LevelOne PLI-3021 manual

LevelOne User Man ual PLI- 3021 200Mbp s Powerline Adapter Ve r. 1 .0[...]

Table of Co nte nts Chapter 1 – Introduction ................................................................................................................. 2 1.1 Overvi ew ........................................................................................................................... 2 1.2 Specification .............................[...]

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[...]

2 Chapt er 1 – Introdu ction 1.1 Overview The LevelOne PLI - 3021 op erates on HomePlug AV standard , providing up to 200 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[...]

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 PLC Link The PLC (Pow erli ne) Link l ight will indicat e th e over all spee d of your netw ork wi[...]

4 The bott om casing co ntains a rec esse d Reset Button, a Secur ity Button, and a n Ethernet Port. (INSE RT FINA L C ASING DESIGN) Button s Secu rity This butt on is desig ned to g enerat e an indiv idual Ho mePlug A V netw ork group un der multiple nodes envi ronment. Please r efer to the optional Indiv idual HomePlug A V Network Se tup sec tion[...]

5 1.4 Package Contents Make sure that you have the following items : - PLI - 3021 - RJ - 45 Ethernet LAN ca ble - Quick Installation Guide - CD User Manual / QIG/ Ut ility 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. - Penti[...]

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 RJ45 Ethernet cable from your PC's E thernet port to t he Pow er line Ethernet Adapter's LAN Ports o r connect the supplied RJ45 Ethern[...]

7 2.2 Ins tallatio n of Powerli ne Utilit y The Co nfigurat ion Utility enables the users to i dentify HomePlug devices on the Powerline network; m easures data rate per formance, ensures privacy and performs diagnostics by settin g user defined secure Powerline netw orks. Users are requested to v er ify that no othe r Encryption M anagement Utilit[...]

8 4. Click “ Set up ” button to continue. 5. Click “ Next ” button to co ntinue.[...]

9 6. Click “ Next ” button to continue. 7. Click “ I A gree ” button to cont inue[...]

10 8. Click “ I nstall ” button to continue. 9. Click “ Fli sh ” button to c ont i nue.[...]

11 10. Click “ Ne xt ” button to continue. 11. Click “ I Agree & Next ” button to continue.[...]

12 12. Click “ Ne xt ” button to continue. 13. Click “ Ne xt ” button to continue.[...]

13 14. Click “ Close ” b utt on t o exit 15. nnected lo 16. You can see your device working well. The top panel o f the screen shot shows a H omeplug device connected locally to your computer. The bottom panel shows one device connected remotely to the computer running the u tility.[...]

14 2.3 Un i nstallation of Configur ation Ut ilit y 1. To uninstall the Configuration Utility , g o to t he “ Control Panel ” of your syst em . 2. Open the “ A dd/ Remove Programs ” . 3. Select and double click on the “ Powerline Utility ” in the A dd/Remove Programs Properties . 4. Follow the on screen instructions to uninstall the Pow[...]

15 Chapter 3 – Configu r 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 Utility will use a Gra phical User Interface (GUI) wi th lim[...]

16 The M ai n s cre e n provides a list of all powerline 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 con[...]

17 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 column show s the default device name, w hich may be user r e - defined. A user can change the name by eit her using the rename button or by cli ck[...]

18 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 dialog 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 [...]

19 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[...]

20 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 or k (network name), which is normally “H[...]

21 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[...]

22 The Lower panel contains a history of all remote devices seen on the c om puter over a cer t ain period of time. All devices t hat were on the powerline netw ork are listed here along with 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[...]

23 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 (such as in an office or ap art [...]

24 4.2 A ddi ng Bridge C t o existing Netw ork AB (Networ k ABC) One unassociated Bridge C is added to an ex ist ing Netw ork AB. The procedure is as fo l lows : 1. Press and hold the Security button on Bridge C for 10 seconds. Release it when the Pow er light flashes. T he passw ord t o Bridge C has just been erased. It must now be link ed to your[...]

25 4. 3 Removi ng Bridge B from Bridge A & C Netw ork and join with Bridge D & E (Network BDE) The procedure is as fo l lows : 1. Press and hold the Security button on Bridge B for 10 seconds. Release it when the P ower light flashes. The password to Bridge B ha s j ust been erased and removes itself from Bridge A & C . 2. Press and hol[...]

26 4.4 Trouble shooting If your HomePlug A V Ethernet Brid ges have dif f iculty communicating with each other , chec k the following : • Try 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[...]