Digitus 15019-2 User manual

Powerline Ethernet Bridge
User’s Manual
(D N -15019-2)

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Index
1. P owerline N etworking Installation.............................................................................................................................2
1.1 S imple step to installP owerline N etworking .........................................................................................2
1.2 A pplication B lock D iagram ....................................................................................................................3
1.3 Benefits..................................................................................................................................................5
1.4 Features................................................................................................................................................5
1.5 P ackage C ontents.................................................................................................................................5
1.6LED Definitions......................................................................................................................................6
1.7 S ystem R equirements...........................................................................................................................6
2. Powerline N etworking U tility.....................................................................................................................................7
2.1 U serInterface - N etwork Information Tab ...........................................................................................10
2.2 U serInterface - E ncryption Tab...........................................................................................................11
2.3 U serInterface - Link Information Tab..................................................................................................12
2.4 U serInterface - C onnection Information Tab ......................................................................................13
2.5 U serInterface - Q oS Tab.....................................................................................................................15
3. P ush B utton S etting................................................................................................................................................18
4. Trouble S hooting.....................................................................................................................................................21

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1. Powerline Networking Installation
1.1 Simple step to install Powerline Networking

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1.2 Application Block Diagram
1.2.1 Internet ADSL with one computer via power outlet
1.2.2 Online game via power outlet

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1.2.3 Internet ADSL and Home Networking via power outlet

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1.3 Benefits
‧D ata transfers at up to 200 Mbps overthe household powercircuit
‧R anges of 200 meters
‧N o need new wires forH ome networking
‧D eliverthe benefits of E thernet without the wiring expense
‧S end even large files between P C s without long waits
‧H igh-speed Internet and D V D -quality video streaming
‧Fully compliant with IE E E 802.3, IE E E 802.3u
‧P rivacy through D E S encryption
1.4 Features
‧U se the home's existing P owerline
‧S upport coexist with P owerline 85M or1 4M bridges
‧E a sy t o in sta ll
‧Throughout the whole house, just use yourpowercircuit to access the Internet orP C network
‧O rthogonal F requency D ivision M ultiplexing for high data reliability in noisy media conditions
‧Integrated E nhanced Q uality of S ervice(Q oS ) features: E ight levels of prioritized random access, contention
free access, and segment bursting
‧U p to 200Mbps data rate on P owerline
‧Provide128-bitAES LinkEncryptionwithkeymanagementforsecurePowerlinecommunications
‧L E D s indicate status
1.5 Package Contents
‧Powerline200M EthernetBridgeunit
‧P owerline N etwork Management C D
‧QuickInstallationGuide
‧C ategory 5 cable

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1.6 LED Definitions
LED State Description
Powerline
O N P owerline network activity.
O FF S earch orno P owerline network activity.
Ethernet
O N E thernet connection is O K .
Flashing
D ata transfer.
O FF N o link to E thernet.
POWER
ON Poweron.
O FF P owerline off orfailure.
Button Description
Secure B utton can auto secure and group the P owerline devices.
Reset P ush this button can reset to the factory default settings.
1.7 System Requirements
‧Ethernetdevice
‧A C poweroutlet
‧W indows system for encryption setup

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2. Powerline Networking Utility
Note
The P owerline D evice can auto detect the otherP owerline bridges which plug in the same powercircuit, you don’t
need to use this P owerline utility except you want to encryption allthe P owerline devices as the same group oryou
can not access the other computers.
Introduction of Configuration Utility
The C onfiguration U tility forW indows O S enables the userto find P owerline E thernet devices on the P owerline
network; measures data rate performance, ensures privacy, performs diagnostics and secures P owerline networks.
Configuration Utility Setup
Installation of the Utility
P lease verify that no otherP owerline Management U tilities are installed before installing this product. If otherutilities
are installed, uninstallthem and restart before installing this software. The utility only support W indows 2000, X P
and 2003.
To install, insert the W indows O S C onfiguration U tility S etup utility C D - R O M into the computer' s C D - R O M drive. T he
S etup utility shallrun automatically. A lternatively this can also be done manually by double clicking the setup.exe file
on the C D . The C D willlaunch an installation utility similarto the one shown in Figure 2.1.1.
C lick the U tility to enter the U tility install page. P lease make sure if your windows O S doesn’t install the .N E T
Framework, please installit first, otherwise, the P owerline U tility will work not properly. If already installed the .N E T
framework, please installthe P owerline U tility directly. A fterthat, it will pop up the setup wizard as the Figure 2.1 .2,
please click the Next button to continue.

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Figure 2.1.1.
Figure 2.1.2.

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Common Features of Tabbed Windows
Status Bar
The status bar, along the bottom of each window, contains five fields that provide important network information.
• The first field contains the status of the D evice Managerin respect to connection to a P owerline device.
‘C onnected’indicates a localdevice has been identified. ‘Notconnected’indicates no device has been found.
• The read only drop down box of the second field lists the available network adapters found on the system. U se the
drop down box to select the appropriate adapterforconnection to the localP owerline device.
• The third field lists the MA C A ddress of the connected node.
• The fourth field lists the firmware version of the locally connected node.
• The fifth field serves as a status indicatorforthe various download functions of the D evice Manager, displaying a
progress barand messages pertaining to the various stages of operation.

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2.1 User Interface - Network Information Tab
This window is an O peration A nalysis window that reveals N etwork information in three categories: C C o Information,
C onnected S TA Information and Topology.
2.1.1. Topology
The ‘Topology’group shows the TE I, MA C A ddress, B ridged MA C A ddress and the transmit (Tx) and receive (R x)
C oded and R aw P H Y rates forallnodes on the network (otherthan the localS TA ).
The ‘C oded’rates exclude FE C bits.
The ‘Raw’rate is the actualchannelbit rate. The R aw rate is determined by carrierbit loading and the applied
H omeP lug AV Tone Mask which utilizes 91 7 carriers out of a possible 11 55.
If allcarriers were to be utilized with maximum bit loading on all1155 carriers, the R aw channelrate would be
approximately 250 Mbps.
W ith the H omeP lug A V Tone Mask applied, the maximum R aw channelrate is approximately 200 Mbps (1 98 Mbps
maximum actual).
Factory Defaults: P ress this button can reset the settings to the factory default.
Figure 1: Network Information Tab

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2.2 User Interface - Encryption Tab
This E ncryption window is used to set orchange the network password on a remote device identified by its D A K
password. C licking the ‘Set’button sets the entered passwords. If the D A K password field is left blank, then clicking
the ‘Set’button willset localdevice with the entered password. The ‘S et E ncryption forR emote device’checkbox
should be selected to set the N etwork P assword forthe remote device.
The P ush B utton controls box includes the ‘Action’drop down box that provides a choice of three actions {S imple
C onnect, N MK R andomize and A V LN S tatus} signaled to the device when the ‘SimulateButtonPush’button is
pressed. A dditionally, two configuration parameters are exposed in the ‘PIB Controls’sub-group box.
PressSet button to save the settings.
Figure 2: Encryption Tab

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2.3 User Interface - Link Information Tab
2.3.1. Link Characteristics Box
The context of the link is identified with the S ource and D estination address boxes in the Link C haracteristics group
box. The S ource A ddress defaults to the address of the device selected in the D evice S election box on the lowerleft
of the tab and the D estination A ddress is selected from a drop down list.
2.3.2. Ethernet Controls
The E thernet C ontrols are populated once the R etrieve button is pushed and indicate the P H Y settings of both ends
of the link.
2.3.3. Control and Statistics Groups
The members of the S tatistics group are populated orcleared based on the radio button selection in the C ontrols
group and the pressing of the E xecute button. The lowerstatus window provides feedback regarding the processing
of the activity.
Figure 3: Link Information Tab

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2.4 User Interface - Connection Information Tab
The C onnection Information window is used to acquire statistics forboth transmit and receive operations in the local
orremote network.
2.4.1. Connection Select
CSMA : the D estination A ddress (D A ) drop-down menu may be used to select A LL devices orspecific devices in the
network.
In addition, C hannelA ccess (C A ) priority can be defined using the second drop-down menu. The D M allows only
certain valid combinations that can be selected by the user. The following table describes the combinations.
Device Selection Destination Address (DA) Channel Access priority Allowed
L o ca l d e v ice A ll A ll Y e s
L o ca l d e v ice R e m o t e d e vice A ll Y e s
Localdevice Remotedevice CA0orCA1 orCA2orCA3 Yes
L ocal device L ocal device A ny N o
Remotedevice All All Yes
R e m o t e d e v ice L o ca l d e v ice A ll Y e s
Remotedevice Localdevice CA0orCA1 orCA2orCA3 Yes
R emote device R emote device A ny N o
2.4.2. Transmission and Reception Statistics
The ‘Transmission and R eception S tatistics’groups return operationaldata regarding MP D U ’s and packet data unit
handling. R esults shown in these fields provide valuable connection quality information.
Transmission Statistics
M P D U s A ck'd M P D U s sent with S A C K received
MPDUsCollided MPDUssentwithnoSACK received
MPDUsFailed MPDUssentwithSACK ‘out of resources’re ce ive d
Reception Statistics
MP D U s R ecvd MP D U s received and acknowledged
MP D U s Failed MP D U s not received due to out resources (S A C K sent)
The ‘E nable S tatistics’button is used to acquire the operationaldata and the ‘C learS tatistics’button is used to clear
the fields of data. The values shown by the D evice manageris a cumulative totalof the packet data that was
collected from the start of eitherthe ‘E nable S tatistics’button orthe ‘C learS tatistics’button click.

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Figure 4: Connection Information Tab

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2.5 User Interface - QoS Tab
Q oS requirements are different forvarious data types such as streaming video ormusic, voice and raw data. To
provide higherQ oS forstreaming data, priority levels can be set using tags at the beginning of data frames. V irtual
LocalA rea N etwork (V LA N ) 802.1 p priority tags on E thernet frames are used to specify 8 (0 – 7) levels of ‘user
priority’. H omeP lug A V powerline allows for4 levels of C hannelA ccess P riority (C A P (0 – 3)). Therefore, the 8
levels of V LA N E thernet tags must be mapped to the 4 levels of C A P priority, where C A P 3 is the highest priority and
C A P 0 is the lowest. C A P 3 priority might be used forvoice and network management frames, C A P 2 is used for
streaming video and music while C A P 1 and C A P 0 are used fordata. Mapping V LA N tags orTO S bits to C A P levels
is easily done using the V LA N P riority Mapping function on the Q oS tab window.
2.5.1 List Views
The Q oS tab includes two list views to provide simple channelaccess priority (C A P ) classification forindividualMA C
addresses and IP P orts. There is a collective limit of eight across both lists. N o delimiters, colons, ordashes are
allowed in the MA C address format.
To write these to the P IB , and otherQ oS related values found on this tab, the D ownload P IB checkbox found on the
C onfiguration tab must be checked before exercising the W rite button.
2.5.2 Priority Mapping
The ‘P riority M apping’group contains both V LA N and TO S B it mapping capability. W hen selected, packets matching
theVLAN orTOS BitprioritywillbeassignedthePowerlinecontentionpriority(ChannelAccessPriority,CAP)asset
in the corresponding dropdown box. If a packet has both V LA N and TO S in it, V LA N willoverride TO S .

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2.5.3 Default CAP
The ‘DefaultCAP’group allows fordefault priority mapping of packets that do not have a V LA N orTO S bit (orif
these are disabled). S ettings are available forU nicast (directed to a host).
IG MP (default C A P 3):
sets the channelaccess priority forIG MP frames - these are the group management frames,
not the stream data.
U nicast (default C A P 1):
sets the default channel access priority forunicast frames not matching any otherclassification
ormapping.
IG MP managed Multicast Stream (Fixed to C AP 2):
sets the default channelaccess priority forstream data belonging to a snooped IG MP multicast
group.
Multicast/B roadcast - sets the default C A P formulticast frames not in a snooped group and for
broadcast frames.
A ftermaking C A P settings, clicking the W rite button willcommit these, along with the values from the C onfiguration
tab, to N V R A M on the connected device.

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2.5.4. IGMP
The ‘IG MP’group includes controls to disable the query timeouts. C hecking the ‘OverrideDefaults’box will enable
the otherboxes as choices.
2.5.5. Priority TTL Value
The ‘P riority TTL Value’determines the life span (Time to live) of each packet in the bufferof the AV device that will
be sent overthe powerline subsequently. This value can be varied from 1 0 msec to 65000 msec which can be
mapped to different levels of C hannelaccess priority traffic. The default values used are stored in the P IB file as
shown below:
C A 0 traffic: 2000 msec (used forTC P data traffic)
C A 1 traffic: 2000 msec (used forTC P data traffic)
C A 2 traffic: 300 msec (used forU D P video/music traffic)
C A 3 traffic: 300 msec (used for V oIP traffic)
Intellon highly recommends that the 300 msec and 2000 msec default settings not be changed because they are
optimized forthe above stated traffic.
Figure 5: QoS Tab

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3. Push Button Setting
There are 2 buttons in this device, one is R eset button the otheris S ecure button.
Reset: P ush this button can reset to the factory default settings. Be careful, when you press the reset button,
please make sure unplug (remove) the Ethernet cable (RJ-45cable) first, and then press the reset button.
After press the reset button (the time need < 3 sec) and then wait the PWR LED light again. Don’t power off
when the device is in reset process.
Secure button can auto secure and group the P owerline devices, the follow is the scenario forsecure button.
Two Push Button trigger state conditions
“A dderstate”fora device providing the N MK foran existing A V LN
“Joinerstate”fora device that willjoin an A V LN
P ushing buttons on any two devices results in one of them becoming an “adder”and the otherone a “joiner”
Three possible scenarios
U nassociated device joining an existing A V LN
– Two U nassociated devices joining to form a newA V LN
– S pecialcase: one device is a C C o, the otheris a S TA
Two A ssociated devices joining to form an A V LN with a new N M K

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Possible Use Case Scenario 1: Unassociated device joining existing AVLN
Possible Use Case Scenario 2: Two devices joining to form new AVLN
Before this scenario begin, please make sure to press each device secure button > 10 sec till all LEDs
re-flash to generate the random network password key first.
Possible Use Case Scenario 3: Reset