ZyXELメーカーPLA-401 V4の使用説明書/サービス説明書
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About This User's Guide PLA-401 Series User’s Guide 3 About This User's Guide Intended Audience This manual is intended for people who w ant to configure the PLA -401 Series using the PLA-4xx Series Configur ation Util ity version 3.3.4. Y ou should have your basic Internet access or home network already set up.
About This User's Guide PLA-401 Series User’s Guide 4 Customer Support In the event of probl ems that cannot be solved by using t his manua l, you sh ould contact your vendor . If y ou canno t cont act your vendor , then contact a Z yXEL office for the region in wh ich you bought the devi ce.
Document Conventions PLA-401 Series User’s Guide 5 Document Conventions W arnings and Notes These are how warnings and notes are shown in this User’ s Guide.
Document Conventions PLA-401 Series User’s Guide 6 Icons Used in Figures Figures in this User’ s Guide ma y use the following generic icons. The PLA -401 Series icons used may not be an ex act representation of yo ur device.
Safety Warnings PLA-401 Series User’s Guide 7 Safety Warnings • Do NO T use this product near water , for exam ple, in a wet basement or near a swimming pool. • Do NO T expose your device to dampness, dust or corrosive liquids. • Do NO T store things on the device.
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Table of Contents PLA-401 Series User’s Guide 9 Table of Contents About This User's Guide ........................................... ..................................................... .......... 3 Document Conventions.......................
Table of Contents PLA-401 Series User’s Guide 10 4.1 ENCRYPT Button Overview ......... ................ ................ ................ ................ .................... ... 29 4.2 Set Up a HomePlug A V Network with ENCR YPT ..................
Table of Contents PLA-401 Series User’s Guide 11 Chapter 8 LEDs and T roubleshooting ....................................... ............................................................. 71 8.1 LEDs ................... ................ .............
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13 P ART I Introduction Introducing the PLA-40 1 Series (15) Installing th e Utility (21).
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PLA-401 Series User’s Guide 15 C HAPTER 1 Introducing the PLA-401 Series 1.1 Overview This chapter introduces the main ap plications and features of the PLA -401 Series HomePlug A V compliant powerline adapter . See App endix A on page 81 for detailed product specific ations.
Chapter 1 Introducing the PLA-40 1 Series PLA-401 Series User’s Guide 16 Series.) The PLA -401 Series uses 128-bit Advanc ed Encryption Standard (AES) to ensure safe transfer of in formation.
Chapter 1 Introd ucing the PLA-401 Series PLA-401 Series User’s Guide 17 Note: This User ’s Guide descr ibes the latest version utility . This utility i s only compatib le with a PLA-401 Series which ha s the latest firmware installed. If you don’t already have them, download the la test firmware and ut ility from the ZyXEL website.
Chapter 1 Introducing the PLA-40 1 Series PLA-401 Series User’s Guide 18 2 It’ s a good idea to ens ure privacy of your communication . When you use the PLA - 401 Series and other powerline adapters, the elec trical wiring in your home becomes an extension of y our Ethernet ne twork.
Chapter 1 Introd ucing the PLA-401 Series PLA-401 Series User’s Guide 19 1.6 PLA Comp atibility Y our PLA-401 Series can work with different PLA models that ha ve a firmw are versio n of a t least 3.
Chapter 1 Introducing the PLA-40 1 Series PLA-401 Series User’s Guide 20 This diagr am below shows a P owerline ne twork where two PLAs hav e an earlier firmware that cannot be managed by the 3.3.4 Configur ation Util ity . Y ou should upgrade the firmw are of these PLAs.
PLA-401 Series User’s Guide 21 C HAPTER 2 Installing the Utility This chapter guides you through the installa tion of the configur ation utility for y our PLA-401 Series. 2.1 Overview of the Inst allation Process The installation of the c onfiguration ut ility does the following: 1 Checks for and installs Microsoft’s .
Chapter 2 Installing the Utility PLA-401 Series User’s Guide 22 1 Insert th e included CD-ROM into y our comput er’ s CD-ROM driv e. The Setup ut ility runs automatically . Alternati vely this can al so be done manuall y by double clicking the setup.
Chapter 2 Installing the Utility PLA-401 Series User’s Guide 23 3 The Setup utility runs aut omatically . Click Ye s or Next to continue through the initial screen.
Chapter 2 Installing the Utility PLA-401 Series User’s Guide 24 5 When the installation is finished , a screen appears to confirm the InstallShield Wizard has successfully installed the PLA-4xx Series Configuration Utility to your computer . Click Close to exit the wizard.
25 P ART II Managing the PLA- 401 Series Firmware T ool (27) The ENCRYPT Button (29) The Configuration Utili ty (35) P owerline Network Setup T utorial (61) LEDs and T roubleshooting (71).
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PLA-401 Series User’s Guide 27 C HAPTER 3 Firmware Tool 3.1 Overview Use the Firmware Upgrade Tool to ensure you hav e the latest firmware (v ersion 3.
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PLA-401 Series User’s Guide 29 C HAPTER 4 The ENCRYPT Button Use the ENCRYPT button to automaticall y set up a secure powerline connection between your powerline devices.
Chapter 4 The ENCRYPT Button PLA-401 Series User’s Guide 30 4 Press the ENCRYPT button at the side of your powerline device for 1~2 seconds. The power ( ) light will blink as the power line device tries to set up a connection. Figure 9 ENCR YPT Connection Proce dure Note: The ENCR YPT button’s location varies for each Powerline mo del.
Chapter 4 The ENCRYPT Button PLA-401 Series User’s Guide 31 8 Then repeat steps 4 and 5 in this section using an y powerline device ( A or B ) you have connected using ENCRYPT and the powerline device you w ant to connect ( C ). Y ou must use the ENCRYPT button on both devic es.
Chapter 4 The ENCRYPT Button PLA-401 Series User’s Guide 32 For example, you have already set up a powerline network in your home ( A ) which accesses a printer ( B ). Now you want a separ ate powerline network connection from your laptop to your printer ( C ).
Chapter 4 The ENCRYPT Button PLA-401 Series User’s Guide 33 4 Check the LEDs on both ( A ) and ( C ). When the power ( ) and HomePlug ( ) lights stop blinking and the power ( ) light shines st eadily , the devic es are connected. Figure 12 T wo Separate Powerline Networks Congratulations.
Chapter 4 The ENCRYPT Button PLA-401 Series User’s Guide 34 4.4 ENCR YPT Button Behavior The following table summarizes th e actions that occur when the ENCRYPT button is pressed for specifi c lengths of time. See T roubles hooting in Chapter 8 on page 76 for suggestions on problems with the ENCRYPT button and the lights.
PLA-401 Series User’s Guide 35 C HAPTER 5 The Configuration Utility 5.1 Overview This chapter shows you how t o use the Conf igur ation Utility (or Utility) to secure, manage and set up Q uality of Service (QoS) on your powerline network. The PLA-401 Series is designed as a pl ug-and-play network expanding solution.
Chapter 5 The Configuration Utility PLA-401 Series User’s Guide 36 message. The HomePlug AV standard us es 128-bit AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) to safely transmit data between powerl ine adapters. For the powerline adapters to communicate with each other they all need to use the same network name.
Chapter 5 The Configuration Utility PLA-401 Series User’s Guide 37 5.3 Configuration Screen Use the Configura tion screen to see which devices are recogni zed by your powerline network, to configure your PLA -401 Series and to set up a secure powerline network by changing the powe rl ine network name.
Chapter 5 The Configuration Utility PLA-401 Series User’s Guide 38 5.4 Firmware Screen Use the Firmware screen to update the firmware on the PLA -401 Series directly connected to the compu ter running the configuration utility .
Chapter 5 The Configuration Utility PLA-401 Series User’s Guide 39 Firmware is the soft ware which is embedded in the PLA- 401 Series. This software contains processing instructions f or how the PLA-40 1 Series sends and receives informat ion in a secure way .
Chapter 5 The Configuration Utility PLA-401 Series User’s Guide 40 5.5 Network Info Screen Use the Network Info screen to see the rates at which a specific PLA -401 Series is communicating with other powerline adapters on your powerline net work. Figure 17 Network Info Screen The following table describes t he labels in this screen.
Chapter 5 The Configuration Utility PLA-401 Series User’s Guide 41 5.6 Advanced Screen Note: This feature is only available with the latest version utility . Go to the Z yXEL website to download the latest utility and firmware for your ZyXEL HomePlug A V adapter .
Chapter 5 The Configuration Utility PLA-401 Series User’s Guide 42 For example, if you have a file server on your home net work to deliver music and movie files to co mputers in your home, you should set the priori ty of the powerline adapter connected to this serv er to Medium .
Chapter 5 The Configuration Utility PLA-401 Series User’s Guide 43 • Although device E receives audio or movie files, it does not send a lot of tr affic, so the powerline adaptor attached to it can be set to a low priorit y .
Chapter 5 The Configuration Utility PLA-401 Series User’s Guide 44 The following table describes t he labels in this screen. 5.7 About Screen Use the About screen to view information regarding the configur ation utility and firmware version of the PLA -401 Series you are connected to.
Chapter 5 The Configuration Utility PLA-401 Series User’s Guide 45 The following table describes t he labels in this screen. T able 8 About Screen LABEL DESCRIPTION Utility vers ion : This field displays the software version of the configuration utility .
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PLA-401 Series User’s Guide 47 C HAPTER 6 The OS X Configuration Utility 6.1 Overview This chapter shows you how t o use the co nfigur ation utility on a Mac compu ter with the Leopard operating system. See the User’s Guide Chapter 5 on page 35 for background information on some powerline features.
Chapter 6 The OS X Configuration Utility PLA-401 Series User’s Guide 48 6.1.2 S t art the Configuration Utility Drag the utili ty application from the CD (or download it from the Z yXEL download libr ary) to the Applications folder on your computer .
Chapter 6 The OS X Configuration Utility PLA-401 Series User’s Guide 49 T o enter the NMK for a powerline adapter , sele ct the device icon in the left panel of the main utility screen and then click Change Network Name (NMK) in the main utility screen.
Chapter 6 The OS X Configuration Utility PLA-401 Series User’s Guide 50 The following table shows some example pr iority settings based on application type.
Chapter 6 The OS X Configuration Utility PLA-401 Series User’s Guide 51 6.1.7 Set HomePlug Light Color Use this screen to define which color the HomePlug light shines at v arious speeds.
Chapter 6 The OS X Configuration Utility PLA-401 Series User’s Guide 52 6.1.8 Link Information Use the Link Info screen to find out more information on the connection between two powerline adapters on your powerlin e network. The link information screen shows the MAC addresses of connected po werline adapters and statistics on the links.
Chapter 6 The OS X Configuration Utility PLA-401 Series User’s Guide 53 A vg. Source PB CRC Error Rate This field displays the aver age CRC (Cyclic Redundancy Check) error rate of tr ansmission from the source device (as shown in the screen) received by destination powerline device.
Chapter 6 The OS X Configuration Utility PLA-401 Series User’s Guide 54 6.1.9 Download Firmware Use this screen to go to the Z yXEL down load library from where you can download firmware to your computer .
Chapter 6 The OS X Configuration Utility PLA-401 Series User’s Guide 55 use the same firmware version. Use the Firmware Upgrade Tool to upload new firmware.
Chapter 6 The OS X Configuration Utility PLA-401 Series User’s Guide 56 6.3 Firmware Upgrade T ool Use the firmware upgr ade tool to upgrade firmw are to the powerline device directly connected to y our computer . T o upgrade to the l atest firmware, use the firm ware upgr ade tool on the CD included with y our PLA -401 Series.
Chapter 6 The OS X Configuration Utility PLA-401 Series User’s Guide 57 3 Open the Firmware Upgrade Tool application. Click Next to begin the firmware upgrade process. Figure 29 Firmware Up grade T ool: S tart 4 If you already have the l atest version firmware, you’ll see a warning screen.
Chapter 6 The OS X Configuration Utility PLA-401 Series User’s Guide 58 5 Select the region where y our powerline ne twork is locate d in the foll owing screen. Make sur e yo u up loa d th e co rre ct f irmwa re for your region as different regions have differnt firmware char acteristics.
Chapter 6 The OS X Configuration Utility PLA-401 Series User’s Guide 59 7 If your firm ware is successfully upg raded, a succes sful screen appears. Click OK , then Finish to close the application.
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PLA-401 Series User’s Guide 61 C HAPTER 7 Powerline Network Setup Tutorial 7.0.1 Overview Use this tu torial to expand yo ur existing powerline network.
Chapter 7 P owerline Netw ork Setup Tut orial PLA-401 Series User’s Guide 62 7.0.2 Import ant T e rms 7.0.3 Accessing Y our Powerline Adapter 1 Plug the powerline adapter you want to add to your network into a power socket and, if needed, switch the power socket on.
Chapter 7 Powerline Network Setup Tutorial PLA-401 Series User’s Guide 63 4 Open the PLA-4xx Series Configuration Utility on your computer . Go to Start > (All) Programs > ZyXEL PLA-4xx Seri es Configuration > PLA-4xx Series Configuration Utility, or click on the icon on your desktop shown below .
Chapter 7 P owerline Netw ork Setup Tut orial PLA-401 Series User’s Guide 64 1 Connect your computer to the powerline ad apter you want to add to your network and open the PLA-4xx Series Configuration Utility (see Section 7.0.3 on page 62 ). 2 Th e u ti l i ty s ho u l d o p e n to t h e co n f ig uration tab .
Chapter 7 Powerline Network Setup Tutorial PLA-401 Series User’s Guide 65 4 Click Save and click OK on the pop-up. Figure 40 Network Name Pop-up 5 Y our new adapter will now have the same Network Name as your existing network and so has now joined yo ur existing network.
Chapter 7 P owerline Netw ork Setup Tut orial PLA-401 Series User’s Guide 66 Z yXEL DMA -1100P you can use your TV to watch movies and play games whic h are stored on a computer . Figure 41 Add Ne w Adapters to Make a Second Network 1 Connect your new powerline adapter and op en the configuration util ity as shown in Section 7.
Chapter 7 Powerline Network Setup Tutorial PLA-401 Series User’s Guide 67 2 Ty p e a Network Name that is different from the Network Name for your existing network. Make sure you use the same new Network Name for all new adapters you want to add to y our new network.
Chapter 7 P owerline Netw ork Setup Tut orial PLA-401 Series User’s Guide 68 2 The utility should open to the config uration tab as s hown below . A list of powerline adapters on your network displays. Thes e adapters all have the same network name as the adapter you are connected to .
Chapter 7 Powerline Network Setup Tutorial PLA-401 Series User’s Guide 69 4 Click Save. • If you d o not type the DAK password or type i t incorrectly either of the following pop-ups appear . Click OK and type the DAK Password correctly in the DAK Password field.
Chapter 7 P owerline Netw ork Setup Tut orial PLA-401 Series User’s Guide 70 7 Check you ha ve added the adapters correct ly by changing the networ k name for the local adap ter . All a dapters with the new Network Name now appear in th e list of adapters on your network.
PLA-401 Series User’s Guide 71 C HAPTER 8 LEDs and Troubleshooting This chapter describes the beha vior of the LEDs (lights) and offers some suggestions to solv e proble ms you might encounter . 8.1 LEDs The following sections describes the lights on the PLA-401 Series.
Chapter 8 LEDs and Troubl eshooting PLA-401 Series User’s Guide 72 The following table describes t he behavior of the lights on the PLA- 401 Series. T able 14 PLA-401 Series LIGHTS ICON COLOR ST ATU S DESCRIPTION POWER Green On The PLA-401 Series is on and receiving power .
Chapter 8 LEDs and Troubleshooting PLA-401 Series User’s Guide 73 8.2 Power and Light Problems The PLA-401 Series does not turn on. None of the lights turn on. 1 Make sure you are using the power cord included with the PLA -401 Series. 2 Make sure the power cord is connected to the PLA -401 Series and plug ged in to an appropriate power source.
Chapter 8 LEDs and Troubl eshooting PLA-401 Series User’s Guide 74 2 Use the PLA-4xx Series Configuration Utility to detect all other HomePlug devices on your powerline network. Make sure that the network name (sometim es called the network password) is the same on all of your powerline adapters.
Chapter 8 LEDs and Troubleshooting PLA-401 Series User’s Guide 75 • Make sure your computer is using Windows XP or Windows Vista (32-bit) operating system. At the time of writing, this is the onl y compatible operat ing system for the configuration utility .
Chapter 8 LEDs and Troubl eshooting PLA-401 Series User’s Guide 76 8.5 ENCR YPT Button Problems This section applies onl y to PLA -401 Seriess with the ENCRYPT button. The HomePlug light is already on, but I haven’t press ed the ENCRYP T button yet.
Chapter 8 LEDs and Troubleshooting PLA-401 Series User’s Guide 77 The POWER lights on both devices blink, then many light s blink and the HomePlug light blinks red. Do not worry , the connection pr ocess is proceeding normally . The POWER lights on both devices finis hed blinking, but on ly one device’s HomePlug light is on.
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79 P ART III Appendices and Index Product Specifications (81) Legal Information (85) Index (89).
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PLA-401 Series User’s Guide 81 A PPENDIX A Product S pecifications The following tables summarize the PLA -401 Series’s hardw are and firmware features. T able 15 Hardware Specifications Dimensions (W x D x H) 95 mm (L) x 65 (H) mm x 80 (W) mm Po w er I n p u t 100 - 240 VAC, 50/60 Hz, 0.
Appendix A Product Specifications PLA-401 Series User’s Guide 82 T able 16 Firmware Specifica tions FEATUR E DESCRIPTION P owerline Functionality The HomePlug AV standard specifies how network devices communicat e using standar d electrical wiring. It supports a data transfer r ate of up to 200Mbps.
Appendix A Product Specifications PLA-401 Series User’s Guide 83 The following list, which is not exhaust ive , illust rates the standards supported in the PLA-401 Series.
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PLA-401 Series User’s Guide 85 A PPENDIX B Legal Information Copyright Copyright © 2010 by Z yXEL Communications Corporation. The contents of this publication ma y not be reproduced in any p art or.
Appendix B Legal In formation PLA-401 Series User’s Guide 86 T rademarks Z yNOS (Z yXEL Network Operating S ystem) is a registered trademark of Z yXEL Communications, Inc. Other trademarks ment ioned in this publication are used for identification purposes only and ma y be properties of their respective owners.
Appendix B Legal Information PLA-401 Series User’s Guide 87 verursachen; in diesem F all kann vom Betreiber verlangt werden, angemessene Massnahmen durchzuführ en.
Appendix B Legal In formation PLA-401 Series User’s Guide 88 components without charge for ei ther part s or labor , and to whatever extent it shall deem necessary to restore the prod uct or components to proper operating condition.
Index PLA-401 Series User’s Guide 89 Index Symbols .NET Framework 21 A about screen 44 Advanced Encryption Standard, see AES 15 AES 17 , 35 AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) 15 applications 15 C ca.
Index PLA-401 Series User’s Guide 90 M MAC address 37 management multiple networks 18 overview 35 managing the device using the web configur ator . See web configurator .
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