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Chapter 1 Introducing the PLA
1.2 LEDs
The following sections describes the lights on the PLA.
The following figure is the front panel of the PLA. Use the lights to determine if the PLA is behaving
normally or if there are some problems on your powerline network.
Figure 1 PLA Lights
The following table describes the behavior of the lights on the PLA.
Table 2 LEDs: 200 Mbps Models
LIGHTS
POWER
HomePlug
ETHERNET
8
ICON
COLOR
STATUS
Green
On
Blinking
Off
Green
On
Amber
Red
Green/
Blinking
Amber/
Red
Off
Green
On
Blinking
Off
DESCRIPTION
The PLA is on and receiving power.
It also indicates a successful connection using the RESET/
ENCRYPT button.
The PLA is starting up.
It also indicates the PLA is trying to connect with another
device using the ENCRYPT function.
The Power LED blinks when it is in standby mode. Refer to
Section 2.3 on page 16
for details on this feature.
The PLA is not receiving power.
The PLA detects another powerline adapter. The data transfer
rate is greater than 40 Mbps.
The PLA detects another powerline adapter. The data transfer
rate is between 12~40 Mbps.
The PLA detects another powerline adapter. The data transfer
rate is between 0~12 Mbps.
The PLA is communicating with another powerline adapter.
Data is being transmitted and/or received.
The HomePlug port does not detect another powerline
adapter.
The ETHERNET port is on and ready and the PLA detects a
device connected to it.
The PLA is communicating with a networking device
connected to it.
The PLA does not detect any devices connected to its
ETHERNET port.
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