TL-PA111 HS85 Mini Powerline Adapter Rev: 1.0.
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Important Safety Instructions 1. Do Not open this product or attempt to service this product, it may expose you to dangerous high voltage and other risks. 2. Do Not operate this product near water. 3. Do Not place or operate near or over radiator or heat register. 4. Do Not expose this product to dampness, dust or corrosive liquids. 5. Do Not connect this product and Disconnect from wall socket during a lightning or thunderstorm. 6.
CONTENTS Chapter 1 Introduction...................................................................................................................... 1 Chapter 2 Connecting Mechanism .................................................................................................. 3 2.1 Introduction .................................................................................................................................... 3 2.2 LED Indicator ...................................................
TL-PA111 Chapter 1 HS85 Mini Powerline Adapter Introduction Congratulations on your purchase of this outstanding Powerline Adapter. This device is an HS85 Mini Powerline Adapter which transforms your house‟s existing electrical wiring into an ubiquitous networking infrastructure.
TL-PA111 Chapter 2 2.1 HS85 Mini Powerline Adapter Connecting Mechanism Introduction The Powerline Adapter supports up to 85Mbps data rate. With this high speed connection rate, this Powerline Adapter allows you to setup a high speed home network by using your home existing electrical wiring. Simply plug this Powerline Adapter into an ordinary power outlet to extend your Cable/xDSL broadband connection or existing LAN network to any other electrical outlet in any rooms of your house.
TL-PA111 Ethernet LED 2.3 HS85 Mini Powerline Adapter ON The Ethernet port is on and ready to receiving/transmitting data OFF The Ethernet port is not connected or not powered on Flashing The Ethernet port is receiving/transmitting data Physical Interface There are two physical interfaces on this Powerline Adapter. Interface 2.4 Description Ethernet One 10/100Mbps Ethernet port connected to PC LAN card or broadband device. Power Plug Power Plug connected to any 100V ~ 240V AC power socket.
TL-PA111 2.5 HS85 Mini Powerline Adapter Hardware Connection – Internet This section describes how to connect the Powerline Adapter into your existing ADSL broadband connection via ADSL Ethernet port. Follow the procedures describe below to connect the Powerline Adapter to your ADSL broadband connection: 1. Power off your PC or Notebook. 2. Connect the provided Ethernet (RJ-45) cable to the Powerline Adapter‟s Ethernet port. 3.
TL-PA111 Chapter 3 HS85 Mini Powerline Adapter Installing Management Utility Please verify that no other Powerline Adapter or any Encryption Management Utilities are installed before installing the provided software. If other Homeplug Utilities are installed, uninstall them and restart your personal computer before installing this provided software. The Management utility can be used on Operating System of Windows XP, Windows Vista or Windows 7.
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TL-PA111 Step 2: HS85 Mini Powerline Adapter After the installation, a shortcut to the “TL-PA111 Powerline Utility” application icon is provided on the windows desktop.
TL-PA111 Step 3: 3.2 HS85 Mini Powerline Adapter Finally, there is an “Auto install Finish” icon on the windows desktop. For Windows Vista Follow the following procedures to properly installing the provided Management Utility: Step 1: The program installation process will carry out and copy all the necessary files to your system.
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TL-PA111 Step 2: Step 3: 3.3 HS85 Mini Powerline Adapter After the installation, a shortcut to the “TL-PA111 Powerline Utility” application icon is provided on the windows desktop. Finally, there is an “Auto install Finish” icon on the windows desktop. For Windows 7 Follow the following procedures to properly installing the provided Management Utility: Step 1: The program installation process will carry out and copy all the necessary files to your system.
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TL-PA111 Step 2: HS85 Mini Powerline Adapter After the installation, a shortcut to the “TL-PA111 Powerline Utility” application icon is provided on the windows desktop.
TL-PA111 Step 3: HS85 Mini Powerline Adapter Finally, there is an “Auto install Finish” icon on the windows desktop.
TL-PA111 Chapter 4 HS85 Mini Powerline Adapter Using The Management Utility After you‟d successfully installed the Powerline Adapter hardware and Management Utility software, you can setup or configure the devices according to your need. This Powerline Adapter 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.
TL-PA111 HS85 Mini Powerline Adapter Network Type: Displayed the type of logical network: “Public” or “Private”. Autoscan: Shows the scanning status (Default is “ON”). Device Name: Shows the default device name. One may redefine or change the name by clicking on the name and editing in place or by clicking the “Rename” button. Password: Shows the current password of the Powerline Adapter. Quality: Shows the quality of the Powerline Adapter connection.
TL-PA111 4.1.2 HS85 Mini Powerline Adapter Enter Password To set or change your Powerline Adapter‟s password, click and select the Powerline Adapter you wish to change from the list, then click on the “Enter Password” tab, the following screen display Enter your Password (Please note the format, enter it uppercase) and click “OK” after setup. Note: The Powerline Adapter device must be present on the power line (plugged in) in order for the password to be confirmed and added to the network.
TL-PA111 4.1.3 HS85 Mini Powerline Adapter Add Device The following dialog box pop-up when clicking the “Add” button under Main configuration homepage. The dialog box allows you to enter both the selected device‟s name and password. Noted that the Powerline Adapter must be present on the power grid in order to activate the set password and added to the local network. Enter your Device Name and Password (Take note to the password format) and click “OK” after setup.
TL-PA111 4.2 HS85 Mini Powerline Adapter Privacy The Privacy configuration page provides a means for managing the local network and providing additional security for the logical network and also to select the devices that has to be included in the network.
TL-PA111 4.3 HS85 Mini Powerline Adapter QoS The third tabbed window, labeled „QoS‟ for Quality of Service, is shown in the following figure. QoS requirements are different for various data types such as streaming video or music, voice and raw data. To provide higher QoS for streaming data, priority levels can be set using tags at the beginning of data frames. Virtual Local Area Network (Vlan) 802.1p priority tags on Ethernet frames are used to specify 8 (0~7) levels of „user priority‟.
TL-PA111 HS85 Mini Powerline Adapter The Diagnostics information displayed can be saved to a text file. One can email the saved text file to the local supplier when there‟s technical support require or print the saved text file as reference during a technical support conference. The Upper Panel shows technical data concerning software and hardware present on the host computer which were used to communicate over Powerline Adapter on the Powerline network.
TL-PA111 HS85 Mini Powerline Adapter Device Password Device Last known rate Device Last Known Network name Date device last seen on the network 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. Powerline Adapter devices, which are not part of the network anymore, can be deleted using the delete button.
TL-PA111 HS85 Mini Powerline Adapter Appendix A: Troubleshooting Guide The Troubleshooting Guide provides answers to common problems regarding the Powerline Adapter. 1. The Power LED does not light up. Ans. Check the following: 1. Make sure that the Powerline Adapter is properly plugged into a power outlet. 2. Make sure the power outlet is active (working) by plugging another electric device into it. 3. Re-plug the Powerline Adapter to the power outlet again.
