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Ethernet Power Line Adapter
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Ethernet Power Line Adapter
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200 M LAN

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Index
1 INTRODUCTION 3
1.1 PRODUCT FEATURE 3
1.2 APPLICATION 3
1.3 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS 4
1.4 PACKAGE CONTENTS 4
2 SAFETY NOTICE: 4
3 GETTING TO KNO THE ADAPTER 5
3.1 T E ET ERNET INTERFACE 5
3.2 T E ADAPTER'S BUTTONS 5
3.3 T E ADAPTER'S LEDS 5
4 HO TO INSTALLATION UTILITY 6
5 HO TO USE THE UTILITY SOFT ARE 7
5.1 MAIN TAB 7
5.2 PRIVACY TAB 9
5.3 DIAGNOSTICS TAB 10
5.4 ABOUT TAB 11
6 HO TO USE THE NMK PUSHBUTTON 12
6.1 FORMING A OMEPLUG AV LOGICAL NETWORK 12
6.2 JOINING A NETWORK 13
6.3 LEAVING A NETWORK 14
7 HO TO IMPROVE THE TRANSMISSION CAPACITY 15
APPENDIX A SPECIFICATIONS 16
APPENDIX B ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS 17
APPENDIX C ABOUT QOS 18

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1 Introduction
1.1 Product Feature
1.2 Application
This Power Line 200M LAN wallmount PLC passthrough product for transmitting data up
to 200 Mbit/s across the household power line. and every power socket becomes a con-
nection, and no new wire. You do not even have to do without an outlet, as this product
provides a female socket to which you can connect your terminal devices or power stripe.
Power Line is suitable for use in a wide range of both residential (in-home) and commercial
(offices, apartments, hotels, warehouses) network applications. No cables, no drilling.
These adapters enable the effortless creation of a high-speed network that supports video,
voice and data. Power Line in-building an outlet can plug other electronic devices and sup-
press the out-band noise which being maken by them, guaranteeing a very perfect com-
munication quality.
No new wire, every power socket becomes a connection node in the household.
Plug-and-play to your routers, computers and other network devices.
Integrating a female socket enables additional terminal devices or power stripe to be con-
nected to the adapter just as a normal wall socket.
Built-in noise filter splitter significantly improving data transmission.
nigh Definition ( D) and Standard Definition (SD) video distribution
nigher data rate broadband sharing for power line LAN
nShared broadband internet access
nTV over IP (IPTV) and Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP)

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2 Safety Notice
1.3 System Requirements
1.4 Package Contents
Operatin System Microsoft Windows 2000 or XP , Vista 32-
bit/64-bit, Windows 7 32-bit/64-bit
CPU Intel Pentium III or better, clock rate faster
than 2.0G z recommended
RAM At least 128MB
Screen Resolution Any resolution
Free Disk Space At least 20MB
Network Interface At least one Fast Ethernet (100 Mbps) net-
work card, and Ethernet Cord
nPLC 200AV x 2
nCD ROM x 1
nRJ45 Ethernet cable x 2
This device is intended for connection to the AC power line. For installation instructions,
please refer to the installation section of this guide. The following precautions should be
taken when using this product.
nRead all instructions before installing and operating this product.
nFollow all warnings and instructions marked on the product.
nUnplug the device from the wall outlet before cleaning. Use a damp cloth for clea-
ning. Do not use liquid cleaners or aerosol cleaners.
nDo not operate this product near water.
nThis product should never be placed near or over a radiator or heat register.
nDo not use an extension cord between the device and the AC power source.
nOnly a qualified technician should service this product. Opening or removing covers
may result in exposure to dangerous voltage points or other risks.
nDo not plug the device into a power strip or surge protector because these devices
may consist of filter and impair signal.
nAvoid plugging the device right next to noisy sources such as cell phone charger,
alogen light, noisy desktop computer, vacuum cleaner, etc. this cases result in poor
transmission speed.
nUnplug the device from the wall outlet and refer the product to qualified service per-
sonnel for the following conditions:

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H If liquid has been spilled into the product
HIf the product has been exposed to rain or water
H If the product does not operate normally when the operating instructions are
followed
HIf the product exhibits a distinct change in performance
Ethernet : The Ethernet port connects to an Ethernet network cable. The other end of the
cable will connect to your computer or other Ethernet-enabled network device.
Reset: The button can restore the factory defaults and reset the device.
Security: The button is used to set the private network name. The detail see chap 6.
All Adapter's LEDs are located on the front panel, there are 3 LEDs to indicate the adapter’s
status.
Power: Green, The Power LED lights up when the Adapter is powered on.
Ethernet: Green, The Ethernet LED flashes to indicate activity over the Ethernet connec-
tion.
Data: Green, The Data LED flashes to indicate activity over the powerline connection.
3 Getting to Know the Adapter
3.1 he Ethernet Interface
3.2 he Adapter's Buttons
3.3 he Adapter's LEDs

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4 How to Installation Utility
First step, you need to verify that there is no any other Powerline Utility installed on your
computer before installing this utility. If there is another utility installed, please uninstall it
and restart your computer.
Second step, please insert the Utility CD-ROM into the computer’s CD-ROM drive. then
select the “PLC 200AV Utility Installation” folder and clicks the setup.exe. Follow the steps
to install the Utility Program. No password or CD-Key is needed.
The installation procedure is similar to the one shown in the next Figures. Click the Next
button to continue.
Setup Wizard
Installation Complete
QClick “Close” to complete installation.
Select Installation Folder

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5 How to Use he Utility Software
5.1 Main ab
The Main screen provides a list of all powerline devices logically connected to the computer
when the utility is running.
The top panel shows local ome-
Plug devices connected to the com-
puter’s NIC (Network Interface Card).
the user can click the Connect button
to its right. Once connected to the
local device, the utility will automati-
cally scan the power line periodically
for any other omePlug devices. If
no local omePlug devices are dis-
covered, the status area above the
connect button will indicate with a
message ‘NO OMEPLUG ADAP-
TERS DETECTED’.
The lower panel displays all the omePlug remote devices, discovered on the current lo-
gical network. The total number of remote devices connected on the same network can be
found on top of the Remote device panel. The Network type (Public or Private) is also dis-
played based on the network status of the local device. The scan status option is displayed
on the top right corner above the Remote devices panel showing whether the Autoscan
functionality is turned ON or OFF. The following information is displayed for all devices that
appear in the lower panel.
Device Name
This column shows the default device name, which may be user re-defined. A user can
change the name by either using the rename button or by clicking on the name and editing
in-place.
MAC Address
This column shows the Remote device’s MAC address.
Password
This column by default is blank and “Enter Password” button can be used to enter it.

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To set the Password of the device (required when
creating a private network), first select the device by
clicking on its name in the lower panel and then click
on the Enter Password button. A dialog box will ap-
pear as shown in Figure 5-2 to type the password.
The selected device name is shown above the pass-
word field and the password can be verified by hitting
the OK button. The Password field accepts the De-
vice password in any case formats, with or without
dashed between them.
A confirmation box will appear if the password was
entered correctly. If a device was not found, the user
will be notified along with the suggestions to resolve
common problems. This process might take a few se-
conds to get completed.
Add
This button is used to add a remote device to the
existing network by entering the device password of
the device. A dialog box will appear as shown below
in Figure 6. The dialog box allows the user to enter
both a device name and the password.
A confirmation box will appear if the password was
entered correctly and if the device was found in the
powerline network. If a device was not found, the
user will be notified and suggestions to resolve com-
mon problems will be presented.
iNote: The device must be present on the power line (plugged in) in order for the pass-
word to be confirmed and added to the network. If the device could not be located, a war-
ning message will be shown.
Scan
This button is used to perform an immediate search of the omePlug devices connected
to the Powerline network. By default, the utility automatically scans every few seconds and
updates the display screen.

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The Privacy screen provides the user with an option to maintain security for their logical
network and also to select the devices that has to be included in the network.
All ome Plug devices are shipped
using a default logical network (net-
work name), which is normally
“Home Plug”. The Privacy dialog
screen allows user to change to a pri-
vate network by changing the net-
work name (network password) of
devices.
The user can always reset to the
ome Plug network (Public) by ente-
ring “Home Plug” as the network
name or by clicking on the Use De-
fault button.
iNote: Changing the network name to anything other than omePlug will show the net-
work type on the main screen as Private.
Set Local Device Only
This button can be used to change the network name (network password) of the local
device. If a new network password is entered, all the devices seen on the Main panel prior
to this will be no longer present in the new network, effectively making the local devices
not to communicate to the devices who were in the old logical network. Devices previously
set up with the same logical network (same network name) will appear in the device list af-
terward selecting this option.
Set All Devices
This button is used to change the logical network of all devices that appear on the Main
panel whose Device’s Password had been entered for the same logical network. A dialog
window will appear to report the success of this operation. For devices whose device pass-
word’s were not entered, this operation will fail and will report a failure message.
5.2 Privacy ab

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The Diagnostics screen shows System information and a history of all remote devices seen
over a period of time.
The Upper panel shows technical data concerning software and hardware present on the
host computer which were used to communicate over omePlug on the Powerline network.
It shall include the following:
HOperating System Platform/Version
Host Network Name
HUser Name
HMAC Address of all NICs (Network interface card) connected to the host
HIdentify versions of all Driver DLLs and Libraries used (NDIS) and optionally
HomePlug chipset manufacturer name (Turbo Only devices)
HMAC Firmware Version (Turbo Only devices)
HMAC addresses of all devices connected locally to the host
HVersion of the Configuration Utility
HVendor name
The Lower panel contains a history of all remote devices seen on the computer over a cer-
tain period of time. All devices that were on the powerline network are listed here along
with a few other parameters. Devices that are active on the current logical network will
show a transfer rate in the Rate column; devices on other networks, or devices that may
no longer exist are shown with a “?” in the Rate column. The following remote device in-
formation is available from the diagnostics screen:
5.3 Diagnostics ab

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HDevice Alias Name
HDevice MAC Address
HDevice Password
HDevice Last known rate
HDevice Last Known Network name
HomePlug chipset manufacturer name
HDate device last seen on the network
HMAC Firmware Version
The diagnostics information displayed may be saved to a text file for later use, or can be
printed for reference for a technical support call. Devices, which are not part of the network
anymore, can be deleted using the delete button. A dialog window pops up with a confir-
mation message if we try to delete a device whose password has been entered.
The About screen shows the software version and provides a html link to a website, such
as www.PowerPacket.com. Clicking on the web address field will open a web browser and
take the user directly to the web site.
Preferences
The lower part of the panel may display options for turning the auto-scan feature on or off.
5.4 About ab

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6.1 Forming a HomePlug AV logical network
This section describes how to add new devices to, or remove old devices from a omePlug
AV logical network (AVLN, both can be accomplished using a NMK pushbutton press.
Operation progress and outcome can be monitored by observing the behavior of the Power
LED.
When two devices with different NMK values are connected to the same powerline, and
wants them to form a logical network.
1. Press the NMK button on the first device A for less than 3 seconds.
2. Press the NMK button on the second device B for less than 3 seconds. The button
on B must be pressed within 1 minute
3. Wait for connection to complete.
The Power LED on both devices will flash evenly at 1-second intervals until the operation
succeeds or fails. It will illuminate steadily on successful completion. If an error occurs, the
Power LED on the ‘adder’ will flash unevenly until the pushbutton on the ‘adder’ is pressed
again or the ‘joiner’ is reset by holding the pushbuttons down for more than 10 seconds.
Formin a HomePlu AV lo ical network
6 How to use the NMK Pushbutton
A
PLC
B
PLC
C
PLC
A and B are not part of AVLN
A and B want to form an AVLN
Press NMK button on A less than 3 sec.
Press NMK button on B less than 3 sec.
A becomes “joiner”
B becomes “joiner”
B determines that A MAC address <B MAC address
B becomes “adder”
A accepts NMK from B

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6.2 Joining a Network
In this scenario a network exists, a new device, the ‘joiner’, wants to join the network. Any
device on the existing network can become the ‘adder’.
1. Press the pushbutton on the ‘joiner’ for at least 3 seconds.
2. Press the pushbutton on any network device for less than 3 seconds, making it the
‘adder’. Please press this pushbutton within 1 minute.
3. Wait for connection to complete.
The Power LED on both devices will flash at 1-second intervals until the process succeeds
or fails. It will illuminate steadily on success. If an error occurs, the Power LED on the
‘adder’ will flash unevenly until the pushbutton on the ‘adder’ is pressed again or the ‘joiner’
is reset by pressing the pushbutton for more than 10 seconds.
Joinin a Network
A
PLC
B
PLC
C
PLC
A and B from an AVLN
C wants to join the AVLN
Press NMK button on B less than 3 sec.
Press NMK button on C less than 3 sec.
B becomes “adder”
C becomes “joiner”
C accepts NMK from B

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6.3 Leaving a Network
A network exists. The user wants to remove one device, the ‘leaver’, from that network, for
whatever reason. e may want to remove the device from service altogether or have it join
another logical network.
1. Press the pushbutton on the ‘leaver’ for at least 10 seconds. The device will reset
and restart with a random NMK.
2. Wait for reset to complete.
The Power LED on the ‘leaver’ will momentarily extinguish during reset, flash during restart
then illuminate steadily. No errors can occur.
Once the process completes, the user may disconnect the device from the medium or join
it to another logical network on the same medium.
leavin a Network
A
PLC
B
PLC
C
PLC
A, B and C form an AVLN
A wants to leave the AVLN
Press NMK button on A more than 10 sec.
A computes rendom NMK
A resets and restarts

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7 Improve he ransmission Capacity
It is important to use the PLC product
complying with the following "correct
rules", because it can significantly im-
prove the transmission capacity of the
network.
For the PLC device no female socket,
it is recommended to Plug the device
directly into a wall socket, not to power
stripe.
For the PLC device with female socket, you should connect all additional network devices
that are connected to a mul¬tiple socket to the mains power supply via the electrical socket
integrated into the PLC device with female socket. To take full advantage of the filter func-
tion, to improve data transmission in the network, always plug the power stripe into the fe-
male socket.

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Appendix A
Specifications
Chipset Intellon INT6300
Protocol omePlug AV 1.0
Co-exists with existing omePlug 1.0
System Support Windows 98SE, 2000, ME, XP 32/64 bit and Vista 32/64bit
PLC Rate 200Mb
Modulation Band 2-30M z
Modulation Schemes Supports1024/256/64/16/8-QAM, QPSK,BPSK and ROBO
Encryption 128 AES
Outlet current 220VAC 16A Maximum，110VAC 20A Maximum
Filter characteristics -22 dB to -45 dB
LED’s
Power
Ethernet: Ethernet Link and Activity
Data: PLC Link and Activity
Push Button Reset: Restore the default factory parameter
Security: Set up network password automatically
Consumption 3.5W
Operating Temperature 0º to 45º C
Storage Temperature -20 º to 70 º C
Operating Humidity 10% to 90% Non-condensing
Storage Humidity 5% to 90% Non-Condensing
Input Rating 100-240 VAC, 50/60 z
Certifications CE, UL, FCC Part 15 Class B
Green Standard Ro S
Physical Characteristics L×W× : 130.5mm×69mm×79mm
eight 233g

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Appendix B
Acronyms and Abbreviations
AVLN
AV In-home Logical Network, the AVLAN is the set of STAs
that possess the same network Membership key, every AVLN
is managed by a single CCo
CCo
Central Coordinator, the CCo is a superset of a STA which
provisioning of terminal equipment identifiers and global link
identifiers
CSMA/CA Carrier Sense Multiple Access / Collision Avoidance
DAK Device Access Key
DM Device Manager
IGMP Internet Group Management Protocol
NEK Network Encryption Key
NID Network ID (Identification)
NMK Network Membership Key
PLC Power Line Communication
PIB Parameter Information Block
STA Station, a STA in the network with a connection to the power
line and being able to source or sink traffic
TDMA Time Division Multiple Access
TEI Terminal Equipment Identifier
TOS Type Of Service
VLAN Virtual Local Area Network

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Appendix C
About QoS
PLC 200AV allows for 4 levels of Channel Access Priority (CAP (0 – 3)). The 8 levels of
VLAN Ethernet tags must be mapped to the 4 levels of CAP priority, where CAP 3 is the
highest priority and CAP 0 is the lowest. CAP 3 priority might be used for voice and network
management frames, CAP 2 is used for streaming video and music while CAP 1 and CAP
0 are used for data.
The ‘Default CAP’ group allows for default priority mapping of packets that do not have a
VLAN TAG. Settings are available for Unicast (directed to a host).
I IGMP - (default CAP 3) - sets the channel access priority for IGMP frames - these
are the group management frames, not the stream data
IUnicast - (default CAP 1) - sets the default channel access priority for unicast frames
not matching any other classification or mapping.
IIGMP managed Multicast Stream (Fixed to CAP 2) - sets the default channel access
priority for stream data belonging to a snooped IGMP multicast group.
IMulticast/Broadcast - sets the default CAP for multicast frames not in a snooped group
and for broadcast frames.
The following are the factory default settings for VLAN Tags and TOS Bits:
Default CAP
VLAN Tag
User riority Default CAP Priority TOS Bit User
Priority Default CAP Priority
0CAP 1 0CAP 1
1CAP 0 1CAP 0
2CAP 0 2CAP 0
3CAP 1 3CAP 1
4CAP 2 4CAP 2
5CAP 2 5CAP 2
6CAP 3 6CAP 3
7CAP 3 7CAP 3

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