Owner's Manual

Document Conventions
PLA4215 User’s Guide
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Document Conventions
Warnings and Notes
These are how warnings and notes are shown in this User’s Guide.
Warnings tell you about things that could harm you or your device.
Note: Notes tell you other important information (for example, other things you may
need to configure or helpful tips) or recommendations.
Syntax Conventions
The PLA4215 may be referred to as the “PLA4215”, the “ZyXEL device”, the “device” or the
“powerline adapter” in this Users Guide.
The PLA42xx Series Configuration Utility version 5.2.0 (AG) may be referred to as the
“configuration utility” or the “utility” in this User’s Guide.
Product labels, screen names, field labels and field choices are all in bold font.
A key stroke is denoted by square brackets and uppercase text, for example, [ENTER] means the
“enter” or “return” key on your keyboard.
“Enter” means for you to type one or more characters and then press the [ENTER] key. “Select”
or “choose” means for you to use one of the predefined choices.
A right angle bracket ( > ) within a screen name denotes a mouse click. For example,
Maintenance > Log > Log Setting means you first click Maintenance in the navigation panel,
then the Log sub menu and finally the Log Setting tab to get to that screen.
Units of measurement may denote the “metric” value or the “scientific” value. For example, “k”
for kilo may denote “1000” or “1024, “M” for mega may denote “1000000” or “1048576” and so
on.
“e.g.,” is a shorthand for “for instance”, and “i.e.,” means “that is” or “in other words”.