TL-PA4020P AV500 2-port Powerline Adapter with AC Pass Through REV1.0.
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FCC STATEMENT This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications.
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CONTENTS Package Contents......................................................................................... 1 Conventions .................................................................................................. 1 Chapter 1 Introduction ................................................................................. 2 1.1 System Requirement.......................................................................... 2 1.2 Important Safety Instructions ..........................................
TL-PA4020P AV500 2-port Powerline Adapter with AC Pass Through Package Contents The AV500 2-port Powerline Adapter with AC Pass Through package contains the following items: ¾ One AV500 2-port Powerline Adapter with AC Pass Through (There are two powerline adapters in Starter Kit) ¾ One RJ45 Cable (There are two RJ45 Cables in Starter Kit) ¾ One Quick Installation Guide ¾ One Resource CD (Management Utility and User Guide) ) Note: Make sure that the package contains the above items.
TL-PA4020P Chapter 1 AV500 2-port Powerline Adapter with AC Pass Through Introduction This device is an AV500 2-port Powerline Adapter with AC Pass Through which transforms your house’s existing electrical wiring into a ubiquitous networking infrastructure.
TL-PA4020P AV500 2-port Powerline Adapter with AC Pass Through 8. Plug this product directly into a wall socket (100V–240V~, 50/60Hz). Do not use an extension cord between this product and the AC power source. 9. When plugging this product into a wall socket, make sure that the electrical socket is not damaged, and that there is no gas leakage. 10. Place the connecting cables properly so that people won’t stumble or walk on it. 11.
TL-PA4020P Solid Ethernet LED Blinking Off AV500 2-port Powerline Adapter with AC Pass Through At least one Ethernet port is connected, but there is no data being transferred. At least one Ethernet port is transferring data. No Ethernet port is connected. ) Note: 5 minutes after the device connected to the adapter is turned off, and the adapter will automatically switch to the power-saving Mode.
TL-PA4020P AV500 2-port Powerline Adapter with AC Pass Through ) Note: 1. If the pair button is pressed till all the LEDs turn off (at least 7 seconds), the powerline adapter will leave the network which it has joined and its new network name assumes a random value. The Power LED turns off temporarily when it disconnects from the powerline network. 2. For detailed information about the pair button, please refer to Chapter 5 Advanced Feature: How to Use the Pair Buttons.
TL-PA4020P Chapter 2 AV500 2-port Powerline Adapter with AC Pass Through Connecting Mechanism 2.1 Introduction The Powerline Adapter supports up to 500Mbps data rate. With this high speed connection rate, this Powerline Adapter allows you to set up a high speed home network by using your home existing electrical wiring.
TL-PA4020P AV500 2-port Powerline Adapter with AC Pass Through 2.3 Hardware Connection – Computer For those computers you wish to be networked by Powerline Adapter, each of the computers must be properly connected with a Powerline Adapter through an Ethernet (RJ45) cable. Following are the steps to properly connect the Powerline Adapter to your computer: 1． Connect one end of the provided Ethernet (RJ45) cable to the Powerline Adapter’s Ethernet port.
TL-PA4020P AV500 2-port Powerline Adapter with AC Pass Through 2.4 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 described below to connect the Powerline Adapter to your ADSL broadband connection: 1． Connect one end of the provided Ethernet (RJ45) cable to the Powerline Adapter’s Ethernet port.
TL-PA4020P Chapter 3 AV500 2-port Powerline Adapter with AC Pass Through Installing Management Utility Please verify that no other Powerline Adapter or any Encryption Management Utilities are installed before installing the provided software. If other Powerline Utilities are installed, uninstall them and restart your personal computer before installing this provided software. ) Note: To install Management Utility, please make sure that WinPcap 4.1.2 has been installed in your computer.
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TL-PA4020P Step 3: AV500 2-port Powerline Adapter with AC Pass Through After the installation, a shortcut to the “Powerline Utility” application icon is provided on the windows desktop.
TL-PA4020P Chapter 4 AV500 2-port Powerline Adapter with AC Pass Through Using the Management Utility After you’d successfully installed the Powerline Adapter hardware and Management Utility software, you can set up or configure the devices according to your need. This Powerline Utility enables the users to identify powerline devices on the powerline network, measures data rate performance and ensures privacy by setting user defined secure powerline networks.
TL-PA4020P AV500 2-port Powerline Adapter with AC Pass Through ¾ MAC Address: Displays the MAC address of the powerline adapter connected to the current computer where this management utility is running. ¾ Network Name: Displays the network name of the current network or you can give a name for the network in which the powerline adapter is. By default, the network name is HomeplugAV. ¾ Use Default (HomePlugAV): Check the box before this item to use the default network name.
TL-PA4020P AV500 2-port Powerline Adapter with AC Pass Through ¾ Type: Displays the type of the remote device found in the network. ¾ Name: Displays the name of the remote device found in the network. You can change its name following two steps: select the desired adapter and click the Modify button. ¾ MAC Address: Displays the MAC address of the remote device found in the network. ¾ Password: Displays the supplied Powerline Adapter’s password (Initially left blank).
TL-PA4020P AV500 2-port Powerline Adapter with AC Pass Through (2) Enter a new name for the selected adapter and enter its password (Take note of the password format). The password can be found on the back of adapter. (3) Click the Save button to make the settings effective. ) Note: Password is unnecessary to enter for renaming. 4.2.2 Add Device You can add a remote Powerline Adapter to your network that is not in the displayed list.
TL-PA4020P AV500 2-port Powerline Adapter with AC Pass Through 4.3 Advanced The third tab window labeled “Advanced” is for Quality of Service. With the proper configuration, the limit bandwidth can be took full advantage. 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.
TL-PA4020P AV500 2-port Powerline Adapter with AC Pass Through 4.4.1 Upgrade Firmware Click the Upgrade Firmware button to upgrade the version of the firmware for the adapter and the following dialog will pop up. z z NVM: None-volatile memory. It is used for upgrading the firmware. PIB: Parameter Information Block. It contains configuration values that establish device network identity, general capabilities and operational modes.
TL-PA4020P AV500 2-port Powerline Adapter with AC Pass Through ) Note: The parameter information of PIB will restore to the factory defaults after resetting the PLC. To upgrade the device's firmware, follow these instructions: 1. Download PIB file and firmware upgrade file from the TP-LINK website (www.tp-link.com). 2. Enter the path name or click corresponding blanks. 3. Click the OK button.
TL-PA4020P Chapter 5 AV500 2-port Powerline Adapter with AC Pass Through Advanced Feature: How to Use the Pair Buttons 5.1 Pair (Secure with 128 bits-AES) 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). Otherwise, they cannot unscramble the encrypted data sent in the powerline network.
TL-PA4020P AV500 2-port Powerline Adapter with AC Pass Through Join an existing secured Powerline AV Network: Powerline adapter A and Powerline adapter B form a HomeplugAV Network, Powerline adapter C wants to join this network. Step 1. Press and hold the Pair button on Powerline adapter C for one second. Step 2. Press and hold the Pair button on Powerline adapter A/B for one second. (This step must be taken within 120 seconds after step 1 is finished.) Step 3.
TL-PA4020P AV500 2-port Powerline Adapter with AC Pass Through Appendix A: Troubleshooting The Troubleshooting provides answers to common problems regarding the Powerline Adapter. 1. The Power LED does not light up. Ans. Check the following: a) Make sure that the Powerline Adapter is properly plugged into a power outlet. b) Make sure the power outlet is active (working) by plugging another electric device into it. c) Re-plug the Powerline Adapter to the power outlet again.
