Specifications

devolo dLAN AVpro manager
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Inhalt
1 Introduction ............................................................................................................3
1.1 What is dLAN? ...........................................................................................................3
1.1.1 dLAN: Costs and transmission quality ..........................................................3
1.1.2 Data security and radiation ......................................................................... 4
1.2 dLAN 'peer-to-peer' and 'MDU' operating modes ....................................................... 5
1.2.1 Compatibility mode .....................................................................................8
2 dLAN AVpro manager ............................................................................................9
2.1 Preliminary notes ....................................................................................................... 9
2.2 Installing and starting dLAN AVpro manager ............................................................ 10
2.2.1 First start .................................................................................................. 10
2.3 dLAN AVpro manager files ....................................................................................... 11
2.4 The dLAN AVpro manager user modes ..................................................................... 11
2.5 The user interface in simple mode ............................................................................ 12
2.5.1 Selection buttons ......................................................................................13
2.5.2 "Live View" window ..................................................................................14
2.6 The user interface in expert mode ............................................................................. 15
2.6.1 The header bar menus ...............................................................................17
2.6.2 The "dLAN network" window .................................................................... 26
2.6.3 The "Unused devices" list .......................................................................... 30
3 Profiles ..................................................................................................................31
3.1 About profiles .......................................................................................................... 31
3.2 Creating and editing profiles ....................................................................................32
3.2.1 Default profile ...........................................................................................33
3.3 Configuring profiles .................................................................................................33
3.3.1 Bandwidth ................................................................................................33
3.3.2 Setting transmitting power ........................................................................ 35
3.3.3 Transmission prioritisation ......................................................................... 37
3.3.4 Other settings ........................................................................................... 40
4 Network management .........................................................................................43
4.1 Managing dLAN networks using dLAN AVpro manager ............................................ 43
4.1.1 Notes on using database files .................................................................... 44
4.2 Creating networks .................................................................................................... 44
4.2.1 Entering devices into the database automatically ....................................... 45
4.2.2 Entering devices into the database using a text file .................................... 45
4.2.3 The components of a dLAN device ID ........................................................ 47