Planet PL-701 User manual
500Mbps Powerline Ethernet Bridge
PL-701
Quick Installation Guide
Table of Contents
1. Important Safety Instructions ............................................ 3
2. Package Content............................................................... 4
Package Details ................................................................ 4
LED Denition .................................................................. 5
Button Denition .............................................................. 5
Planning your Powerline Network ....................................... 6
3. Connecting Powerline Ethernet Bridge................................. 7
Hardware Installation ........................................................ 7
Utility Installation for Windows........................................... 8
Further Conguration ........................................................ 8
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1.Important Safety Instructions
This product is intended for connection to the AC power line.
The following pre-cautions should be taken when using this
product:
Please read all instructions before installing and operating thisl
product.
Please follow all warnings and instructions marked on thel
product.
Do not operate this product near water.l
This product should never be place near or over radiator, orl
heat register.
This product relies on a building’s electrical installation forl
short-circuit (over current) protection.
Ensure that a fuse or circuit breaker is used on the phasel
conductors (all current-carrying conductors).
Do not allow anything to reset on the product interconnectl
cords.
Do not locate this product where people may walk on thel
cords.
The power cord should be plugged directly into a specication l
AC wall outlet.
Only a qualied technician should service this product. l
Opening or removing covers may result in exposure to
dangerous voltage points or other risk.
Unplug this product from the wall outlet and refer the productl
to qualied service personal for the following conditions:
1. When the interconnect cords are damaged or frayed.
2. If liquid has been spilled onto the product.
3. If the product has been exposed to rain or water.
4. If the product does not operate normally when the oper-
ating instructions have been followed.
5. If the product exhibits a distinct change in performance.
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2.Package Content
PL-701
PL-701 x 1 (PL-701 x 2 for PL-701-KIT)
CD-ROM x 1 (User’s Manual, Quick Guide and Utility)
RJ-45 Cable x 1 (RJ-45 Cable x 2 for PL-701-KIT)
Quick Installation Guide x 1
If any of the above items are missing or damaged, contact your
local dealer for support.
Package Details
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LED Denition
LED Status Description
Power On Steady on indicate the Powerline device
connect to the power outlet
Ethernet
Blinking Blinking indicates the data are transferring
On
Steady on indicates the RJ-45 port has
correctly connected to the network card of
your PC or the Ethernet network
Data
Blinking
If the powerline device serving as a
STATION (STA), the LED indicator will
ash to indicated transmit or receive
powerline activity.
On
If the powerline device is serving as
a CCO (Central Coordinator), the LED
indicator will light steadily ON, even in the
presence of powerline activity.
Button Denition
Button Description
Reset Reset to factory default
Security
Press security button
more than 3 seconds.
Join a another
HomePlugAV network
Press security button
more than 10 seconds
Set its security to
random value
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Planning your Powerline Network
ADSL Router
Internet
PL-701PL-701
PL-701PL-701
Power
1000Base-T UTP
With a PL-701 and the other Powerline device installed, a
network can be created over residential Powerline of your
house. PL-701 can be connected to Ethernet switch, hub,
and broadband router or directly connected to PC. If connect
directly to a PC, of course, the PC must be equipped with an
Ethernet card.
All the Powerline devices on the network must use the same
password to communicate each other. This password can be
congured through the Powerline Conguration utility that can
be found in the CD-ROM. The default password of PLANET
Powerline devices is “HomePlugAV”. Thus, all the PLANET
Powerline devices can communicate each other without prior
password conguration. Please refer to User’s Manual on detail
of installing and using Powerline Conguration utility.
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3.Connecting Powerline Ethernet Bridge
Hardware Installation
Setp 1. Connect one Powerline
Ethernet bridge to your
ADSL or Cable modem’s
Ethernet port.
Setp 2. Plug it into the nearest
power socket.
Setp 3. Plug in the second
Powerline Ethernet bridge
next to your PC and
connect the Ethernet
ports.
Setp 4. Internet access from any
power socket in your
home.
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Utility Installation for Windows
The installation procedure for the Powerline Conguration utility
will vary depending on which operating system you are using on
your computer. The following procedure is for installation under
Windows XP. Installation on other operation system is similar.
1. Insert the CD into the CD-ROM drive to initiate the Autorun
program. Once completed, a menu screen will appear.
2. Click on the “Powerline Conguration Utility” hyperlink in
PL-701 eld to start the installation. If the menu screen is
not shown, you can start the installation as follows.
Click onlStart Menu/ Run.
Enterl“E:\Utility\setup.exe” in the appeared box, where
“E” is the letter of your CD-ROM drive.
Click onl“OK” button.
3. The utility will be installed into your computer and
a new icon called “Power Packet Utility” will
appear on your desktop.
Note
This utility is only for Windows 2000, 2003, XP,
Vista and Windows 7.
Further Conguration
If you want to congure more detail settings of PL-701, please
refer to user’s manual on the bundled CD.
If you have any difculty on resolving the problem while
installing or using the PL-701, please contact the dealer where
you purchased this product or you can contact PLANET directly
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