User Manual Powerline Network Adapter FPA-201 User Manual / V2.
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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.
Powerline Network Adapter www.phicomm.com CONTENTS Chapter 1: Introduction .............................................. 1 Product Overview ............................................................................................... 1 Main Features ....................................................................................................... 1 System Requirement ......................................................................................... 2 Chapter 2: Physical Description ........
www.phicomm.com Powerline Network Adapter System Information ............................................................................................................ 18 Remote Device History ...................................................................................................... 18 About.................................................................................................................... 19 Chapter 7: Specification ............................................
Powerline Network Adapter www.phicomm.com Chapter 1: Introduction Product Overview This device is a 200Mbps Powerline Network Adapter which transforms your house's existing electrical wiring into a ubiquitous networking infrastructure. Simply plug this Powerline Network Adapter into an ordinary AC power outlet which will easily extend your Cable/xDSL broadband connection or existing Ethernet (LAN) network to any other electrical outlet in any room of a house without the need of any new cabling.
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Powerline Network Adapter www.phicomm.com Chapter 3: Hardware Installation Before you install Powerline Network Adapter please be sure to verify the following: 1. Your network access devices to the Internet (i.e. DSL/Cable Modem etc.) are installed and verified to have access to the internet. 2. Ensure that the router has an available Ethernet port on its LAN (Local Area Network) switch. 3.
www.phicomm.com Powerline Network Adapter The Powerline Network Adapter allows data to be transmitted over Ethernet cables what means you can extend your broadband connection or existing Ethernet network to other network clients by existing electrical wire. Digital data, voice, audio and video can be transmitted between devices. The following is the architecture of various applications of the HomePlug products.
Powerline Network Adapter www.phicomm.com Chapter 4: Operation of Buttons A HomePlug logical network is formed when two or more HomePlug devices are connected over common powerline and share a common password. Secure the Powerline Network The HomePlug AV standard uses 128-bit AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) to safely transmit data between powerline adapters. For the powerline adapters to communicate with each other they all need to use the same Network Membership Key (NMK).
www.phicomm.com Powerline Network Adapter you can use the Reset button to leave the powerline network. The device is then free to join another HomePlug logical network.
www.phicomm.com Powerline Network Adapter Chapter 5: Software Installation The Phicomm PLC Utility for Windows 98SE/Me/2000/XP/Vista/7 enables users to identify HomePlug devices within the powerline network, measures data rate performance, ensures privacy and performs diagnostics by setting user defined secure powerline networks. The Phicomm PLC Utility could help you to manage all of the HomePlug devices in the LAN. Please follow the procedures below to install the Phicomm PLC Utility.
www.phicomm.com Powerline Network Adapter 4. Click Next again. 5. Choose I Agree.
www.phicomm.com Powerline Network Adapter 6. The next window will pop up, click Install. 7. After a short while, the next screen will pop up. Click Finish, the WinPcap is successfully installed.
www.phicomm.com Powerline Network Adapter 8. Then it will automatically install the Phicomm PLC utility. Click Next. 9. Choose I Agree and click Next.
www.phicomm.com Powerline Network Adapter 10. Choose the installation location folder and click Next. 11. Click Next again to continue the installation.
www.phicomm.com Powerline Network Adapter 12. After a short while, the installation is complete, click Close. That is all, the PLC utility is successfully installed. Note: After the successful installation you can manage the PLC devices with the Phicomm PLC utility. If you still cannot run the Phicomm PLC utility, please first uninstall the Phicomm PLC utility and WinPcap from control panel, then run the dotNetFx35setup.exe, finally install the Phicomm PLC utility and WinPcap from the beginning.
Powerline Network Adapter www.phicomm.com Chapter 6: Phicomm PLC Utility Double click Phicomm PLC Utility on your desktop. Main Tag The Main screen provides lists of all HomePlug devices logically connected to the computer when the utility is running. After connecting a HomePlug device to your computer, the utility will autoscan other HomePlug devices in the same network. Local Device on your computer（Upper Panel） This area shows all local HomePlug devices connected to the computer's Network Card.
Powerline Network Adapter www.phicomm.com Remote Device (Lower Panel) The lower panel displays all the HomePlug remote devices discovered on the current logical network. In the top of the table, you can see the total number of remote devices connected on the same network, the Network type (Public or Private) of the network and the scanning status. Device Name: Show the default device name, which may be user re-defined.
www.phicomm.com Powerline Network Adapter MAC Address: The device's MAC address will be shown here. Add: It 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 below. The dialog box allows the user to enter both a device name and the password. A confirmation box will appear if the password was entered correctly and if the device was found in the powerline network.
Powerline Network Adapter www.phicomm.com Privacy The Privacy screen provides the user with an option to maintain security for their logical network and also to select the devices that has to be included in the network. Private Network Name: All HomePlug devices are shipped with a default logical network (network name), which is normally HomePlugAV. If you want to set a privacy network, change the network name.
Powerline Network Adapter www.phicomm.com Diagnostics The Diagnostics homepage shows the System Information and Remote Device History of all remote devices seen over a period of time which are only readable. Click on Diagnostics tab and the following screen displays. System Information The system Information shows technical data concerning software and hardware present on the host computer which were used to communicate over HomePlug on the powerline network.
Powerline Network Adapter www.phicomm.com Device Last Seen on the Network MAC Firmware Version (Turbo Only). 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. Devices, which are not part of the network anymore, can be deleted using the delete button. A dialog window pops up with a confirmation message if we try to delete a device whose password has been entered. About The About screen shows the software version.
Powerline Network Adapter www.phicomm.com Chapter 7: Specification Product Powerline HomePlug AV Co-exists with HomePlug 1.0 and Turbo HomePlug 1.0 IEEE802.3 10Base-T Ethernet Ethernet IEEE802.3u 100Base-TX Fast Ethernet IEEE802.
Powerline Network Adapter www.phicomm.com Appendix A: Troubleshooting 1. The PWR LED does not light up. Make sure that the Powerline Network Adapter is properly plugged into a power socket. Make sure that the power socket is active (working) by plugging another electric device into it. Re-plug the Powerline Network Adapter to the power socket again. 2. The ETH LED does not light up. Make sure that the Ethernet cable is properly connected to the powerline adapter’s RJ45 port.
Powerline Network Adapter www.phicomm.com Appendix B: Certification CE Mark Warning Marking with the above symbol indicates compliance with the essential requirements and other relevant provisions of Directive 2004/108/EC. This is a class B product. In a domestic environment, this product may cause radio interference, in which case the user may be required to take adequate measures.
www.phicomm.com Powerline Network Adapter Appendix C: Technical Support Please contact PHICOMM technical support through PHICOMM website: www.phicomm.com Support via E-mail: support@phicomm.com Before you contact technical support, please have the following ready: Model number of the product (e.g. FPA-201) Hardware version (e.g. Ver.: B1.0) Serial number (S/N) All these information can be found on the label at the bottom of your product.
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