User manual ZYXEL PLA-401 V3

[. . . ] PLA-401 v3 Powerline Ethernet Adapter Firmware Version 3. 3. 4 Edition 1, 3/2009 www. zyxel. com www. zyxel. com Copyright © 2009 ZyXEL Communications Corporation About This User's Guide About This User's Guide Intended Audience This manual is intended for people who want to configure the PLA-401 v3 using the PLA-4xx Series Configuration Utility version 3. 3. 4. You should have your basic Internet access or home network already set up. Related Documentation · Quick Start Guide The Quick Start Guide is designed to help you get up and running right away. It contains information on making your hardware connections. · Supporting Disc Refer to the included CD for support documents. [. . . ] Remote, if it is a powerline adapter in your powerline network but not directly connected to the computer running the configuration utility. Site MAC Address Priority This is a read-only field which shows the MAC address of the powerline adapter you are configuring. You can find the MAC address of your PLA-401 v3 displayed on a sticker on the bottom of your device. Select a priority setting from the drop-down box for traffic FROM your selected device. The options, in order of importance, are High, Medium, Normal and Low. The new Priority setting is applied to the selected powerline adapter. Save 5. 7 About Screen Use the About screen to view information regarding the configuration utility and firmware version of the PLA-401 v3 you are connected to. Click the icon in the top right corner of the utility to view the About screen. Figure 20 About Screen Upgrade to latest version firmware and utility. 44 PLA-401 v3 User's Guide Chapter 5 The Configuration Utility The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 8 About Screen LABEL Utility version: Firmware version DESCRIPTION This field displays the software version of the configuration utility. This field displays the firmware version of the device you selected in the Device Selection field of the Configuration screen. In the example firmware version given in the screen, 3-3-3348, the firmware version is shown by the numbers 334, meaning this is firmware version 3. 3. 4. If your device's firmware is earlier than 3. 3. 4, please use the Firmware Upgrade Tool to upgrade your firmware. Released Close This field displays the date when the firmware was released. Click the button in upper right corner to close the About window. PLA-401 v3 User's Guide 45 Chapter 5 The Configuration Utility 46 PLA-401 v3 User's Guide CHAPTER 6. 1 Overview 6 The OS X Configuration Utility This chapter shows you how to use the configuration utility on a Mac computer with the Leopard operating system. See the User's Guide Chapter 5 on page 35 for background information on some powerline features. All HomePlug AV compliant powerline adapters within range can join your network. The range varies depending on the quality of your home's wiring. In the case of coaxial cable this can extend beyond the boundary of your home such as your neighbor's house or apartment for example . Use the Mac utility to configure the following tasks: · Change Network Name (NMK) · Change Nickname · QoS Settings · Set HomePlug Light Color · Link Information · Download Firmware 6. 1. 1 System Requirements These are the OS X utility system requirements at the time of writing. · Supported Models: PLA-401 v3 · Supported Mac operating systems: Mac OS X 10. 3, Mac OS X 10. 4, Mac OS X 10. 5 · Supported Languages: English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Russian, Traditional Chinese, Dutch PLA-401 v3 User's Guide 47 Chapter 6 The OS X Configuration Utility 6. 1. 2 Start the Configuration Utility Drag the utility application from the CD (or download it from the ZyXEL download library) to the Applications folder on your computer. Double-click it to open it. Figure 21 Utility Main Screen 6. 1. 3 Add a Device To add a device, click Add a Device in the configuration utility main screen. 6. 1. 4 Change Network Name The network name or Network Membership Key (NMK) is a password that identifies a powerline network. All powerline devices with the same NMK are in the same powerline network. The default network name of the PLA-401 v3 is HomePlugAV. HomePlug compatible devices use the same network name to recognize and communicate with each other over the powerline network. If you change the network name of one device on the network, it will no longer be recognized as part of that network. If you change the network name, make sure you change the network name for all of the powerline adapters that you want to be part of your powerline network. 48 PLA-401 v3 User's Guide Chapter 6 The OS X Configuration Utility To enter the NMK for a powerline adapter, select the device icon in the left panel of the main utility screen and then click Change Network Name (NMK) in the main utility screen. Figure 22 Change Network Name (NMK) Table 9 Change Network Name (NMK) LABEL Network Name DESCRIPTION The network name may consist of 8 to 64 letters, numerals and any printable character found on a typical English language keyboard. [. . . ] This device 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. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this device does cause harmful interference to radio/television reception, which can be determined by turning the device off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures: 1 2 3 Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna. Increase the separation between the equipment and the receiver. [. . . ]