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Important Safety Instructions 1. Do Not open this product or attempt to service this product, it may expose you to dangerous high voltage and other risks. 2. Do Not operate this product near water. 3. Do Not place or operate near or over radiator or heat register. 4.
TL-PA111 HS85 Mini Powerline Adapter Chapter 1 Introduction Congratulations on your purchase of this outstanding Powerline Adapter. This device is an HS85 Mini Powerline Adapter which transforms your house‟s existing electrical wiring into an ubiquitous networking infrastructure. Simply plug this HS85 Mini Powerline Adapter into an ordinary AC power outlet which will easily extend your Cable/xDSL broadband connection or existing Ethernet (LAN) network to any other electrical outlet in any room of a house without the need of any new cabling.
TL-PA111 HS85 Mini Powerline Adapter Chapter 2 Connecting Mechanism 2.1 Introduction The Powerline Adapter supports up to 85Mbps data rate. With this high speed connection rate, this Powerline Adapter allows you to setup a high speed home network by using your home existing electrical wiring.
TL-PA111 HS85 Mini Powerline Adapter The Ethernet port is on and ready to receiving/transmitting data The Ethernet port is not connected or not powered on Ethernet LED Flashing The Ethernet port is receiving/transmitting data 2.3 Physical Interface There are two physical interfaces on this Powerline Adapter.
TL-PA111 HS85 Mini Powerline Adapter 2.5 Hardware Connection – Internet This section describes how to connect the Powerline Adapter into your existing ADSL broadband connection via ADSL Ethernet port. Follow the procedures describe below to connect the Powerline Adapter to your ADSL broadband connection: 1.
TL-PA111 HS85 Mini Powerline Adapter Chapter 3 Installing Management Utility Please verify that no other Powerline Adapter or any Encryption Management Utilities are installed before installing the provided software. If other Homeplug Utilities are installed, uninstall them and restart your personal computer before installing this provided software. The Management utility can be used on Operating System of Windows XP, Windows Vista or Windows 7.
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TL-PA111 HS85 Mini Powerline Adapter After the installation, a shortcut to the “TL-PA111 Powerline Utility” application icon is provided Step 2: on the windows desktop.
TL-PA111 HS85 Mini Powerline Adapter Finally, there is an “Auto install Finish” icon on the windows desktop. Step 3: 3.2 For Windows Vista Follow the following procedures to properly installing the provided Management Utility: Step 1: The program installation process will carry out and copy all the necessary files to your system.
TL-PA111 HS85 Mini Powerline Adapter After the installation, a shortcut to the “TL-PA111 Powerline Utility” application icon is provided Step 2: on the windows desktop. Finally, there is an “Auto install Finish” icon on the windows desktop. Step 3: 3.3 For Windows 7...
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TL-PA111 HS85 Mini Powerline Adapter After the installation, a shortcut to the “TL-PA111 Powerline Utility” application icon is provided Step 2: on the windows desktop.
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TL-PA111 HS85 Mini Powerline Adapter Finally, there is an “Auto install Finish” icon on the windows desktop. Step 3:...
Here, we take the operation system Windows XP for example, as the configuration for the other two systems is similar. Double click on the “TL-PA111 Powerline Utility” from your windows desktop, the following screen display. This Management Utility consists of a set of four property sheets, viz., “Main”, “Privacy”,”QoS”...
TL-PA111 HS85 Mini Powerline Adapter Network Type: Displayed the type of logical network: “Public” or “Private”. Autoscan: Shows the scanning status (Default is “ON”). Device Name: Shows the default device name. One may redefine or change the name by clicking on the name and editing in place or by clicking the “Rename”...
TL-PA111 HS85 Mini Powerline Adapter 4.1.2 Enter Password To set or change your Powerline Adapter‟s password, click and select the Powerline Adapter you wish to change from the list, then click on the “Enter Password” tab, the following screen display Enter your Password ( Please note the format, enter it uppercase ) and click “OK”...
TL-PA111 HS85 Mini Powerline Adapter 4.1.3 Add Device The following dialog box pop-up when clicking the “Add” button under Main configuration homepage. The dialog box allows you to enter both the selected device‟s name and password. Noted that the Powerline Adapter must be present on the power grid in order to activate the set password and added to the local network.
TL-PA111 HS85 Mini Powerline Adapter 4.2 Privacy The Privacy configuration page provides a means for managing the local network and providing additional security for the logical network and also to select the devices that has to be included in the network.
TL-PA111 HS85 Mini Powerline Adapter 4.3 QoS The third tabbed window, labeled „QoS‟ for Quality of Service, is shown in the following figure. QoS requirements are different for various data types such as streaming video or music, voice and raw data.
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TL-PA111 HS85 Mini Powerline Adapter The Diagnostics information displayed can be saved to a text file. One can email the saved text file to the local supplier when there‟s technical support require or print the saved text file as reference during a technical support conference.
TL-PA111 HS85 Mini Powerline Adapter Device Password Device Last known rate Device Last Known Network name Date device last seen on the network 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.
TL-PA111 HS85 Mini Powerline Adapter Appendix A: Troubleshooting Guide The Troubleshooting Guide provides answers to common problems regarding the Powerline Adapter. 1. The Power LED does not light up. Ans. Check the following: 1. Make sure that the Powerline Adapter is properly plugged into a power outlet.