Planet PL-501-EU User manual

200Mbps Powerline Ethernet Bridge
PL-501-EU/US/UK
Quick Installation Guide

Table of Contents
Important Safety Instructions ................................................ 3
Package Content................................................................... 4
Package Details ................................................................ 4
LED Denition .............................................................. 5
Button Denition .......................................................... 5
Planning your Powerline Network ................................... 6
Connecting Powerline Ethernet Bridge..................................... 7
Hardware Installation ........................................................ 7
Utility Installation for Windows........................................... 7
Further Conguration ........................................................ 8

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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 this
product.
Please follow all warnings and instructions marked on the
product.
Do not operate this product near water.
This product should never be place near or over radiator, or
heat register.
This product relies on a building’s electrical installation for
short-circuit (over current) protection.
Ensure that a fuse or circuit breaker is used on the phase
conductors (all current-carrying conductors).
Do not allow anything to reset on the product interconnect
cords.
Do not locate this product where people may walk on the
cords.
The power cord should be plugged directly into a specication
AC wall outlet.
Only a qualied technician should service this product. 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 product
to qualied 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 operating
instructions have been followed.
5. If the product exhibits a distinct change in performance.
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Package Content
PL-501-EU/US/UK
n200Mbps Powerline Ethernet Bridge
nRJ-45 Cat.5 Cable
nUser Manual, Quick Installation Guide, and Utility CD-ROM
nQuick Installation Guide
If any of the above items are missing or damaged, contact your
local dealer for support.
Package Details
Outlook

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LED Denition
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 Data transferring in bridge mode
On Connected the other HomePlug devices
Button Denition
Button Description
Reset Reset to factory default
Security
Press security button
during 1~3 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
With a PL-501 and the other Powerline device installed, a
network can be created over residential powerline of your
house. PL-501 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
congured through the Powerline Conguration 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 conguration. Please refer to User’s Manual on detail
of installing and using Powerline Conguration utility.

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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.
Utility Installation for Windows
The installation procedure for the Powerline Conguration 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.

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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 Conguration Utility” hyperlink in
PL-501 eld to start the installation. If the menu screen is
not shown, you can start the installation as follows.
• Click on Start Menu/ Run.
• Enter “E:\Utility\setup.exe” in the appeared box, where
“E” is the letter of your CD-ROM drive.
• Click on “OK” button.
3. The utility will be installed into your computer
and a new icon called “PowerPacket Utility”
will appear on your desktop.
Note
This utility is only for Windows 2000, 2003, XP,
and Vista.
Further Conguration
If you want to congure more detail settings of PL-501, please
refer to user’s manual on the bundled CD.
If you have any difculty on resolving the problem while
installing or using the PL-501, please contact the dealer where
you purchased this product or you can contact PLANET directly
at the following email address: [e-mail]