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    User Manual Last revised Apr 2009 BiP AC 2073 HomePlug A V 200 Ethernet Adapter BiP AC 2074 HomePlug A V 200 Ethernet Bridge with AC Pass-Through[...]

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    Safety W arnings Do not use the adapter in high humidity or high temperature environment. 1. Do not open or repair the case yourself. 2. Avoid using this product and all its accesories outdoor . 3. Place the adapter on a stable surface. 4. Only “HomePlug A V” compliant Powerline Communication (PLC) adapter for remote access is 5. necessary . Pl[...]

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    T able of Contents Chapter 1: Product ............................................................................ 1 Introduction ................................................................................. 1 Specications .............................................................................. 2 Features ..............................[...]

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    Diagnostic T ab .................................................................................. 33 QoS T ab ............................................................................................ 35 Firmware Download T ab ................................................................... 36 About T ab ......................................[...]

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    Chapter 1: Product Introduction BiP AC HomePlug A V 200 is a networking device that utilizes the existing wiring system as a path to transmit data signal through the inter-conversion between digital and analog signal. With this functionality , HomePlug A V devices can be plugged into an AC outlet to draw power and at the same time establishing a ne[...]

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    Specications Protocol TDMA, CSMA/CA Standard Ethernet specication: IEEE 802.3, IEEE 802.3x, IEEE 802.3u, Auto MDI/MDIX T ransmission Speed 200Mbps Optimal Coverage Range 300M Modulation Supports OFDM - 1 155 carriers,1024 / 256 / 64QAM, QPSK, BPSK and ROBO Frequency Band 2MHz ~ 30MHz Security 128-bit AES encryption over household power suppli[...]

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    Features Physical layer data rate up to 200Mbps over existing Powerline. 1. Uses powerline technology that takes advantage of the unused bandwidth of the electrical 2. wiring in the home. Ideal for T riple Play applications such as IPTV , V oIP telephony and high-speed Internet 3. access. Support 10/100 (MDI/MDIX) Ethernet switching. 4. Compliant w[...]

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    4 Chapter 2: Installing the Router Package Contents BiP AC 2073 BiPAC 2073 HomePlug AV 200 Ethernet Adapter • Quick Start Guide • CD (containing user manual and QSG) • Ethernet (CAT-5 LAN) cable • BiP AC 2074 BiPAC 2074 HomePlug AV 200 Ethernet Bridge with AC Pass Through • Quick Start Guide • CD (containing user manual and QSG) • Eth[...]

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    6 Device Overview The Description of each labeled part is described in the table below . AC Outlet / AC Pass- thru (only available in BiP AC 2074) Filtered AC Pass-through available for electrical devices with Input: 100~240V AC, 50~60Hz, 6Amp (Maximum). 1.0 DET LED Blinking when detecting other HomePlug 1.0 devices that have the transmission rate [...]

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    The Rear Side and Look After Installing with Clip (BiP AC 2073) 7 Clip Socket: Install the clip into this socket[...]

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    8 Hardware Installation Refer to the following diagrams and direction to install the clip with BiP AC 2073: Example 1: EU clip. Please check the lock instruction on your clip. • If you got the “Triangle Lock”, refer to right diagram. •[...]

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    9 Example 2: UK clip. Please check the lock instruction on your clip. • If you got the “Circle Lock”, refer to right diagram. •[...]

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    Connecting the HomePlug Adapter It is easy to connect the device simply by performing the following instructions: Power Connection BiP AC 2073 Plug the Homeplug A V 200 Ethernet Adapter into the wall outlet/socket. BiP AC 2074 Plug the embedded AC power cable to the wall outlet/socket. Note: Plug/socket, power cable and input voltage/frequency may [...]

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    11 LAN Connection Connect the supplied RJ-45 Ethernet cable to the Ethernet port on HomePlug A V 200 Ethernet bridge/adapter and the other side to the device’s Ethernet interface.[...]

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    AC Pass-Through Connection BiPAC 2074 only T o plug IT electrical devices (e.g. ADSL router , Set-to-box, notebook..) into the built-in AC pass- through with an embedded low-pass lter to prevent electrical noise from interfering on your powering network. 12[...]

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    Networking Setup Refer to the following steps: Connect a network cable to the adapter or bridge and then plug the device into a power 1. socket. Then connect the device to a PC, modem, router or set-top-box. 2. Create a secure network by a simply push off the network SYNC button. 3. BiP AC 2073 BiP AC 2073 BiP AC 2073 BiP AC 2074 BiP AC 2074 BiP AC[...]

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    Setup Utility After you complete the hardware installation, insert the CD-ROM to the CD-ROM drive to perform Setup Utility for network conguration. The Setup Utility will auto-run. Follow the step-by-step conguration wizard, the utility will guide you complete the basic network conguration. See Utility Installation section. 14[...]

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    15 Quick Start (Setup Powerline Network) Push Button usage Sync Button is used to add a HomePlug device to a Powerline network or enable it to join a network by pressing the Sync Button of the device to turn it into Broadcast state or Join state. There are 3 types of Sync Button trigger states: Broadcast State: Enable BiP AC HomePlug A V device to [...]

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    16 Press the Sync Button of device A for 1~3 seconds to turn it into Join State, you should nd 3. the Power LED blinks steadily signifying it is in Join state. W ait for the devices to boot again and when the PLC LEDs of both devices lit steadily , you 4. will now have device A joined with the BC network group. Scenario 3: A BiP AC HomePlug A V [...]

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    Powerline Network Illustration 17[...]

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    18 Chapter 3: Installation Utility Installation Place the BiP AC HomePlug A V 200 Utility auto-installation CD into your CD-ROM/DVD-ROM 1. drive and click on Utility for Easy Installation. If you have not installe d Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0, click on Install Microsoft .NET 2. Framework 2.0 to install this program rst before installing BiP AC[...]

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    19 Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Installation After clicking on Install Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0, the Net Framework 2.0 installation 1. wizard will be displayed. Click Next to proceed with the installation. 2. Check the Agreement acceptance box then press Install to start the installation. When the 3. installation is complete, click Finish to ex[...]

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    21 BiP AC HomePlug A V 200 Utility Installation After clicking on Install the utility for Windows (32-bit / 64-bit), the installation wizard will ap- 1. pear . Click Next . 2. Y ou may dene the location of the installation folder using the Browser , however it is highly recommended that you use the default location. In addition, you can also cho[...]

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    22 3. Press Next to conrm and start the installation.[...]

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    4. While the utility installlation is in progress, the system will automatically prompt you to install the WinPcap program in a separate window pop-up. Install this program in order for the utility to work well. 5. When the WinPcap installation window pops up, click Next to proceed with the installation. 23[...]

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    6. Click on Next to proceed to the next step. 7. Read through the license agreement then click on I Agree button to accept the agreement term and to continue the installation. 24[...]

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    8. When the WinPcap installation is done, click on Finish to close the window . 25[...]

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    9. When the WinPcap installation is done, you will have also completed the BiP AC HomePlug A V 200 Utility installation as well. Y ou may now click on the close button of the Utility installation window to nish the process. 26[...]

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    27 Chapter 4: Conguration Accessing BiP AC HomePlug A V 200 Utility Once the BiP AC HomePlug A V 200 Utility Setup Wizard is installed, a shortcut will appear on the desktop. Y ou can start the BiP AC HomePlug A V Utility by double clicking on the shortcut, or go through “start”→ “All Program”→ “BiP AC HomePlug A V Utility” →?[...]

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    28 BiP AC HomePlug A V Utility Billion BiP AC HomePlug A V Utility consists of 6 screens accessed through 6 panel tabs. The 6 panels are Main, Privacy , Diagnostics, QoS, Firmware Download and About located on the top left corner of the program for conguration convenience. Main T ab The Main T ab screen lists all the powerline devices that are c[...]

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    29 The Network type (Public or Private) is also displayed based on the network status of the local device. The scan status option is displayed on the top right corner above the Remote devices panel showing whether the Autoscan function is turned ON or OFF . The following information is displayed for all devices that appear in the lower panel: Devic[...]

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    30 Password Setup Instructions: This feature grants users the access level to change the Private Network Name of both the local & the remote HomePlug devices. Password is required if one is to change the Private Network Name of each devices within the powerline network in order for all devices to be able to communicate & synchronize with ea[...]

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    If the password entered is not recognized or unacceptable, an error message box will pop up 3. prompting user to change the password. Click OK then re-enter the password again. If the password entered is correct, you will see that the password will be displayed next to 4. the device. 31[...]

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    32 Privacy T ab Privacy T ab allows user the convenience to manage the security of the private powerline network. In addition, user can also uitlize this feature to add a new HomePlug device to the private network instead of manually adding the device using its sync button. In order to add devices to the network through the utility GUI, Private Net[...]

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    33 Diagnostic T ab The Diagnostics T ab screen shows System information and a history of all remote devices seen over a period of time. This screen is available for OEM/ODM Customization. The Upper panel shows technical data concerning software and hardware present on the host computer which were used for communication via HomePlug device on the Po[...]

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    34 The Lower panel contains a history of all remote devices seen on the computer over a certain period of time. All devices that were on the powerline network are listed here along with a few other parameters. Devices that are active on the current logical network will show a transfer rate in the Rate column; devices on other networks, or devices t[...]

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    35 QoS T ab This function allows user the exibility to manage the bandwidth usage for each HomePlug device. The higher the QoS priority the more bandwidth usage is allocated to that particular device. T o set the QoS priority of each device: Click to select the device that you want to set its QoS priority . 1. Then, drag the Device QoS Priority [...]

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    Firmware Download T ab This function gives users the convenience to download the free bundled Firmware Upgrade tool from Billion website. Thus, with this feature, users can always keep their PLC Utility updated with the latest rmware. T o Download the Free Bundled Firmware Upgrade T ool Click on the Download Page button, you will automatically l[...]

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    About T ab The About screen shows the software version. Under the Preferences panel, user can check the AutoScan box to turn on the Auto Scan function or check off the box to turn of f the Auto Scan function. 37[...]

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    38 Firmware Upgrade Firmware upgrade allows users to keep their HomePlug Utility application to the most updated feature. This rmware upgrade tool is designed to provide user the most user friendly application that makes rmware upgrade process easy and fast. Firmware Upgrade Instructions: Download the rmware upgrade tool (.zip le) from [...]

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    39 3. When the upgrade tool initiates, it will prompt you to install Framework 2.0 if you have not had one installed to your computer . 4. But if you already have Framework 2.0 in your computer . Y ou can directly click on the “YES, I Already Have the Framework 2.0” buttton and skip directly to step 7. 5. If you have not installed .Net Framewor[...]

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    40 7. When the rmware upgrade application starts, it will automatically scan for all available LAN cards on the computer and the HomePlug devices connected to it. 8. Once detected, a list of both local and remote HomePlug devices found within a powerline network will be displayed on the “Selected Device” drop down menu. Y ou can also nd a[...]

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    41 9. If there is no device detected, a warning will pop up to signify for possible disconnection of your device or its cable. Click OK and then reconnect your devices and its cables. Y ou may choose to restart the rmware upgrade application again for auto device detect or you may choose the LAN card that is connected to your HomePlug device man[...]

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    42 1 1. When the device has been selected, press the Firmware Upgrade button to start the upgrading process. 12. When upgrading is nished, the new rmware version will be displayed in the Current Firmware column.[...]

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    43 Chapter 5: T roubleshooting If your router is not functioning properly , please refer to the suggested solutions provided in this chapter . If your problems persist or the suggested solutions do not meet your needs, please kindly contact your service provider or Billion for support. Problems with the device Problem Suggested Solution I can not s[...]

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