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The lower panel displays all the HomePlug remote devices, discovered 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 auto scan 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. (Figure 2)
MAC Address
Column shows the Remote device' s MAC
address.
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 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
Figure 2. Change Device Name
Figure 3. Set device password
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dashed between them.
A confirmation box will appear if the password was entered correctly (Figure
4). If a device was not found, the user will be notified along with the
suggestions to resolve common problems. This process might take a few
seconds to get completed.
The Add button is used to add a remote
device to the existing network by entering
device password of the device. A dialog box will appear as shown below in
Figure 5. The dialog box allows the user to enter both a device name and the
password.
A confirmation box will appear if the
password was entered correctly (Figure 4) and
if the device was found in the HomePlug
network. If a device was not found, the user
will be notified and suggestions to resolve
common problems will be presented.
The Scan button is used to perform an immediate search of the HomePlug
devices connected to the HomePlug network. By default, the utility
automatically scans every few seconds and updates the display screen.
Figure 4. Confirmation box
Figure 5. Add remote device
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