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User Guide - Page 3
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Customer Support Should problems arise that you received your hardware connections. • Supporting Disk Refer to the included CD for support documents. • ZyXEL Web Site Please refer to www.zyxel.com for contact information. Please have your vendor, then contact a ZyXEL office for people who want to configure the PLA-400, PLA-400 v2, PLA401, PLA401 v2, PLA402 v2, PLA-470, PLA470 v2...
User Guide - Page 4
... the Log Setting tab to get to that screen. • Units of the predefined choices. • A right angle bracket ( > ) within a screen name denotes a mouse click. Syntax Conventions
• The PLA-400, PLA-400 v2, PLA-401, PLA401 v2, PLA402 v2, PLA-470, PLA470 v2 and PLA491 may be referred to as the "configuration utility" or the "utility" in this User's Guide.
•...
User Guide - Page 10
... 57 6.1.4 Setting Up a New Network with a New Adapter 59 6.1.5 Splitting a Network into Two Networks 60
6.2 Troubleshooting ...63
Chapter 7 LEDs and Troubleshooting ...65
7.1 LEDs ...65 7.1.1 PLA-401/PLA401 v2 65 7.1.2 PLA-400/400 v2/402 v2 67 7.1.3 PLA-470/PLA470 v2 68 7.1.4 PLA491 ...70
7.2 Power and Light Problems 71 7.3 Configuration Utility Problems 73 7.4 Powerline Problems ...73...
User Guide - Page 13
... 12 PLA-400 Lights ...67 Table 13 PLA-400 v2/402 v2 Lights ...67 Table 14 PLA-470 Lights ...69 Table 15 PLA470 v2 Lights ...69 Table 16 PLA491 Lights ...71 Table 17 Hardware Specifications ...79 Table 18 Firmware Specifications ...81 Table 19 Performance ...82 Table 20 Standards Supported ...82 Table 21 RJ-45 Connector Pin Assignments 84
PLA-4xx Series User's Guide
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User Guide - Page 16
... DAK ...62 Figure 44 An Adapter on Your New Network 62 Figure 45 Adapters on a New Powerline Network 63 Figure 46 PLA-401 Lights ...65 Figure 47 PLA-400/400 v2/ 402 v2 Lights 67 Figure 48 PLA-470 and PLA-470 v2 Lights 68 Figure 49 PLA491 Lights ...70 Figure 50 Electromagnetic Interference (EMI 83 Figure 51 Wall-mounting...
User Guide - Page 22
... PLA-4xx.
1.6.1 Passwords
You use the PLA-4xx Series Configuration Utility to create a private network. The following table describes the differences between the passwords.
If you only have them, download the latest firmware and utility from the ZyXEL website.
1.6 Security
Since your powerline network may extend outside your premises, it is important to your computer).
1.6.2 Setting...
User Guide - Page 25
... version 1.1 software on your computer this can also be skipped.
2 Installs ZyXEL's PLA-4xx Series Configuration Utility.
Alternatively this step will be done manually by double clicking the setup.exe file on Microsoft Windows XP and Microsoft Windows Vista (32-bit version) operating systems.
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This User's Guide describes the latest version utility. If you don't already have .NET...
User Guide - Page 39
The PLA-4xx and PLA-400 v2 are required to :
• set up a new powerline network • separate an existing powerline network into power outlets.
3 Press the ENCRYPT button at the rear of your powerline device for 1~2 seconds. This resets the network name to a random value and removes your device from your computer or modem (or other networking equipment...
User Guide - Page 55
...; How to make your existing powerline network bigger by adding additional powerline adapters. If you do this before you have. CHAPTER
6
Powerline Network Setup Tutorial
Use this tutorial to expand your existing powerline network.
6.1 Overview
After setting up your first home powerline network (instructions for that are in the Quick Start Guide for download at www.zyxel.com. You need to...
User Guide - Page 68
... is on your powerline network. Blinking The PLA-400 v2/402 v2 is behaving normally or if there are some problems on and ready and the PLA-400 v2/402 v2 detects a device connected to determine if the PLA-470 or PLA470 v2 is communicating with another powerline adapter.
Use the lights to it . Chapter 7 LEDs and Troubleshooting
Table 13 PLA-400 v2/402 v2 Lights (continued)
LIGHTS...
User Guide - Page 79
...PLA-4xx's hardware and firmware features.
Pressing the switch into the Off position will turn off the powerline adapter. PLA-4xx Series User's Guide
79 Network Name becomes HomePlugAV.
An amber light indicates the power outlets are turned on the powerline adapter.
Table 17 Hardware Specifications
Dimensions (W x D x H) PLA-400/400 v2/402 v2...factory default settings. Pressing the...
User Guide - Page 80
... 5 or Better
Network Interface
PLA-400/400 v2/401/401 v2/402 v2/470/470 v2 1 x 200 Mbps Powerline port compliant with HomePlug AV standard PLA-400/400 v2/401/401 v2/402 v2 1 x 10/100M BASE-T Ethernet port with Auto MDI/MDIX PLA-470/470 v2/491 4 x 10/100 M Base-T Ethernet Ports with EMI filter. Appendix A Product Specifications
Table 17 Hardware Specifications
Power Outlet
The power outlets...
User Guide - Page 81
...compatible with the latest firmware installed.
The maximum number of devices connected (bridged) to easily configure the PLA-4xx. Data is 64.
The maximum number of PLA-400/400 v2/402 v2/470/470 v2 screws for wall-mounting M3 Tap Screw
PLA-401/401 v2 Not applicable
PLA491
M4
Table 18 Firmware Specifications
FEATURE
DESCRIPTION
Powerline Functionality
The HomePlug AV standard...
User Guide - Page 82
... your specific model! RFC 868
Time Protocol. Appendix A Product Specifications
Table 18 Firmware Specifications
FEATURE
DESCRIPTION
Network Name
Change the powerline network name to only allow the powerline adapters you specify to 64 devices in 4 network groups
The following list, which is not exhaustive, illustrates the standards supported in the PLA-4xx. Firmware Upgrade
Download new...
User Guide - Page 83
... Specifications
Figure 50 Electromagnetic Interference (EMI)
HAIR DRYER CONNECTED
HAIR DRYER DISCONNECTED
NO EMI FILTER
50-60mbps
50-60mbps
HAIR DRYER CONNECTED
WITH EMI FILTER
46-56mbps
20-30mbps
HOMEPLUG AV BITRATE APPLIANCE WITHOUT EMI FILTER APPLIANCE WITH EMI FILTER
Wall-mounting Instructions
Complete the following steps to hang your PLA-400/400 v2/401/401 v2...
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