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DH10PF User Manual Table of Contents IMPORTANT NOTICE TO THE USER .........................................................................................................3 1 Introduction ..............................................................................................................................................5 2 Adapter Description................................................................................................................................5 2.1 2.
DH10PF User Manual 1 Introduction The scope of this document is to provide a description of the physical user interface of the DS2’s new Reference Design DH10PF in-home powerline adapter. The DH10PF powerline adapter incorporates an AC filter and a rear socket. The purpose of this design is to facilitate the direct connection of the adapter to a wall power outlet without depriving the user of the use of this outlet.
DH10PF User Manual The following photograph shows the front panel of the adapter. “ON/SBY” button “CONFIG/F RST” button “STATUS” indicator LED “AP” indicator LED The meanings of the various LEDs and buttons are given in the following tables: “STATUS” Indicator Colour RED Adapter Status OFF (STANDBY) ON ORANGE ON GREEN ON BLINKING (in RED, ORANGE or GREEN) ON LOW RED Meaning Adapter is in Standby mode Adapter is ON.
DH10PF User Manual Buttons: Button ON/SBY CONFIG/F RST 2.2 Meaning Powers the adapter OFF (STANDBY) and powers it ON. Configuration button when pressed 2 seconds. Also performs a factory reset when pressed for more than 8 seconds. Rear and lower connections The following photograph shows the power plug and LAN connections.
DH10PF User Manual 4 One Button Security Setup (OBUS) By default, powerline adapters come without a network identifier and without an encryption key. As a result, when they are plugged into the mains a new PLC network will be created (called public network). It will operate smoothly, but without a secure configuration. In other words, any nearby PLC adapter (wanted or unwanted) without network ID and encryption key connected to the same electrical grid will become part of this public PLC network.
DH10PF User Manual 5 Factory reset procedure Doing a Factory Reset, adapter’s configuration parameters are set back to their factory default, perform the following steps: 1. 2. 3. 4. Press an adapter’s “CONFIG/F RST” button for at least eight seconds (its AP indicator will be blinking).
DH10PF User Manual Threshold1 corresponds to: • LED_TH3 for a percentage of errors in the channel lower than 5% • LED_TH1 for a percentage of errors in the channel equal or higher than 5% Threshold2 corresponds to: • LED_TH4 for a percentage of errors in the channel lower than 5% • LED_TH2 for a percentage of errors in the channel equal or higher than 5% The PLC adapter is only aware of the PHY layer, and therefore the internal thresholds are referred to that layer, not the application throughput.
DH10PF User Manual • 6.2 Case 3: Estimated application throughput is greater than 12 Mbps. The PLC channel is able to play at least two SDTV channels or 1 HDTV. The Status indicator LED will be GREEN as shown in the following figure: Point to multipoint network In the case where the PLC network is composed of three or more adapters, similar situations could arise as with a point to point network.
DH10PF User Manual The Status indicator in each adapter will show the estimated application level of the PLC link from which it is receiving the most amount of traffic at any given time. The Status indicator in PLC adapter 3, for example, could be showing a level of throughput available from PLC adapter 2 for a period of time as illustrated in the figure above.
DH10PF User Manual 6.3 Neighbouring networks The Status indicator also takes into account the possibility of having neighbouring networks. In such a case, the throughput evaluator will divide the available bandwidth in two when there is visibility between any two networks since the PLC channel must be shared on a time basis. In the following figure, an example of an isolated network is first shown.
DH10PF User Manual 7 Troubleshooting Guide The powerline adapter has been designed to be a reliable and easy-to-use home network device. However, should you experience any problems, please refer to the list below to aid in troubleshooting. 1. There is more than one AP in the network because configuration protocol did not finish correctly: • • • • 2. SDTV video streaming is not running: • • • • • • 3. There may be only one Fixed AP in a network.
DH10PF User Manual 9 Abbreviations The following is a list of abbreviations used in this manual.
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