LevelOne PLI-2040 Manual - Page 3

Setup

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Front Panel LEDs Power On - Normal operation. Off - No power Sleep - blanking HomePlug On - The PowerLine network is active. This means that at least one other HomePlug device was detected. Off - PowerLine network is not available - no other HomePlug devices were detected. Flashing - Data is being transmitted or received via the PowerLine network. Ethernet On - Ethernet connection is active. Off - No Ethernet connection. Flashing - Data is being transmitted or received via the Ethernet Port. LED Link quality (Data PHY Rate) Green:100Mbps~ (good link quality) Orange:50~99Mbps Red: less 50Mbps (bad link quality) Setup Configuration requires the use of Windows PC. Once configured, any device may be connected to the 200Mbps HomePlug AV Adapter's Ethernet port. To perform configuration, follow the procedures list below. 1. Connect a standard LAN cable from the 200Mbps HomePlug AV Adapter's Ethernet port to your PC. 2. Plug the 200Mbps HomePlug AV Adapter into a power outlet. 3. Wait a few seconds for startup to be completed, and then check the LEDs  The Power LED should be ON.  The HomePlug LED will be ON if other HomePlug devices are detected, otherwise it will be OFF.  The Ethernet LED should be ON. 4. Insert the supplied CD-ROM into your Windows PC, and wait for it to start, select "Utility" from the autorun screen. If it does not start automatically, locate and run SETUP.EXE. 5. Follow the prompts to install the PLI-2040 utility.

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Front Panel LEDs
Power
On
- Normal operation.
Off
- No power
Sleep
- blanking
HomePlug
On
- The PowerLine network is active. This means that at least one other HomePlug de-
vice was detected.
Off
- PowerLine network is not available - no other HomePlug devices were detected.
Flashing
- Data is being transmitted or received via the PowerLine network.
Ethernet
On
- Ethernet connection is active.
Off
- No Ethernet connection.
Flashing
- Data is being transmitted or received via the Ethernet Port.
LED Link quality (Data PHY Rate)
Green:100Mbps~ (good link quality)
Orange:50~99Mbps
Red: less 50Mbps (bad link quality)
Setup
Configuration requires the use of Windows PC. Once configured, any device may be connected to the 200Mbps
HomePlug AV Adapter's Ethernet port. To perform configuration, follow the procedures list below.
1. Connect a standard LAN cable from the 200Mbps HomePlug AV Adapter's Ethernet port to your PC.
2. Plug the 200Mbps HomePlug AV Adapter into a power outlet.
3. Wait a few seconds for startup to be completed, and then check the LEDs
The
Power
LED should be ON.
The
HomePlug
LED will be ON if other HomePlug devices are detected, otherwise it will be OFF.
The
Ethernet
LED should be ON.
4. Insert the supplied CD-ROM into your Windows PC, and wait for it to start, select
Utility
from the autorun
screen. If it does not start automatically, locate and run SETUP.EXE.
5. Follow the prompts to install the
PLI-2040
utility.