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TRENDnet 4-Port Powerline 500 AV Adapter manual

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    TPL-4052E User’ s Guide © Copyright 2013 TRENDnet. All rights reser ved. a[...]

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    TPL-4052E User’ s Guide T able of Contents © Copyright 2013 TRENDnet. All rights reser ved. T able of Cont ents Product Ov erview ������������������������������������������������������������������������?[...]

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    TPL-4052E User’ s Guide Product Over view © Copyright 2013 TRENDnet. All rights reser ved. 1 Product Ov er view P ackag e Contents TPL-4052E packag e includes: • TPL-4052E: 4-Port P owerline 500 A V Adapter • Mul-language Quick Inst allaon Guide • CD-ROM (Ulity & User ’ s Guide) • Network c able (1.5 m / 5 .[...]

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    TPL-4052E User’ s Guide Product Over view © Copyright 2013 TRENDnet. All rights reser ved. 2 • Oponal management ulity c ompable with Windows 8 (32/64- bit), Windows * 8 acve adapt er can str eam data at the same me. Up t o 16 adapter s can be congur ed in the same network. Addional adapter s ma y decrease network perf [...]

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    TPL-4052E User’ s Guide Product Over view © Copyright 2013 TRENDnet. All rights reser ved. 3 Push Buons Buon Acon Funcon Sync (see Using the Sync Buon Secon for instrucons) Push and hold for 2 sec onds Iniate S ync/Connecon and generat e r andom priva te netw ork name on rs t adapter (PWR LED will start blinking). M[...]

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    TPL-4052E User’ s Guide Product Over view © Copyright 2013 TRENDnet. All rights reser ved. 4 Applicaon Diagr am Diagr am Explanaon: The rs t P owerline unit is netw ork ed to a r outer which is in turn connected t o a modem (typically supplied by your In ternet Service Provider (ISP)) tha t provides Interne t connecvity . A second Po[...]

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    TPL-4052E User’ s Guide Installing Y our Powerline Adapter © Copyright 2013 TRENDnet. All rights reser ved. 5 Inst alling Y our P owerline Adap ter Bef ore y ou install 1. Bef ore you pr oceed with the inst allaon, v erify the following: • V erify that you alr eady have Int ernet access through your exis ng network. • V erify tha[...]

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    TPL-4052E User’ s Guide Installing Y our Powerline Adapter © Copyright 2013 TRENDnet. All rights reser ved. 6 Adding adapt ers t o your network Once you ha ve installed and connect ed the rst P owerline Adapter to y our rout er , you can easily ext end your ne twork to other r ooms by adding addional Pow erline Adapters. T o ext end your n[...]

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    TPL-4052E User’ s Guide Securing Y our Powerline Network © Copyright 2013 TRENDnet. All rights reser ved. 7 Secure Y our P owerline Ne twork Po werline Adapt ers join powerline netw ork by using network name. The def ault network name is “HomePlugA V ” . All out-of -the-box TRENDnet HomePlugA V P owerline Adapt ers hav e the same def ault ne[...]

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    TPL-4052E User’ s Guide Securing Y our Powerline Network © Copyright 2013 TRENDnet. All rights reser ved. 8 Changing the network name and associa ng two Pow erline Adapter s: Note: Use the S ync buon procedure belo w if you are connecng TRENDnet P owerline models TPL-401E, TPL-402E, TPL-405E , TPL-406E , TPL-407E or TPL-4052E. 1. V erif[...]

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    TPL-4052E User’ s Guide Securing Y our Powerline Network © Copyright 2013 TRENDnet. All rights reser ved. 9 Conguring an addional P owerline Adapter t o connect and use the network name of y our exisng pow erline network: Note: Use the S ync buon procedure belo w if you are connecng TRENDnet P owerline models TPL-401E, TPL-402E, T[...]

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    TPL-4052E User’ s Guide Powerline Utility © Copyright 2013 TRENDnet. All rights reser ved. 10 Po werline Ulity S ystem R equirements • Windows 8 (32/64-bit), Window s 7 (32/64-bit), Windows Vis ta (32/64-bit), or Windows XP (32/64-bit) • Microso® .NET Fr amework 3.5 inst alled Sowar e Installaon 1. Insert the included CD-R[...]

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    TPL-4052E User’ s Guide Powerline Utility © Copyright 2013 TRENDnet. All rights reser ved. 11 6. Click Ye s to allow inst allaon . 7. Re view the license agreemen t and click I Agree � 8. In the Inst allaon Opons window , leave the Aut omacally start the WinPc ap driver a t boot me check ed and click Install � 9. W ait for the[...]

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    TPL-4052E User’ s Guide Powerline Utility © Copyright 2013 TRENDnet. All rights reser ved. 12 10. Aer the pr ocess has been completed, click Finish� 11. A t the TRENDnet P owerline Ulity Setup Wizar d, click Next � 12. In the License Agreemen t window , click I Agree , and then click Next . 13. In the Select Inst allaon F older wind[...]

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    TPL-4052E User’ s Guide Powerline Utility © Copyright 2013 TRENDnet. All rights reser ved. 13 15. W ait for the P owerline Ulity installa on to comple te. A t the Inst allaon Complet e window , click Close � Using the Ulity Beforeusingtheulity ,pleaseensurethefollowing: 1. W rite down the DeviceP assword?[...]

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    TPL-4052E User’ s Guide Powerline Utility © Copyright 2013 TRENDnet. All rights reser ved. 14 Local Device All Pow erline Adapters connect ed to the same network as y our computer will be listed her e. The default devic e name is main chip number , followed by the MAC address and rmware version number . Y ou can mouse over the header and adju[...]

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    TPL-4052E User’ s Guide Powerline Utility © Copyright 2013 TRENDnet. All rights reser ved. 15 Rename r emote device (Click and select a remot e device and then click Rename bu on in Map View) Enter a meaningful name f or easy managemen t Ent er Pass wor d (Click and select a remot e device and then click Ent er Passwor d buon in Map View) [...]

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    Powerline Utility © Copyright 2013 TRENDnet. All rights reser ved. 16 TPL-4052E User’ s Guide Sys tem Informaon Sys tem Informaon secon sho ws this ulity ver sion, your comput er inf ormaon, network adap ter s installed on y our computer . Show Acve Device(s) Only Un-check this check box, y ou can include all device inf orma[...]

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    Powerline Utility © Copyright 2013 TRENDnet. All rights reser ved. 17 TPL-4052E User’ s Guide Privat e Network Name This is the network name of your powerline netw ork. Def ault is “HomePlugA V ” . When network name set to “HomePlugA V” , it consider ed a public network because v er y out of box P owerline Adapter can join this network. [...]

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    Powerline Utility © Copyright 2013 TRENDnet. All rights reser ved. 18 TPL-4052E User’ s Guide Select Local Device This advanced f eature supports local devices only . Choose one of your local device and pr oceed the advance seng. Upgrade Firm war e Click this buon to upgr ade device rmware. Reset De vice Cleanup device acve jobs and [...]

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    Powerline Utility © Copyright 2013 TRENDnet. All rights reser ved. 19 TPL-4052E User’ s Guide Scan Opons By def ault, the Powerline ulity scans adapter s aached to the network e very 2 seconds. Y ou can change the scanning frequency fr om 2 seconds tup to 60 seconds or st op auto scan. Y ou can then scan devices manually by clicking Sca[...]

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    Powerline Utility © Copyright 2013 TRENDnet. All rights reser ved. 20 TPL-4052E User’ s Guide About Pow erline Ulity This Pow erline Ulity manages TPL- 4052E and most leg acy HomePlug cered Pow erline Adapters. For mor e inf ormaon, please visit our website www �trendnet�c om Po werline Ulity - About[...]

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    TPL-4052E User’ s Guide T echnical Specications © Copyright 2013 TRENDnet. All rights reser ved. 21 T echnical Specica ons Hardw are Standar ds IEEE 1901, HomePlug® A V , IEEE 802.3, IEEE 802.3x, IEEE 802.3u Int erface • 4 x 10/100 Mbp s Fast Ethernet Auto- MDIX RJ-45 ports • Po wer plug o A: North America T ype B (NEMA 5–1[...]

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    TPL-4052E User’ s Guide T roubleshooting © Copyright 2013 TRENDnet. All rights reser ved. 22 T roubleshoong Please re f erence the items below if you c onnue to experience diculty with installing and using y our Powerline Adapt ers. • Pow er-cycle the P owerline Adapter s by disconnecng them fr om their power outlets f or 15 second[...]

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    TPL-4052E User’ s Guide Appendix © Copyright 2013 TRENDnet. All rights reser ved. 23 Appendix Overlapping pow erline network s It is possible to crea te mulple powerline network s on the same electrical s ystem separ ated and gr ouped by di erent network network names. The pow erline networks will work and communic ate independently of eac[...]

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    TPL-4052E User’ s Guide Appendix © Copyright 2013 TRENDnet. All rights reser ved. 24 3. Within 2 minutes, push and hold the Sync bu on on Adapter B for 2 seconds and release it. The P ower (PWR) LED will st art blinking. This will est ablish connecvity between Adap ter B , Adap ter D , and Adapter E b y rec onguring the netw ork name of[...]

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    TPL-4052E User’ s Guide Declaration of Conformity © Copyright 2013 TRENDnet. All rights reser ved. 25 Feder al Communica on Commission Int erference Stat ement This equipment has been tes ted and found to c omply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pur suant to Part 15 of the F CC Rules. These limits are designed to pr ovide reasona[...]

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    TPL-4052E User’ s Guide Declaration of Conformity © Copyright 2013 TRENDnet. All rights reser ved. 26 cs Česky [Czech] TRENDnet mt o prohlašuje, ž e tento TPL-4052E je v e shodě se základními po žada vky a dalšími příslušnými ust anoveními směrnice 2004/108/ES. da Dansk [Danish] Undertegnede TRENDnet erklær er her ved, a t fø[...]

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    TPL-4052E User’ s Guide W arranty © Copyright 2013 TRENDnet. All rights reser ved. 27 Limited W arr anty TRENDnet warr ants its products agains t defects in mat erial and workmanship, under normal use and service, for the f ollowing lengths of me from the dat e of purchase. • TPL-4052E – 3 Y ear s Warr anty • AC/DC P ower Adapt er , Coo[...]

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    TPL-4052E User’ s Guide W arranty © Copyright 2013 TRENDnet. All rights reser ved. 28[...]