Solwise PL-500AV, User Manual

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Page 2: ...N 13 4 ENCRYPTED PLC NETWORK 14 4 1 CREATE AN ENCRYPTED PLC NETWORK GROUP 14 4 2 REMOVE DEVICE FROM AN EXISTING NETWORK GROUP 15 4 3 CREATE ADDITIONAL ENCRYPTED NETWORK 15 5 ADVANCED WI FI SETTINGS VIA WEB BROWER 16 5 1 GETTING STARTED 16 5 2 HOME 17 5 2 1 Select Language 17 5 2 2 Setup Wizard 17 5 2 3 Operation Mode Configuration 18 5 3 INTERNET SETTINGS 20 5 3 1 LAN Local Area Network Settings 2...

Page 3: ...anagement 31 5 5 2 Upgrade firmware 32 5 5 3 Settings management 32 5 5 4 Status 33 5 5 5 Statistics 33 5 5 6 System log 34 5 6 REBOOT 34 5 6 1 Reboot System 34 5 7 CHANNEL NUMBER 35 6 ENHANCE PLC PERFORMANCE 36 AC OUTLETS CONNECTION 36 CONNECTION VIA POWER STRIP 37 ELECTRICAL INTERFERENCE 37 ELECTRICAL WIRING 37 7 SPECIFICATIONS 38 ...

Page 4: ...he building s electrical installation for short circuit over current protection DO NOT allow anything to rest on the product interconnect plug DO NOT locates this product where people may walk on the cords Because this product sends data over the power line it is recommended that you plug directly into a power outlet Do not plug the Device into a UPS or power strip with surge protection The produc...

Page 5: ...ez l adaptateur CPL sur une prise secteur facilement accessible L adaptateur CPL est uniquement destine a une utilisation domestique en interieur N installez pas l adaptateur a proximite d une quelconque source de chaleur telle qu un radiateur une arrivee d air chaud un four ou tout autre appareil notamment les amplificateurs produisant de la chaleur Veuillez ne pas exposer l adaptateur a la lumie...

Page 6: ...l Communications Commission Interference Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used...

Page 7: ...vide a separation distance of at least 20 cm from all persons and must not be co located or operating in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter End users and installers must be provide with antenna installation instructions and transmitter operating conditions for satisfying RF exposure compliance Canada Industry Canada IC Notices This Class B digital apparatus complies with Canadian IC...

Page 8: ...n fonctionnement Informations concernant l exposition aux fréquences radio RF La puissance de sortie émise par l appareil de sans fil est inférieure à la limite d exposition aux fréquences radio d Industry Canada IC Utilisez l appareil de sans fil de façon à minimiser les contacts humains lors du fonctionnement normal Ce périphérique a également été évalué et démontré conforme aux limites d exposi...

Page 9: ...me time This product is suitable for general users to operate in their homes houses while advanced configurations through web browser described in later chapters are suitable for seasoned users to change and manage the Powerline Wireless N Extender product settings 2 1 Package Content Before starting the installation of the Device please make sure the package contains the following items Single pa...

Page 10: ...10 2 2 Product Overview 500 Mbps Powerline Wireless N Extender 500 Mbps Powerline Bridge ...

Page 11: ...sh Red Wi Fi network traffic in transaction without security protection Blinking Green 0 5 sec ON 0 5 sec OFF WPS negotiation OFF Wi Fi disabled ON Ethernet connection detected Blinking Network traffic in transaction OFF No Ethernet connection detected Buttons WPS negotiation Press 10 seconds Randomly generate a new PLC network group name Press 2 to 3 seconds Start paring with the other PLC device...

Page 12: ...erage To extend wireless AP coverage in different room or floor user can place the Powerline Wireless N extender near the mobile devices such as iPad Tablet Smartphone and Notebook Then connect the Powerline Wireless N extender to powerline network for delivering Internet signal ...

Page 13: ...offer reliable and stable Internet network for HD video streaming Lag Free 3 3 Quick Wi Fi Encrypted Connection WPS Button The default wireless encryption is set as WPA PSK mode with Wi Fi SSID and password that appear on printing label at back of the Device For Quick Wi Fi encrypted connection user can simply press WPS button on the Device to establish encrypted wireless network between your netw...

Page 14: ...p is set the Devices can be deployed anywhere at home Step I Clear Group Attribute Clear the original network group of device B by pressing its GROUP button more than 10 seconds until all LED lights simultaneously turns off and on once At this moment its network group name has been changed to a random name It means that this device is 1 ready to be assigned another network name or 2 to be used as ...

Page 15: ...an generate a new group name referring to Step I to stop communication with an existing network group 4 3 Create Additional Encrypted Network If you want to create additional private network for your powerline devices that co existence with your existing powerline private network group please repeat the Step 1 2 to generate new private network group for selected powerline devices P S Users can pre...

Page 16: ...nd click Properties select Use the following IP address ie 192 168 2 xxx you can set xxx from 1 128 Then connect your computer to the Device wireless or wired 3 Running Web browser and type the IP address of this device 192 168 2 253 on the place you enter URL address then you may link to the Device for further settings 4 Login the Device User name root Password root Note Remember changing back to...

Page 17: ...th minimum setting Open the page from the left panel and click Next button Step 1 Set up account and password for login the Device configuration in the future Step 2 Set up LAN interface Step 3 The page is for basic wireless setting to set network mode and SSID etc Step 4 Set wireless security and encryption to prevent from unauthorized access Step 5 Click Finish button and the Device will reboot ...

Page 18: ...button AP Mode This device act as Wireless Access Point AP for wireless clients and provides a connection to Ethernet and PLC Client Mode This mode enables the establishment of connection with the other AP using infrastructure Ad hoc networking types With bridge operation mode you can directly connect one of the wired Ethernet port to your PC and the Device become a wireless adapter ...

Page 19: ...modes and it not only allows WDS connections but also the wireless clients can survey and associate to the Device WDS Mode The WDS system is used to create a network of AP s that can be used as a single virtual AP The Device forwards the packets to another AP with WDS function When this mode is selected all the wireless clients can t survey and connect to the Device The Device only allows the WDS ...

Page 20: ...20 5 3 Internet Settings 5 3 1 LAN Local Area Network Settings ...

Page 21: ...r for the LAN PCs which automatically get DNS IP address from this device Secondary DNS Server This is the second DNS server for the LAN PCs which automatically get DNS IP address from this device Default Gateway This is the default gateway for the LAN PCs Lease Time This is the DHCP lease time When it is short the IP release renew of the LAN will be faster but the network congestion will be more ...

Page 22: ...r DHCP clients here 5 4 Wireless Settings 5 4 1 Basic Basic Wireless Settings Wireless Network Item Description Radio On Off Click to enable disable wireless function Network Mode The available options are 11b 11g 11g n HT20 11g n HT40 PLUS default 11 g n HT40 MINUS ...

Page 23: ...ed Mode packets and legacy packets Green Field mode the Device transmits HT packets without legacy compatible part But the Device receives and decodes both Green Field and legacy packets Short Guard Interval The 11n device inserts the Guard Interval into the signal You can choose the interval between Long and Short This option affects the Phy data rate of radio Please refer to the table below MCS ...

Page 24: ...n Rate DTIM This is the Delivery Traffic Indication Map It is used to alert the clients that multicast and broadcast packets buffered at the AP will be transmitted immediately after the transmission of this beacon frame You can change the value from 1 to 255 The AP will check the buffered data according to this value For example selecting 1 means to check the buffered data at every beacon Short Pr...

Page 25: ...Item Description Security Mode Disable OPEN SHARED WEPAUTO WPA WPA PSK WPA2 WPA2 PSK WPA WPA2 PSK WPA WPA2 802 1X Security Mode Choose one as the wireless authentication among the following types Open Shared WEP Auto WPA WPA PSK WPA2 WPA2 PSK WPA WPA2 PSK WPA WPA2 and 802 1 X Encryption Type Select one for the encryption type The options vary depending on the Authentication mode The corresponding ...

Page 26: ... bit WEP encryption 128 bit WEP Encryption 128 bit WEP keys are as same as the encryption method of 104 bit WEP When input 26 hexadecimal digits 0 9 a f or A F or 10 ACSII chars it is using 128 bit WEP encryption WPA Authentication Mode This device supports six WPA modes including WPA PSK Pre Shared Key WPA WPA2 PSK WPA2 and additional WPA WPA2 PSK and WPA WPA2 mixed mode For individual and reside...

Page 27: ... type When selecting TKIP AES the client can use whether TKIP or AES for the authentication Pre Authentication Support option This option only appears when selecting WPA2 or WPA WPA2 as the authentication mode Enable it to use this function Radius Server Setting IP Address Input the IP Address of the Radius server Port Input the port of the Radius server The default port is 1812 Shared Secret Inpu...

Page 28: ... in the PIN field The Wi Fi link between the WLAN client and the Device should be encrypted PBC Select PBC and then you can begin the PBC process Press the PBC button in the front panel can also trigger this process Press or click the PBC button on the WLAN client to finish the communication You can press the PBC button on the WLAN client first and then click the PBC button on this device to estab...

Page 29: ...te Survey AP Mode Site Survey Site survey shows information of APs nearby you may choose one of these APs connecting 5 4 7 MAC Filter MAC filtering allows the user to either limit specific MAC addresses from associating with the AP or specifically indicates which MAC addresses can associate with the AP ...

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Page 31: ...d is root NTP Settings Item Description Sync with host Synchronizing current time with your PC Time Zone Select local time zone NTP server Input the NTP server address If you are not sure about the local NTP server address you can input pool ntp org NTP Synchronization This is the time interval of NTP synchronization The range is 1 300 hours It is the necessary field for NTP setting and please inp...

Page 32: ...he upgrade process takes about 1 minute and DO NOT POWER OFF the Device during this period In order to continue configuration please refresh the PC web browser to reflect new upgraded FW settings 5 5 3 Settings management You might save system settings by exporting them to a configuration file restore them by importing the file or reset them to factory default ...

Page 33: ...s The page shows system status information 5 5 5 Statistics Administrator Settings Item Description Memory total This is the total memory size for this device Memory left The available memory size shows in this field ...

Page 34: ...terface including Ethernet and Wireless 5 5 6 System log The system log shows in this window For technical support you may need to copy and save the log to text file and send it to the technical service Click Refresh button to refresh the page or Clear button to clear the log 5 6 Reboot 5 6 1 Reboot System ...

Page 35: ...pan Australia and China 7 2442 Americas Taiwan EMEA Japan Australia and China 8 2447 Americas Taiwan EMEA Japan Australia and China 9 2452 Americas Taiwan EMEA Japan Australia and China 10 2457 Americas Taiwan EMEA Japan Australia and China 11 2462 Americas Taiwan EMEA Japan Australia and China 12 2467 EMEA Japan Australia and China 13 2472 EMEA Japan Australia and China 14 2484 Japan only in 802 ...

Page 36: ...mmendations while placing the Powerline device AC outlets connection Avoid connecting PLC device to an uninterruptible power supply UPS or backup power supply device For best results connect the adaptors directly to a wall outlet is recommended Avoid connecting high power consuming appliances to the same wall outlet See the following illustration For better performance the following connection is ...

Page 37: ...over the electrical wiring it will affect PLC performance in the house For the best results we recommend to connect an electrical noise filter with the appliances such as Battery chargers including cell phone chargers Hair dryers Power drills Halogen light Vacuum cleaner Lights or lamps with touch sensitivity feature supported Electrical Wiring The PLC device delivers data over the existing electr...

Page 38: ...4 dBm 1 5dB typ 6 5Mbps 802 11n TX 13 dBm 1 5dB typ 13 5Mbps Sensitivity 802 11b RX 82 dBm typ 11Mbps 802 11g RX 70 dBm typ 54Mbps 802 11n RX 20MHz 67dBm typ 72 2Mbps 802 11n RX 40MHz 64dBm typ 150Mbps Physical Data Rate 802 11b 1 2 5 5 11Mbps 802 11g 6 9 12 18 24 36 48 54Mbps 802 11n 20MHz MCS0 7 Up to 72 2Mbps WLAN transceiver spec 802 11n 40MHz MCS0 7 Up to 150Mbps Wi Fi mode Wireless AP Bridge...

Page 39: ...FCC CE CE LVD RoHS WEEE 500Mbps Powerline Ethernet Bridge RJ 45 port 1 port PHY Rate 500Mbps Max Data Rate TCP 95 Mbps UDP 95 Mbps Frequency Band 2 to 28 MHz 30 to 68 MHz Access Methods TDMA and priority based CSMA CA channel access schemes Modulation Supports OFDM 4096 1024 256 64 16 8 QAM QPSK BPSK and ROBO Other FW Features Dynamic channel adaptation and channel estimation maximizes throughput ...

Page 40: ... for IPv6 and MLD v1 v2 snooping Encryption 128 bit AES Link Encryption with key management LEDs Power green PLC Link Activity green Ethernet Link Activity green Temperature Operating 0 40 Storage 20 60 Relative Humidity Operating 10 85 Non Condensing Storage 5 90 Non Condensing Power Source 100 240 VAC 50 60Hz Full load 230 VAC 2 2W Power consumption Standby mode 0 5W Certification CE CE LVD FCC ...