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    TL-P A2010P A V200 Powerline Adapter with AC Pass Through Rev: 1.0.0 1910010743[...]

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    COPYRIGHT & TRADEMARKS S pecifications are subject to change without notice. is a registered trademark of TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., L TD. Other brands and pro duct names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. No part of the specificat ions may be reproduced in any form or by any means or used to make any derivative[...]

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    FCC STATEMENT This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digit al device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installa tion. This equipment genera tes, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if n[...]

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    Safety Information • When product has power button, the power button is one of the way to shu t off the product; when there is no power button, the only way to completely shut off power is to disconnect the product or the power adapter from the power source. • Don’t disassemble the product, or make repairs yourself. Y ou run the risk of elect[...]

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    TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., L TD DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY For the following equipment: Product Description: A V200 P owerline Adap ter w ith AC Pass Through Model No.: TL-P A2010P T rademark: TP-LINK We declare under our own responsibilit y that the above pro ducts satisfy all the technical regulations applicable to the product within t he scope of [...]

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    CONTENTS Package Contents ........................................................................................................................................... 1  Chapter 1 Introduction ............................................................................................................................... 2  1.1 Conventions .....[...]

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    TL-P A2010P A V200 Powerline Adapter with AC Pass Through 1 Package Contents The A V200 Powerline Adapter with AC Pass Th roug h package cont ains the following item s: ¾ One A V200 Powerline A dapter with AC Pass Through (There are two A V200 Powerli ne Adapters with AC Pass Through in S tarter Kit) ¾ One RJ-45 Ethernet Cable (There are two RJ-4[...]

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    TL-P A2010P A V200 Powerline Adapter with AC Pass Through 2 Chapter 1 Introduction Congratulations on your purchase o f this outsta nding Powerline Adapter . This device is an A V200 Powerline Adapter with AC Pass Through which transfo rms your house’s existing el ectrical wiring into a ubiquitous networking infrastructure. Simply plug th is A V2[...]

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    TL-P A2010P A V200 Powerline Adapter with AC Pass Through 3 4. Do not expose this product to dampness, dust or corrosive liquids. 5. Do not connect this product or disconnect it from a wall socket during a light ning or a thunderstorm 6. Do not block the ventilation slots of this product, for insufficient airflow may harm it. 7. Do not put anything[...]

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    TL-P A2010P A V200 Powerline Adapter with AC Pass Through 4 Chapter 2 Connecting Mechanism 2.1 Introduction The Powerline Adapter supports up to 200Mbps data ra te. With this high speed connec tion rate, this Powerline Adapter allows you to setup a hig h speed home network by usi ng your home existing electrical wiring. Simply plug this Powerline A[...]

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    TL-P A2010P A V200 Powerline Adapter with AC Pass Through 5 On The Ethernet port is connect ed, but there is no data being transferred. Blinking The Ethernet port is transferring data. Ethernet LED Off The Ethernet port isn’t connected. ) Note: 5 minutes after the device connecte d to the adapter is turned off, and the adapter will automatically [...]

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    TL-P A2010P A V200 Powerline Adapter with AC Pass Through 6 Integrated Electrical Socket The integrated electrical socket a llows additional devices or multiple sockets to be connected to the adapter just like to a normal wall socket. No electrical socket is lost . * The provided power plug may differ from the pict ure due to dif ferent regional po[...]

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    TL-P A2010P A V200 Powerline Adapter with AC Pass Through 7 2.5 Hardware Connection – Computer For those computers you wish to be networked by Powerline Adapter , each of the computers must be properly connected with a Powerline Adapter through an Ethernet (RJ-45) cable. Following are the steps to properly connect the Powerline Ad apter to your c[...]

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    TL-P A2010P A V200 Powerline Adapter with AC Pass Through 8 The hardware connection mec hanism is shown bel ow: ) Note: Where the MAINS plug or an appliance coupler is used as the disconnect ed device, the disconnect device shall remain readily operable. The id le wall sockets or electrical outlets in your househ old electrical circuit can be used [...]

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    TL-P A2010P A V200 Powerline Adapter with AC Pass Through 9 Chapter 3 Inst alling Management Utility Please verify that no other Powe rline Adapter or any Encryption Management Utilities are installed before installing the provided software. If other Po werline Utilities are installed, uninstall them and restart your personal computer before instal[...]

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    TL-P A2010P A V200 Powerline Adapter with AC Pass Through 12 S tep 3: After the inst allation, a shortcut to the “Powerline Utility” application icon is provided on the windows desktop.[...]

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    TL-P A2010P A V200 Powerline Adapter with AC Pass Through 13 Chapter 4 Using the Management Utility After you’d successfully installed the Powerline Adapter hardware and Managem ent Utility software, you can set up or configure the devic es according to your need. This Powerline Utility enables t he users to identify powerline de vices on the pow[...]

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    TL-P A2010P A V200 Powerline Adapter with AC Pass Through 14 ¾ MAC Address: Displays the MAC address of the pow erline adapter connected to the current computer where this m anagement utility is running. ¾ Network Name: Displays the network name of the current n etwork or you can give a n ame for the network in which the powerline adapter is. By [...]

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    TL-P A2010P A V200 Powerline Adapter with AC Pass Through 15 network. Furthermore, here you can change the N ame of the listed powerline adapters as well as add another device to the current network. ¾ Typ e: Displays the type of the remote device found in the network. ¾ Name: Displays the name of the remote device found in the network. You can c[...]

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    TL-P A2010P A V200 Powerline Adapter with AC Pass Through 16 (1) Select the desir ed device and click the Modify butto n to display the following dialog. (2) Enter a new name for the selected adapter and enter its password (Take note of the password format). The password can be found on the back of adapter. (3) Click the Save button to make the set[...]

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    TL-P A2010P A V200 Powerline Adapter with AC Pass Through 17 4.3 System The System tab window is for some basic settings of the adapter . On this tab window , you can upgrade the firmware to the latest versi on, reset the adapter ’s settings to t he factory default s and configure all adapters’ network names. 4.3.1 Upgrade Firmware Click the Up[...]

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    TL-P A2010P A V200 Powerline Adapter with AC Pass Through 18 If you want to upgrade the version of firmware fo r the device, please select appropriate Firmware and PIB files together . New firmware ve r sions and PIB files are posted at www .tp-link.com and can be downloaded for free. ) Note: The parameter information of PIB will restore to the fac[...]

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    TL-P A2010P A V200 Powerline Adapter with AC Pass Through 19 Chapter 5 Advanced Feature: How to Use the Pair Buttons 5.1 Pair (Secure with 128 bits-AES) The Homeplug A V standard uses 128-bit AES (Advanc ed Encryption S tandard) to safely transmit data between powerline adap ters. For the powerline adapter s to communicate with each other they all [...]

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    TL-P A2010P A V200 Powerline Adapter with AC Pass Through 20 Join an existing Powerline A V Network: Powerline adapter A and Powerline adapter B form a HomeplugA V Network, Powerline adapter C wants to join this network. Ste p 1 . Press and hold the Pair button on Powerline adapter C for 1 second. Ste p 2 . Press and hold the Pair button on Powerli[...]

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    TL-P A2010P A V200 Powerline Adapter with AC Pass Through 21 Appendix A: T roubleshooting The Troubleshooting provides answers to comm on problems regardin g the Powerline Adapter. 1. The Pow er LED does not light up. Ans. Check the following: a) Make sure that the Powerline Adapter is properly plugged into a power outlet. b) Make sure the power ou[...]