Edimax Technology HP-5102 manual

HP - 5102 User Manual 01-201 3 / v1.0[...]

1 COPYRIGHT Copyright  Edim ax Technology Co., Ltd. al l rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reprodu ced, transmitted, transc ribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated in to any languag e or computer language, in any form or by any means, electroni c, mechanical, magnetic, optical, chemical, manual or otherwise, without [...]

2 Contents Chapter 1: Introduction ..................................................................................................................................... 3 1.1 Product Features .................................................................................................................................. 3 1.2 Application .........[...]

3 Chapter 1 : In troduction 1.1 Product Featur es  Easy plug-n-play setup and 12 8-bit AES security  Max. powerline spe ed up to 500Mb ps  Backward comp atible with 20 0Mbps powerline adapters  Features energy saving m ode to reduce power consumption  Utilizes existing electrical wire s to transmi t network data  Powerline transmi[...]

4 1.3 Compatibility 500Mbps p owerline devices (HomeP lug AV standard) are incompatible an d cannot be used with 14 Mbps and 85Mb ps powerline devices ( HomePlug 1.0 an d 1.1 standards ). 1.4 System Requir ements Operating System Utility supports Wind ows XP/Vista /7/8 CPU Intel P entium III 1.0GHz (or above) RAM 256 MB (or above) Free Disk Space 1[...]

5 Chapter 2 : In terfaces 2.1 LEDs LED Status Description LAN Green LAN port connecte d Blinking LAN activity (transf erring data) Off LAN port not conn ected PLC Green/Red The green indicator turns on and the red indicator turns bli nks slowly when the devic e is detecting a powe rline link. The green indicator turns on and the red indicator turns[...]

6 Leaves an encrypt ed powerline network group (press the button f or 5~8 seconds) . Restores the powerline ada pter to factory defaults (press the button f or 10~15 seconds ). 2.3 Fast Ethernet P ort You can connect the powerline adapter to a route r, a compu ter, or any net work device via this Fast Ethern et port.[...]

7 Chapter 3:Utility Software Installa tion 3.1 Win 8 Step 1 Before installing th e utility software, make sure that no other powerline u tility is installed on your compute r. If any other utility software is inst alled, un install it and reboot the c omputer. Step 2 Insert the CD into your CD -ROM drive. When the following EZm ax Wizard appears, s[...]

8 Step 4 Click right button on WinPCap 4.1.2 then click “ Properties ” . Step 5 Click Comp atibility tab and check “ Run this program in compatib ility mode for:", then selec t Windows 7, then c lick “ Apply ” .[...]

9 Step 6 Then click “ Win Pcap_4_1 _2 ” . The wizard will guide yo u through the setup process. Step 7 When the following Win Pcap C ompatibility Assistant app ears, select Run the program without ge tting help.[...]

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11 Step 8 After the installation is comp lete, click “ Finish ” .[...]

12 Step 9 Click th e “ Edimax PowerLine Utilit y ” , the “ PLC 50 0Mbps Utility ” appears, click “ Next ” to continue. Step 10 Select where you want to install the utility software, and then click “ Next ” .[...]

13 Step 11 After the installati on is complete, click “ Close ” .[...]

14 Step 12 An icon will app ear on your desktop. C lick the icon to open the utility soft ware. Note: You can manage all t he connecte d powerline adapte rs with th e utility software. Ho wever, installing the utility software is optional.[...]

15 3.2 Win XP/Vista / 7 Step 1 Before installing th e utility software, make sure that no other powerline u tility is installed on your compute r. If any other utility software is inst alled, un install it and reboot the c omputer. Step 2 Insert the CD into your CD -ROM drive. When the following EZm ax Wizard appears, select your m odel. Step 3 The[...]

16 Step 4 If you have not installed Win Pcap version 4.1.2 (or high er) on your c omputer before. The wizard will guide you through the setup process.[...]

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18 Step 5 When th e “ Edimax PowerLine Utility ” setup wizard appears, c lick “ Next ” to continue. Step 6 In the “ Lic ense Agreement ” scree n, please select “ I Agree ” an d then click “ Next ” to continue.[...]

19 Step 7 Select where you want to install the utility software, an d then click “ Next ” . Step 8 If you confirm to install the utility, click “ Next ” .[...]

20 Step 9 After the installation is comp lete, click “ Close ” . Step 10 An icon will appear on your desktop. Click the icon to op en the utility software . Note: Y ou can manage all the connec ted powerline adapte rs with the utility software. However, i nstalling th e utility software i s optional.[...]

21 Chapter 4 : Using the Utility Softw are 4.1 Main Tab The “ Main ” tab provides a list of p owerline adap ters connected to the net work. The upper p anel displays local powerline adapters . Th e lower pan el displays remote powerline adapters in the network. Set Name Select a d evice and click “ Set Name ” to renam e the device. Enter Pa[...]

22 4.2 Diagnostics Tab The “ Diagnostics ” tab displays the syste m information and history of all rem ote devices. The upper p anel displays techn ical data concern ing the software and hardware on th e host compute r and t he lower panel displays th e history of all re mote d evices.[...]

23 4. 3 About Tab The “ About ” tab contains some b asic information about the software. You can also enable or d isable the autoscan fun ction under “ Preferen ces ” .[...]

24 Chapter 5 : Grou p Button This section dem onstrates how to add or remove d evices from a HomeP lug AV n etwork with the “ Group ” button. 5.1 Forming a Hom ePlug AV Logical N etwork When two devic es with different grou p keys are connec ted to the same powerline and you want them to form a logical net work, follow the foll owing proced ure[...]

25 5.2 Joining a Netw ork If you want to add a new powerline device to an existing network , follow th e following procedures: Step 1 Press the “ Group ” button on an ad apter in the existing n etwork (adapter A or B) for less than 3 seconds. The Power LED will st art to blink. Step 2 Within 120 sec onds after the Power LED starts b linking on [...]

26 5.3 Leaving a Netw ork & Joining an other Network If you want to remove a p owerline device from an existing network and ad d it to another net work, follow the following procedu res: Step 1 Press the “ Group ” button on th e adapte r to be removed (adapter B) for at least 10 seconds. Step 2 Wait for adap ter B to be d isconnected with a[...]

27 Chapter 6: Trou bleshooting If your powerline ada pters have difficu lty communicatin g with each other, try the following proc edures:  Try power cycling the unit by unplug ging it from the ele ctric outlet for 10 sec onds and plugging it in again.  Use a pin to hold the reset button down for 2 sec onds on each un it you are trying to con[...]

28 Federal Communic ation Commissi on Interference Statement This equipment has b een tested and f ound to comply with the limits f or a Class B digital devi ce, pursuant to Part 15 of FCC Rules. These li mits are designed to provide re asonable pr otection again st harmful interf erence in a residential installation. This equip ment generat es, us[...]

29 EU Declaration of Confor mity English: This equipment is in comp liance with the essential requ irements and other re levant provisions of Directive 2004/108/EC, 2 009/125/EC. Franç ais: Cet équipement est confor me aux exigences essenti elles et autres dispositi ons de la directive 2004/108/ EC , 20 09/125/ EC Čeština: Toto zařízení je v[...]

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