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1. LevelOne PLI 3510 200Mbps Powerline Adapter with Mains Pass Through User Manual Table of Contents Chapter Introduce da e aii nese cies l A l ESD AUN O E E T A twanectdet l VSLED INIL OL E T T anioaaan cee Maeaaes l Pekee Conte acid l Lo Sys enr REUME S enu dan l Chapter 2 Installation lt Uninstallai on sesenta di 2 2 SS talline POW ef Mie Device 2 2 2 Instalaton ot Powerhne UIC ssis A a A 3 2 5 Uninstallanon of Conticuration UI scab olerecatuskaudea Jatiec 7 SAE A ran eee einen A N nO ee 8 SU ACY SCLC A e CUE EOI onsia abinesundansanamemsendettusandanesnebes 14 DD DIA OSOS Ida calii s 15 AA SC O ais 16 Chapter 4 Reset and Network ID Buttons Setting cooooooonnnncnnncncnnnnnonnnnnnnnnnnnonanannnnnnnnnnnnnnnos 17 A WIESE UNO a indias 17 4 2 Network ID BUON eat alas 17 Chapter 1 Introduction 1 1 Overview The LevelOne PLI 3510 operates on HomePlug AV standard providing up to 200Mbps data speed over the existing household power supply This Product is cost effective easy to create a home network without spending time and money to run expensive CAT5 cabling Powerline Device is the best solution for no new wire networking in the house or office 1 2 Specification Standard IEEE 1901 Broadband over Powerl HomePlug Powerline Specification AV compliant Speed up to 200Mbps Modulation supports OFDM 1024 256 64 16 8 QAM QPSK BPSK and ROBO modulation schemes Frequency 4 3 MH
2. Main screen provides a list of all powerline devices logically connected to the computer when the utility is running The top panel shows all local HomePlug devices connected to the computers NIC Network Interface Card In most cases only one device will be seen In situations where there are more than one local device being connected such as a USB or an Ethernet adapter the user can select the local device by clicking on it and then click the Connect button to its right The status area above the button indicates that your PC is connected to that same device Once connected to the local device the utility will automatically scan the power line periodically for any other HomePlug devices If no local HomePlug devices are discovered the status area above the connect button will indicate with a message NO HOMEPLUG ADAPTERS DETECTED Figure 3 2 illustrates the presence of two local devices connected locally to the computer Power Packet Utility Main Privacy Diagnostics About Local Devicels on your computer l Device Type MAC address Connected to HomePlug 4 6200 Device HomePlug AV 6x00 D 00 13 33 94 43 90 Connect 1 Powerline Device detected Network Type Public Autoscan On Fiate Mbps MAC Address EEEE Device 2 T 188 00 00 13 33 94 43 94 hilevelone Rename Enter Password Add Scan Figure 3 2 Multiple Local Device Connection The lower panel displays all the HomePlug remote devices disco
3. See Case 4 for a variation on this rule You can press the Network ID button on the adder before pressing the Network ID button on the joiner lt does not matter which is pressed first See Case 4 for a case where the adder may be pressed before the joiner Once a joiner becomes a member of the network it may become the adder in the next join operation 19 Case 3 Leaving a Network A network exists The user wants to remove one device the leaver from that network for whatever reason He may want to remove the device from service altogether or have it join another logical network 1 Press the Network ID button on the leaver for at least 10 seconds The device will reset and restart with a random NMK 2 Wait for reset to complete and the PLC LED will be OFF The PWR LED on the leaver will momentarily extinguish during reset flash during restart then illuminate steadily No errors can occur A B and C form an AVLN A wants to leave the AVLN Press button on A more than 10 seconds A computes random NMK A resets and restarts Once the process completes the user may disconnect the device from the medium or join it to another logical network on the same medium as described in either Case 1 or Case 3 20 Case 4 Join Multiple Devices to a Network To add several new devices to an existing network the process in Case 2 must be repeated for each joiner A vendor may implem
4. every few seconds and updates the display screen A typical screen after naming and supplying passwords might appear as in Figure 3 5 Power Packet Utility Ea lx Main Privacy Diagnostics About Local Devicels on your computer Device Tupe MAC Address Connected to HomePlug 4 600 Device HomePlug a 6x00 D 00 13 33 94 43 90 Connect 1 Powerline Device detected Network Type Public Scannind Rate Mbps MAC Address nm a 188 00 00 13 33 934 A3 94 ki levelone Rename Add Scan Figure 3 5 Main Screen of the Configuration Utility 13 3 2 Privacy Screen 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 The appearance is shown in Figure 3 6 All HomePlug devices are shipped using a default logical network network name which is normally HomePlugAV The Privacy dialog screen allows user to change to a private network by changing the network name network password of devices The user can always reset to the HomePlug network Public by entering HomePlugAV as the network name or by clicking on the Use Default button Note Changing the network name to anything other than HomePlugAV will show the network type on the main screen as Private Power Packet Utility a i l a Use this screen to create a Private Network that provides you with extra security Pr
5. introduced in Windows 7 Vista If UAC is enabled Windows pops up a window User Account Control Windows need your permission to continue User needs to click Yes Allow to continue 3 Please click Utility button to continue El LevelOne PL 3510 o PLI 3510 200Mbps Powerline Adapter with Mains Pass Through Click Setup button to continue WinZip Selt Extractor Level One Power Packet Utility exe a Level One Power Packet Utility Click Next button to continue rr EX C Windows system32 cmd_exe y Power Packet Utility Power Packet Utility lt PPU gt Installation is in progress E Welcome to the Power Packet Utility Setup Wizard 84 msgString WinPcap Software version 4 1 2 gt is either not installed or r some previous version is already installed on this workstation The WinPcap ve rsion 4 1 2 gt installer is being launched Please follow the instructions for ins E a sama 2 Pe a falling the WinPcap software gt gt InstallWinPcap vbs The installer will guide you through the steps required to install Power Packet Utility on pour computer WARNING This computer program is protected by copyright law and international treaties Unauthorized duplication or distribution of this program or any portion of it may result in severe civil or criminal penalties and will be prosecuted to the maximum extent possible under the law Cli
6. 25M6 E soundmax Size 12 60MB ES Spelling Dictionaries Support For Adobe Reader 9 Size 29 69MB 8 Teamviewer 4 Size 4 83MB 4 IA Integrated Setup Wizard 4 Follow the on screen instructions to uninstall the Powerline Utility Chapter 3 Configuration Utility Setup Introduction The Configuration Utility enables the users to identify HomePlug devices on the powerline network measures data rate performance ensures privacy and performs diagnostics by setting user defined secure powerline networks The Utility will use a Graphical User Interface GUI with limited user selectable options 3 1 Main Tab In order to start the utility double click the utility icon on desktop Figure 3 1 shows the main screen of the Configuration Utility The top panel of the screen shot shows a HomePlug AV device connected locally to the host computer The bottom panel shows four devices connected remotely to the computer running the utility Power Packet Utility Main Privacy Diagnostics About Local Devices on your computer l Device Type MAC Address Connected to HomePlug AY 6x00 Device a HomePlug Aw 600 D 00 13 33 94 43 90 Upgrade Firmware 0 Powerline Devices detected Network Type Public Autozcan On Rate Mbps MAC Address hilevelone Rename Enter Password Add Scan Figure 3 1 Main Screen with HomePlug AV device Local The
7. ck I Agree amp Next button to continue 35 Power Packet Utility License Agreement Please take a moment to read the license agreement now IF you accept the terms below click Agree then Next Otherwise click Cancel Atheros Communications Inc Software License Agreement PLEASE READ THIS SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT LICENSE CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THE ATHEROS SOFTWARE BY USING THE ATHEROS SOFTWARE YOU ARE AGREEING TO BE BOUND EY THE TERMS OF THIS LICENSE IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THE TERMS OF THIS LICENSE DO NOT USE THE SOFTWARE IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THE TERMS OF THE LICENSE YOU MAY RETURN THE ATHEROS SOFTWARE TO THE PLACE WHERE YOU Pas E ss o T a re T T Te r r e merr TATA M a as a T T a oa Do Mot Agree Agree Cancel Back 7 Click Next button to continue 38 Power Packet Utility Contirm Installation The installer 12 ready to install Power Packet Utility on your computer Click Next to start the installation 8 Click Close button to exit Installation Complete Power Packet Utility has been successfully installed Click Close to exit 9 In order to start the utility double click the utility icon on desktop 10 You can see your device working well The top panel of the screen shot shows a Homeplug device connected locally to your computer The bottom panel shows one device connected remotely to the computer running th
8. ctive 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 information is available from the diagnostics screen Device Alias Name Device MAC Address Device Password Device Last known rate Device Last Known Network name HomePlug chipset manufacturer name Date device last seen on the network MAC 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 confirmation message if we try to delete a device whose password has been entered 3 4 About Screen The About screen shows the software version Power Packet Utility A a Main Privacy Diagnostics About F level one Fower Packet Utility Version 6 0 1 00 Build 0003 Released October 20 2010 Copyright e 2005 2010 Atheros Communications Inc All Rights Reserved http www level com License Copyrights Copyright c 1999 2005 NetGroup Politecnico di Torno Italy Copyright c 2005 2009 CACE Technologies Davis California All rights reserved Redistribution and use in source and binary forms with or without modification are permitted provided that the follo
9. e notified along with the suggestions to resolve common problems This process might take a few seconds to get completed Sel Device Password Device Device 2 00 13 33 94 4 3 594 Password The Password typically appears as a number and letter code in groups of four separated by dashes le EE Y GH2Z6 BATE L254 Ibis found on the device or packaging Cancel Figure 3 3 Set Device Password 11 Add 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 3 4 The dialog box allows the user to enter both a device name and the password If a device was not found the user will be notified and suggestions to resolve common problems will be presented Set Device Password Device Device 2 00 13 33 94 4 3 594 Password PASS WORD DOES HERE The Password typically appears as a number and letter code in groups of four separated by dashes le MERE GH26 BATE L25 4 Ibis found on the device or packaging Cancel Figure 3 4 Add Remote Device Note The device must be present on the power line plugged in in order for the password to be confirmed and added to the network If the device could not be located a warning message will be shown 12 The Scan button is used to perform an immediate search of the HomePlug devices connected to the Powerline network By default the utility automatically scans
10. e utility Power Packet Utility Main Privacy Diagnostics About Local Devicels on your computer Device Type MAC Address Connected to HomePlug 4 6x00 Device HomePlug AY 6800 D 00 13 33 94 43 90 Connect 1 Powerline Device detected Network Type Public Autoscan On Rate Mbps MAC Address CO 155 00 00 73 33 94 4 3 94 hilevelone Rename Enter Password Add Scan 2 3 Uninstallation of Configuration Utility 1 To uninstall the Configuration Utility go to the Control Panel of your system 2 Open the Add Remove Programs 3 Select and double click on the Powerline Utility in the Add Remove Programs Properties Add or Remove Programs Currently installed programs C Show updates Sort by Cy NetIQ Chariot Size 24 78MB peer EE NetIQ Endpoint Size 5 32MB a A Network Stumbler 0 4 0 remove only Size 0 74MB Change or Remove add oe Norton Ghost Size 440 00MB Programs i NVIDIA Windows 2000 P Display Drivers a Power Packet Utility Size gt O1MB Click here For support information Used occasionally Add Remove Last Used On 429 2011 Windows e Components To change this program or remove it From your computer click Change or Remove Q J Poweriso Size 2 26MB Set Program Snagt 9 1 Size 143 00MB S EJ Solidworks 2007 SPO Size 1 751 00MB lw Solidworks Explorer 2007 sp0 Size 7 62MB ED SolidWorks Installation Manager Size 3
11. ent a mode of operation in which an adder device in the network remains in the adder state for an extended period allowing additional joiners to be added in turn This lets you press the adder Network ID button once then press each joiner Network ID button in turn If Network ID buttons are pressed on two or more joiners only the first one will respond The second will not This makes timing important 24
12. ivate Network Name DR Use Default Public Network Do not share the network name with others you do not want to be part of this network Alter setting the name above choose how it will be applied below Place On This Network Only the device attached to this computer the Local Device E Isolates this computer from others ef Local Device Unly DR They communicate together but are isolated from devices with Set All Devices a different network name ALL devices whose Password has been entered Figure 3 6 Privacy Screen The Set Local Device Only 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 afterward selecting this option The Set All Devices 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 14 password s were not entered this operation will fail and will report a failure message 3 3 Diagnostics Screen The Diagnostics sc
13. nnect Technology and covers some of the technical details of how the technology works Case 1 Forming a Network Two devices with different network membership key NMK values are connected to the same powerline The user wants them to form a logical network 1 Press each device Network ID button gt 10 sec till all LEDs re flash to generate the random network password key first 2 Press the button on the first device for less than 3 seconds 3 Press the button on the second device for less than 3 seconds The button on the second device must be pressed within 1 minute by default however the interval is programmable 4 Wait for connection to complete and the PLC LED will be ON The PWR 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 PWR LED on the adder will flash unevenly until the Network ID button on the adder is pressed again or the joiner is reset by holding the Network ID buttons down for more than 10 seconds A and B are not part of AVLN A and B want to form an AVLN Press button on A less than 3 seconds Press button on B less than 3 seconds A becomes joiner B becomes joiner B determines that A MAC address lt B MAC address B becomes adder A accepts NMK from B The join operation can be cancelled by pressing the Network ID button on the first device again f
14. or less than 3 seconds instead of pressing the button on the second device 18 Case 2 Joining a Network In this scenario a network exists The user wants a new device the joiner to join the network Any device on the existing network can become the adder 1 Press the Network ID button on the joiner for less than 3 seconds 2 Press the Network ID button on any network device for less than 3 seconds making it the adder You have 1 minute by default to press this Network ID button 3 Wait for connection to complete and the PLC LED will be ON The PWR 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 PWR LED on the adder will flash unevenly until the Network ID button on the adder is pressed again or the joiner is reset by pressing the Network ID button for more than 10 seconds as described in Case 3 A and B form an AVLN wants to join the AVLN Press button on B less than 3 seconds Press button on less than 3 seconds B becomes adder C becomes joiner C accepts NMK from B The join operation can be cancelled by pressing the Network ID button on the first device again for less than 3 seconds instead of pressing the Network ID button on the second device lf you press Network ID buttons on three or more devices only the first two will respond The others will not
15. reen shows System information and a history of all remote devices seen over a period of time The appearance is shown in Figure 3 7 The Upper panel shows technical data concerning software and hardware present on the host computer which were used to communicate over HomePlug on the Powerline network It shall include the following Operating System Platform Version Host Network Name User Name MAC Address of all NICs Network interface card connected to the host Identify versions of all Driver DLLs and Libraries used NDIS and optionally HomePlug chipset manufacturer name MAC Firmware Version MAC addresses of all devices connected locally to the host Version of the Configuration Utility Vendor name Power Packet Utility Main Frivacy Diagnostics About System Informatior On HIC 1 MAC 7A 79 00 00 00 00 No HomePlug Device Connected On NIC 2 MAC 00 11 2F 25 24 42 HomePlug Device 1 MAC 00 19 33 94 43 90 Network password HomePlug Vendor Atheros Remote Device History Log MAC Address Rate Mbps Network Last Seen Device 2 00 13 394 4 3 94 not entered HomePlug May 03 0 33PM Delete Save Report Print Report Figure 3 7 Diagnostics Screen 15 The Lower panel contains a history of all remote devices seen on the computer over a certain period of time All devices that were on the powerline network are listed here along with a few other parameters Devices that are a
16. t Adapter s LAN Ports and connect the supplied RJ45 Ethernet cable from your xDSL Cable Modem s Ethernet port to the Powerline Ethernet Adapter s LAN Ports 3 Connect the Powerline Ethernet Adapter to your wall mounted power outlet 4 Check if the PLC LED of Powerline Ethernet Adapter is ON the Powerline Ethernet Adapter is connected and suitable for Internet Connections Check if the PLC LED is OFF the Powerline Ethernet Adapter isn t connected and suitable for Internet Connections Please follow next step to have it connected and suitable for Internet Connections 2 2 Installation of Powerline Utility The Configuration Utility enables the users to identify HomePlug devices on the Powerline network measures data rate performance ensures privacy and performs diagnostics by seiting user defined secure Powerline networks Users are requested to verify that no other Encryption Management Utilities are installed prior to the installation of this utility Other utilities should be uninstalled before installing this utility 1 In order to install insert Configuration Utility CD ROM into the computer s CD ROM drive The program shall run automatically Alternatively this can also be done manually by double clicking the autorun exe file on the CD 2 For Windows 7 Vista User only for Security reasons Windows 7 Vista requires the installer program to have administrator privileges so the new policy called User Account Control has been
17. vered on the current logical 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 displayed 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 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 An icon is usually shown with the name By default the icon is always accompanied by a device name MAC Address column shows the Remote device s MAC address 10 Password column by default is blank and Enter Password button can be used to enter it 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 appear as shown in Figure 3 3 to type the password The selected device name is shown above the password field and the password can be verified by hitting the OK button The Password field accepts the Device password in any case formats with or without dashed between them If a device was not found the user will b
18. wing conditions are met 1 Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice this list of conditions and the following disclaimer Preferences W AutoScan Figure 3 8 About dialog screen 16 Chapter 4 Reset and Network ID Buttons Setting There are 2 buttons on the device one is Reset button the other is Network ID button 4 1 Reset Button Push this button can reset to the factory default settings Be careful wnen you press the reset button please remove the Ethernet cable RJ 45cable first and then press the reset button After press the reset button for less than 3 seconds and then wait the PWR LED light again Don t power off when the device is in reset process 4 2 Network ID Button The HomePlug AV powerline communication devices can form multiple logical networks over a common powerline or coax medium There are many situations when it is desirable to add new devices to or remove old devices from a HomePlug AV logical network Push this button to accomplish using HomePlug AV Simple Connect Technology Network ID Button trigger state conditions Adder state for a device providing the NMK for an existing AVLN Joiner state for a device that will join an AVLN Pushing buttons on any two devices results in one of them becoming an adder and the other one a joiner 17 Four possible scenarios This section describes how to add and remove devices using HomePlug AV Simple Co
19. z 20 9 MHz Security 128 bits AES encryption IEEE802 3 10Base T IEEE802 3U 100Base TX 1 3 LED Indicators The Powerline Ethernet Adaptor has three LEDs indicator Turn on when connected to AC power supply Turn on when detected and connected with another HomePlug adaptor within the network Turn on when connected to the Ethernet card of the computer or Ethernet Hub Switch 1 4 Package Contents Make sure that you have the following items PLI 3510 200Mbps Powerline Adapter with Mains Pass Through RJ 45 cable CD User Manual Utility QIG Quick Installation Guide 1 5 System Requirements Powerline Ethernet Adaptor can support any Operation System But the Powerline Utility can only support Windows 2000 XP Vista Windows 7 Pentium III 300 MHz or above Powerline device AC power outlet Chapter 2 Installation amp Uninstallation Connection of Powerline Ethernet Adapter Ethernet Cable RJ 45 nn n 1 Powerline 2 1 Installing Powerline Device 1 If you have the SINGLE PACKAGE of Powerline Connect the supplied RJ45 Ethernet cable from your PC s Ethernet port to the Powerline Ethernet Adapter s LAN Ports or connect the supplied RJ45 Ethernet cable from your xDSL Cable Modem s Ethernet port to the Powerline Ethernet Adapter s LAN Ports If you have the TWIN PACKAGE of Powerline connect the supplied RJ45 Ethernet cable from your PC s Ethernet port to the Powerline Etherne
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