User's Guide
Table Of Contents
- Table of Contents
- Product Overview
- Application Diagram
- Diagram Explanation:
- Installing Your Powerline Adapter
- Powerline Security
- Scramble your Network Name Away from the Factory Default
- Before Physical Installation
- Connecting the Powerline Adapters
- Connecting Additional Powerline Adapters
- Physical Installation
- Create Multiple Powerline Networks
- Move Powerline adapters between different overlapping powerline networks
- The Powerline Utility
- Powerline Utility – Map View
- Auto Scan
- Remote Devices
- Local Device
- Manage your device
- Rename
- Enter Password
- Add Device
- Scan
- Network Type
- Powerline Utility – Detailed View
- Show Active Device(s) Only
- Delete
- Add Device
- Save Report
- Remote Devices
- System Information
- Manage your report
- Powerline Utility – Device Setup
- Use Default
- Private Network Name
- Multicast Address
- Set Remote Devices
- Set Local Device
- Powerline Utility – Advanced
- Select Local Device
- Factory Defaults
- Reset Device
- Upgrade Firmware
- Powerline Utility – Options
- Scan Options
- Powerline Utility – About
- About Powerline Utility
- Regulations
- Limited Warranty
TRENDnet User’s Guide TPL-421E/TPL-421E2K
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Ground Wire
TPL-421E using all 3 power wires to boost up
the Powerline communication speed to
gigabit. Please use 3 wire sockets and make
sure your electric system installed with all
load, natural and ground 3 wires.
Push Buttons
Button
Action
Function
Reset
Push for 1
second
Reset device settings to factory defaults
(All LEDs will turn off and turn back on).
It will reset to the factory default private
network name “HomePlug AV”.
Sync
Push for 15
seconds until all
LEDs goes off
Generate a new random network name
and encryption key (All LEDs will turn
off and turn back on).
Sync
Push for 2
seconds
Start a synchronization session. The
POWER LED will start blink for 2
minutes. Start the synchronization
session on another power adapter
within the time to synchronize the
network name and exchange the
encryption keys.
Power Save Mode: The Powerline adapter will automatically going into
standby mode to reduce power usage when there is no network traffic for
more than 10~20 minutes. All LEDs are going off.
It can be wake up automatically when the network traffic is coming again.
It takes a couple seconds to wake up and resume back to full speed of
service.
Power plug (US)
Plug directly into an
available power
outlet. Not on a
power strip.
Power plug (EU)
with grounding wire
Power plug (UK)
Important !!