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HomePlug AV Ethernet Adapter User’s Manual 

 

4.  Using Power Packet Utility  

In order to start the utility, Click 

 

“Start”

”Program files”

”PL64 series Powerline”

”Power 

Packet utility” or you can double click the Power Packet utility icon to execute this program 
from the desktop on your laptop/PC.  Here is the main screen of utility: 
           
           Figure 3. Main Screen of Power Packet Utility 

 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 

 
The top panel of the screen shot shows a HomePlug Powerline device connected locally to 
the host computer. The bottom panel shows four devices connected remotely to the computer 
running the utility 
 

4.1   User Interface 

4.1.1  Main Tab 

The Main screen provides a list of all Powerline devices logically connected to the computer 
when the utility is running. The

 top panel 

shows all local HomePlug devices connected to the 

computer’s NIC (Network Interface Card). In most cases, only one device will be seen. In 
situations where there are more than one local device being connected, such as a USB or an 
Ethernet adapter, the user can select the local device by clicking on it and then click the 

Connect

 button to its right. The status area above the button indicates that your PC is 

connected to that same device. Once connected to the local device, the utility will 
automatically scan the power line periodically for any other HomePlug devices. If no local 
HomePlug devices are discovered, the status area above the connect button will indicate with 
a message ‘

NO HOMEPLUG ADAPTERS DETECTED

’. 

 
The 

bottom panel 

displays all the HomePlug remote devices, discovered on the current 

logical network. The total number of remote devices connected on the same network can be 
found on top of the Remote device panel. 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 Auto scan 
functionality is turned ON or OFF. The following information is displayed for all devices that 
appear in the bottom panel. 

Top Panel  

Bottom Panel  

Summary of Contents for HP200PT64

Page 1: ...HomePlug AV Ethernet Adapter User s Manual Rev 1 0 Nov 2009 HomePlug AV Powerline Pass through Ethernet Adapter User s Manual HP200PT64 ...

Page 2: ... JOINING LEAVING THE POWERLINE NETWORK 5 3 INSTALLING POWER PACKET UTILITY 6 4 USING POWER PACKET UTILITY 7 4 1 USER INTERFACE 7 4 1 1 Main Tab 7 4 1 2 Privacy Tab 9 4 1 3 Diagnostics Tab 10 4 1 4 About Tab 11 4 1 5 Preferences 11 5 TROUBLE SHOOTING 12 5 1 1 The Power LED does not turn on after plug into power outlet 12 5 1 2 The LNK LED does not turn on or not flashing 12 5 1 3 The Ethernet LED d...

Page 3: ...Do not use liquid aerosol cleaner to clean this device and must unplug this product before cleaning Do not open the cover of device when plug into power socket These expose you to the risk of high voltage damage Do not put any other things into on this device especially sharp conductive object Do not open or remove this Powerline Ethernet Adapter case personally it may result in exposure to danger...

Page 4: ...d VOD services and whole triple play connectivity Easy to build or extend home networking environment use the existing power outlet no extra wire required Simple plug and play and zero configuration between the routers computers and your gaming console Integrated Quality of Service QoS and low power consumption 128 bit AES data encryption algorithm Co existence with HomePlug 1 0 nodes Integrated A...

Page 5: ...fter the link on Ethernet is active the adapter wakes up automatically Flashing evenly at 1 second interval Green The adapter is in configuration mode an AVLN is being formed new AVLAN is formed or a new adapter is being added to an existing AVLN Uneven flashing There was error during configuration process Green The adapter is connected to power Off There is no link on Powerline interface Red If P...

Page 6: ...e to the first PLC adapter s Ethernet port 2 Connect the other end of the Ethernet cable to PC s Ethernet port 3 Plug the adapter s power plug into your power socket 4 Repeat the step1 for the second PLC adapter and connect the other end of Ethernet cable to the LAN port of your ADSL router Cable modem and repeat the step 3 You can see the Figure 10 in Chapter 7 for this connection reference NMK R...

Page 7: ...te During the configuration process the Power LED on each device flashes evenly at one second intervals until the operation succeeds or fails If an error occurs the Power LED on the adder flashes unevenly until the pushbutton on the adder is pressed again or the joiner is reset by pressing and holding the pushbutton for more than 10 seconds The adder is the device that gives an NMK to another devi...

Page 8: ... the device for longer than 10 seconds Wait a few seconds for the device to reset and leave the network 1 Press the pushbutton on the leaver for at least 10 seconds The device will reset and restart with a random NMK 2 Wait for reset to complete Join Multiple Devices to a Network To add several new devices to an existing network the process in Joining a Powerline network process must be repeated f...

Page 9: ...D drive 2 The installation program will be launched automatically if does not please run the autorun exe which can be found in the CD ROM s root directory 3 Click the Power Packet utility to launch this program 4 you can see the Setup Wizard program to prepare the installation click Next to continue 5 You can browse and select the different installation folder to install this utility Also you can ...

Page 10: ...local device being connected such as a USB or an Ethernet adapter the user can select the local device by clicking on it and then click the Connect button to its right The status area above the button indicates that your PC is connected to that same device Once connected to the local device the utility will automatically scan the power line periodically for any other HomePlug devices If no local H...

Page 11: ...ected device name is shown above the password field and the password can be verified by hitting the OK button The Password field accepts the Device password in any case formats with or without dashed between them A confirmation box will appear if the password was entered correctly If a device was not found the user will be notified along with the suggestions to resolve common problems This process...

Page 12: ...r their logical network and also to select the devices that has to be included in the network The appearance is shown in Figure 7 All HomePlug devices are shipped using a default logical network network name which is normally HomePlugAV The Privacy dialog screen allows user to change to a private network by changing the network name network password of devices The user can always reset to the Home...

Page 13: ...evice password s were not entered this operation will fail and will report a failure message 4 1 3 Diagnostics Tab The Diagnostics screen shows System information and a history of all remote devices seen over a period of time The appearance is shown in Figure 8 The Upper panel shows technical data concerning software and hardware present on the host computer which were used to communicate over Hom...

Page 14: ...name Date device last seen on the network MAC Firmware Version Turbo version only The diagnostics information displayed may be saved to a text file for later use or can be printed for reference for a technical support call Devices which are not part of the network anymore can be deleted using the delete button A dialog window pops up with a confirmation message if we try to delete a device whose p...

Page 15: ...hen you plug them into power socket it means HP200PT64 is connecting your second HP200PT64 or other Powerline devices then starting powerline signal communication between these Powerline devices and become flashing Please make sure your another Powerline devices are HomePlug AV compliant HP200PT64 can not detect early version such as HomePlug 1 0 devices although they can coexist on same electrica...

Page 16: ...hernet Activity status Flash SDRAM 2MB Flash 16MB SDRAM Connectivity Maximum 64 PLC AV devices per HomePlug AV logical Network Max MAC addresses 4096 NIC s source aware bridging capability TX Buffering 340 ms of the Max Powerline devices disturbance that can be withstood without packet loss Qos Quality of Service Contention free access four level priority based contention access and multi segment ...

Page 17: ...g room Reading room ADSL Cable Internet Powerline Ethernet IPTV Wall outlet Set Top Box Ethernet Basement PC Ethernet TV X Box Gaming Console Ethernet Living room 2F Reading room 1F living room ADSL Cable Internet Powerline Ethernet Ethernet PC Wall outlet Power Strip Integrated Power Socket Power Strip Electrical Power line Electrical wiring plug Ethernet HP200PT64 pass through PLC adapter Wall o...

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