User manual TP-LINK TL-PA551 X3

[. . . ] TL-PA551 AV500+ Powerline Adapter with AC Pass Through Rev: 1. 0. 0 1910010649 COPYRIGHT & TRADEMARKS Specifications are subject to change without notice. is a registered trademark of TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO. , LTD. Other brands and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. No part of the specifications may be reproduced in any form or by any means or used to make any derivative such as translation, transformation, or adaptation without permission from TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO. , LTD. [. . . ] 5． Check and confirm that the Power LED Powerline Adapter are ON. , Ethernet LED , and Powerline LED on the 7 TL-PA551 AV500+ Powerline Adapter with AC Pass Through The hardware connection mechanism is shown below: Note: Where the MAINS plug or an appliance coupler is used as the disconnected device, the disconnect device shall remain readily operable. The idle wall sockets or electrical outlets in your household electrical circuit can be used normally without interference from the network. 8 TL-PA551 AV500+ Powerline Adapter with AC Pass Through Chapter 3 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. Otherwise, a window will pop up for you to install WinPcap 4. 1. 2. Take the following procedures to properly install the provided Management Utility: Step 1: Insert the Resource CD into your CD-ROM drive, and then the following Setup Wizard will automatically pop up on your computer’s screen. Step 2: Select 500Mbps Powerline and click Management Utility, and then the program installation process will carry out and copy all the necessary files to your system. 9 TL-PA551 AV500+ Powerline Adapter with AC Pass Through 10 TL-PA551 AV500+ Powerline Adapter with AC Pass Through 11 TL-PA551 AV500+ Powerline Adapter with AC Pass Through Step 3: After the installation, a shortcut to the “Powerline Utility” application icon is provided on the windows desktop. 12 TL-PA551 AV500+ Powerline Adapter with AC Pass Through Chapter 4 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. Double click on the icon “ ” from your windows desktop, the following screen will display. This Management Utility consists of a four property tabs, “Status”, “Network”, “Advanced” and “System”. 4. 1 Status The Status tab shows information of the powerline adapter connected to the current computer where the Management Utility is running. On this page, you can also set its network name. 13 TL-PA551 AV500+ Powerline Adapter with AC Pass Through MAC Address: Displays the MAC address of the powerline adapter connected to the current computer where this management utility is running. 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. Use Default (HomePlugAV): Check the box before this item to use the default network name. Apply: Click the Apply button to make the setting effective. Password: Displays the password of the current powerline adapter. Every powerline adapter has its own password by default, which can be also found on the back of the adapter. Firmware: Displays the current firmware version used by the adapter. Refresh: Click the Refresh button to update the information. 4. 1. 1 Set Local Device’s Network Name To set the local device’s network name, please take the following steps: (1) Click Status tab to display the Status tab window. (2) Enter a name for the current network using 4~23 characters. Or you can check the Use Default (HomePlugAV) to use the default name as the network name. By default, the network name is HomeplugAV. [. . . ] The Power LED on both adapters will stop flashing and become solid light when the connection is made. 20 TL-PA551 AV500+ 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. Press and hold the Pair button on Powerline adapter C for one second. 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. ) Wait for about 60 seconds while your Powerline adapters are connecting. [. . . ]