WELL PL-200 nano Powerline Ethernet Adaptor User’s Manual
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Table of Contents Chapter 1 – Introduction ................................................................................................................. 1 1.1 Overview ........................................................................................................................... 1 1.2 Specification ..................................................................................................................... 1 1.3 LED Indicators ........................................................
WELL PL-200 nano Chapter 1 – Introduction 1.1 Overview The Powerline Device operates on HomePlug AV standard, providing up to 200Mbps data speed over the existing household power supply. This product is cost-effective, easy to create a home network without spending time and money to run expensive CAT-5 cabling. Powerline Device is the best solution for no-new-wire networking in the house or office. 1.
WELL PL-200 nano Chapter 2 – Installation & Uninstallation Connection of Powerline Ethernet Adapter 2.1 Installing Powerline Device 1. If you have the SINGLE PACKAGE of Powerline, connect the supplied RJ45 Ethernet cable from your PC's Ethernet port to the Powerline Ethernet Adapter's LAN Ports or connect the supplied RJ45 Ethernet cable from your xDSL/Cable Modem's Ethernet port to the Powerline Ethernet Adapter's LAN Ports. 2.
WELL PL-200 nano 2.2 Installation of Powerline Utility The Configuration Utility enables the users to identify HomePlug devices on the Powerline network, measures data rate performance, ensures privacy and performs diagnostics by setting user defined secure Powerline networks. Users are requested to verify that no other Encryption Management Utilities are installed prior to the installation of this utility. Other utilities should be uninstalled before installing this utility.
WELL PL-200 nano 3. Please click “Power line Utility” button to continue. 4. Click “Next” button to continue.
WELL PL-200 nano 5. Click “I Agree” button to continue. 6. Click “Install” button to continue.
WELL PL-200 nano 7. Click “Finish” button to continue. 8. Click “Next” button to continue.
WELL PL-200 nano 9. Click “I Agree” and then click “Next” button to continue. 10. Click “Next” button to continue.
WELL PL-200 nano 11. Click “Next” button to continue. 12. Click “Close” button to exit.
WELL PL-200 nano 13. In order to start the utility, double-click the utility icon on desktop. 14. You can see your device working well. The top panel of the screen shot shows a Homeplug device connected locally to your computer. The bottom panel shows one device connected remotely to the computer running the utility.
WELL PL-200 nano 2.3 Uninstallation of Configuration Utility 1. To uninstall the Configuration Utility, go to the “Control Panel” of your system. 2. Open the “Add/Remove Programs”. 3. Select and double click on the “Powerline Utility” in the Add/Remove Programs Properties. 4. Follow the on screen instructions to uninstall the Powerline Utility.
WELL PL-200 nano Chapter 3 – Configuration Utility Setup Introduction The Configuration Utility enables the users to identify HomePlug devices on the powerline network, measures data rate performance, ensures privacy and performs diagnostics by setting user defined secure powerline networks. The Utility will use a Graphical User Interface (GUI) with limited user selectable options. 3.1 Map View In order to start the utility, double-click the utility icon on desktop.
WELL PL-200 nano 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.
WELL PL-200 nano This tab displays the list of local devices and the list of remote devices currently associated with the selected local device. It shows the device type, MAC address and the version string. There are text indicators displaying which device is currently selected device, count of local devices, count of remote devices, network type and the auto scan status. Once all the local devices are identified the remote devices associated with the currently selected local device are displayed.
WELL PL-200 nano Password column by default is blank and ‘Enter Password’ button can be used to enter it. To set the Password of the device (required when creating a private network), first select the device by clicking on its name in the lower panel and then click on the Enter Password button. A dialog box will appear as shown in Figure 3-3 to type the password. The selected device name is shown above the password field and the password can be verified by hitting the OK button.
WELL PL-200 nano Add button is used to add a remote device to the existing network by entering the device password of the device. A dialog box will appear as shown below in Figure 3-4. The dialog box allows the user to enter both a device name and the password. If a device was not found, the user will be notified and suggestions to resolve common problems will be presented.
WELL PL-200 nano The Scan button is used to perform an immediate search of the HomePlug devices connected to the Powerline network. By default, the utility automatically scans every few seconds and updates the display screen.
WELL PL-200 nano 3.2 Detailed View The PPU should have local system information and also should maintain the history of remote devices. This information can be saved or printed.
WELL PL-200 nano 3.3 Device Setup All the device setup related options can be found in this view. A combobox displays the local Devices If the Network Name has been pre-configured on a local device to a value other than HomePlug or HomePlugAV (e.g. the push button pairing function on AV devices), the PPU will show the name as “Unknown Networkname”. Although a pre-configured Network Name can not be displayed, the hidden Network Name will be used to add new devices to the local network. 1.
WELL PL-200 nano 3.4 Advanced This view contains the advanced options. All operations are with respect to selected local devices only. A combobox displays the local devices. Following are operations supported: 1. Upgrade firmware: To upgrade the firmware in a device click the upgrade button. Use the browse buttons to select the firmware and PIB files. NOTE: The utility only supports upgrading of the local device. Remote device upgrades are not supported. Also if the device is in “Bootloader” mode (i.
WELL PL-200 nano 3.5 Options This view is used to configure PPU settings.
WELL PL-200 nano 3.6 About Screen The About screen shows the software version. This view PPU Information, logo, version, release date, licenses, and web link. 3.7 Enabling Trace Power Packet utility allows end user to enable/disable Log levels to control the logging. Logging can be controlled by modifying PPUOptions.ini file present in installation folder. When Power Packet Utility starts, it will clear the previous contents of log file & start writing fresh log. Log file PPULog.
WELL PL-200 nano Chapter 4 – Reset and Network ID Setting 4.1 Reset function Push RESET/NET.ID button can reset to the factory default settings. Be careful, when you press the RESET/NET.ID button, please remove the Ethernet cable (RJ-45cable) first, and then press the RESET/NET.ID button. After press the RESET/NET.ID button for 10-15 seconds and then wait for the PWR LED light again. 4.
WELL PL-200 nano Four possible scenarios This section describes how to add and remove devices using HomePlug AV Simple Connect Technology and covers some of the technical details of how the technology works. Case 1: Forming a Network Two devices with different network membership key (NMK) values are connected to the same powerline. The user wants them to form a logical network. 1. Press each device RESET/NET.ID button for 5-8 sec till all LEDs re-flash to generate the random network password key first. 2.
WELL PL-200 nano Case 2: Joining a Network In this scenario a network exists. The user wants a new device, the ‘joiner’, to join the network. Any device on the existing network can become the ‘adder’. 1. Press the RESET/NET.ID button on the ‘joiner’ for less than 3 seconds. 2. Press the RESET/NET.ID button on any network device for less than 3 seconds, making it the ‘adder’. You have 1 minute, by default, to press this RESET/NET.ID button. 3. Wait for connection to complete and the PLC LED will be ON.
WELL PL-200 nano Case 3: Leaving a Network A network exists. The user wants to remove one device, the ‘leaver’, from that network, for whatever reason. He may want to remove the device from service altogether or have it join another logical network. 1. Press the RESET/NET.ID button on the ‘leaver’ for 5-8 seconds. The device will reset and restart with a random NMK. 2. Wait for reset to complete and the PLC LED will be OFF.
WELL PL-200 nano Case 4: Join Multiple Devices to a Network To add several new devices to an existing network, the process in Case 2 must be repeated for each ‘joiner’. A vendor may implement a mode of operation in which an ‘adder’ device in the network remains in the adder state for an extended period allowing additional ‘joiners’ to be added in turn. This lets you press the ‘adder’ RESET/NET.ID button once then press each ‘joiner’ RESET/NET.ID button in turn. If RESET/NET.
