ar e trying to connect. T he HomePlug AV Ethe rn ...
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