Edimax HP-5103K manual

HP - 5103 User Manual 03- 201 4 / 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 setu p and 12 8-bit AES security  Max. powerline spe ed up to 500Mbp s  Backward compatib le 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 tran s[...]

4 1.3 Compatibility AV 500 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 10[...]

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 2.2 Button Interface Description Ethernet Port This is a Fast Ether net port for connecting to a computer or othe r devices with a networ k port. Group/Reset Creates an encrypt ed powerline network group automatically (press the button for less tha n 3 seconds). Leaves an encrypt ed powerline network group (press the button f or 5~8 seconds). Res[...]

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 compatibility mode for:", then selec t Windows 7, then c lick “ Apply ” . Step 6 Then click “ WinPc ap_4_1_2 ” . The wizard will guide you th rough the setup process.[...]

9 Step 7 When the following WinPcap Compatibility Assistan t appears, selec t Run the program without ge tting help.[...]

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

11 Step 9 Click th e “ Edimax PowerLine Utilit y ” , the “ PLC 50 0Mbps Utility ” appears, c lick “ Next ” to continue.[...]

12 Step 10 Select where you want to install the utility software, and then click “ Next ” . Step 11 After the installation is complete, click “ Close ” .[...]

13 Step 12 An icon will ap pear on your d esktop. Click the icon to open the utility software. Note: You can manage all t he connecte d powerline adapte rs with th e utility software. Ho wever, installing the utility software i s optional.[...]

14 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 EZ max Wizard ap pears, select your m odel. Step 3 Th[...]

15 Step 4 If you have not installed Win Pcap version 4.1.2 ( or higher) on your compute r before. The wizard will guide you through the setup process.[...]

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

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

19 Step 9 After the installation is comp lete, click “ Close ” . Step 10 An icon will ap pear on your d esktop. Click the icon to open the utility software. Note: You can manage all th e connected powerline adapters with the utility software. However, i nstalling th e utility software i s optional.[...]

20 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 rename the device. Enter Pas[...]

21 4. 2 Diagnostics Tab The “ Diagnostics ” tab displays the system 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 devic es.[...]

22 4. 3 About Tab The “ About ” tab contains some b asic information ab out the software. You can also enable or d isable the autoscan fun ction under “ Pr eferences ” .[...]

23 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[...]

24 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 ” b utton on an adapter in th e existing net work (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[...]

25 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 ” b utton on the 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[...]

26 Chapter 6: Trou bleshooting If your powerline ada pters have difficu lty communicatin g with each other, try the following proc edures:  Try power cyc ling the u nit by unplugging it from the electric outlet for 10 seconds an d plugging it in again.  Use a p in to hold the reset bu tton down for 2 seconds on each unit you are trying to con[...]

27 Federal Communic ation Commissi on Interfere nce 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 against harmful interferenc e in a residential installation. This equip ment generat es, us[...]

28 EU Declaration of Confor mity English: This equipment is in comp liance with the essential r equirements and other relevant pr ovisions of Directive 2004/108/EC, 2 009/125/EC. Franç ais: Cet équipement est confor me aux exigences essenti elles et autres dispositions de la directiv e 2004/108/ EC , 2009/125/ EC Čeština: Toto zařízení je v [...]

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