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PHICOMM FPA-501 User Manual

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FPA-501
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  • Page 1: User Manual

    User Manual Powerline Network Adapter FPA-501 User Manual / V2.0...

  • Page 2: Copyright Statement

    All the photos and product specifications mentioned in this manual are for references only, as the upgrading of software and hardware, there will be changes. And if there are changes, PHICOMM is not responsible for informing in advance. If you want to know more information about our products, please visit our website at www.phicomm.com.

  • Page 3: Important Safety Instructions

    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.

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    Leave a Powerline Network ................6 Reset to Factory Default Settings ..............6 Chapter 5: Software Installation ........8 Chapter 6: Phicomm PLC Utility ........14 Main Tag ......................14 Local Device on your computer（Upper Panel） ..........14 Remote Device (Lower Panel) ..................15 Privacy ........................
  • Page 5 Powerline Network Adapter www.phicomm.com System Information ......................18 Remote Device History ...................... 18 About ........................19 Chapter 7: Specification ..........20 Appendix A: Troubleshooting ........21 Appendix B: Certification .......... 22 CE Mark Warning ..................... 22 Appendix C: Technical Support ........23...

  • Page 6: Chapter 1: Introduction

    Powerline Network Adapter www.phicomm.com Chapter 1: Introduction Product Overview This device is a 500Mbps Powerline Network Adapter which transforms your house's existing electrical wiring into a ubiquitous networking infrastructure. Simply plug this Powerline Network 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.

  • Page 7: System Requirement

    Powerline Network Adapter www.phicomm.com Data transmission rate up to 500Mbps, ready for Full-HD  Backward compatible with 200Mbps devices  Supports any Microsoft Windows, Linux and Mac Operation System  System Requirement a) At least two AC 100-240V power outlets with standard home powerline...

  • Page 8: Chapter 2: Physical Description

    Powerline Network Adapter www.phicomm.com Chapter 2: Physical Description Detailed descriptions are given in the tables below: Status Indication Power is off Power is on Blinking The product is in power saving mode No network connection The LAN cable is connected successfully...

  • Page 9: Chapter 3: Hardware Installation

    2. Connect the other end of the Ethernet cable to your computer's LAN port. 3. Plug FPA-501 to the power socket. 4. Connect the other provided Ethernet cable to the rest FPA-501 Ethernet port. 5. Connect the other end of the Ethernet cable to an available Ethernet port of your ADSL Broadband Router.
  • Page 10 Powerline Network Adapter www.phicomm.com The Powerline Network Adapter allows data to be transmitted over Ethernet cables what means you can extend your broadband connection or existing Ethernet network to other network clients by existing electrical wire. Digital data, voice, audio and video can be transmitted between devices.

  • Page 11: Chapter 4: Operation Of Buttons

    Powerline Network Adapter www.phicomm.com Chapter 4: Operation of Buttons A HomePlug logical network is formed when two or more HomePlug devices are connected over common powerline and share a common password. Secure the Powerline Network The HomePlug AV standard uses 128-bit AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) to safely transmit data between powerline adapters.
  • Page 12 Powerline Network Adapter www.phicomm.com you can use the Reset button to leave the powerline network. The device is then free to join another HomePlug logical network. Chapter 4: Operation of Buttons...

  • Page 13: Chapter 5: Software Installation

    The Phicomm PLC Utility could help you to manage all of the HomePlug devices in the LAN. Please follow the procedures below to install the Phicomm PLC Utility. Take note that the following procedures are running in Windows XP.
  • Page 14 Powerline Network Adapter www.phicomm.com 4. Click Next again. 5. Choose I Agree. Chapter 5: Software Installation...
  • Page 15 Powerline Network Adapter www.phicomm.com 6. The next window will pop up, click Install. 7. After a short while, the next screen will pop up. Click Finish, the WinPcap is successfully installed. Chapter 5: Software Installation...
  • Page 16 Powerline Network Adapter www.phicomm.com 8. Then it will automatically install the Phicomm PLC utility. Click Next. 9. Choose I Agree and click Next. Chapter 5: Software Installation...
  • Page 17 Powerline Network Adapter www.phicomm.com 10. Choose the installation location folder and click Next. 11. Click Next again to continue the installation. Chapter 5: Software Installation...
  • Page 18 Note：After the successful installation you can manage the PLC devices with the Phicomm PLC utility. If you still can not run the Phicomm PLC utility, please first uninstall the Phicomm PLC utility and WinPcap from control panel, then run the dotNetFx35setup.exe, finally install the Phicomm PLC utility and WinPcap from the beginning.

  • Page 19: Chapter 6: Phicomm Plc Utility

    Powerline Network Adapter www.phicomm.com Chapter 6: Phicomm PLC Utility Double click Phicomm PLC Utility on your desktop. Main Tag The Main screen provides lists of all HomePlug devices logically connected to the computer when the utility is running. After connecting a HomePlug device to your computer, the utility will autoscan other HomePlug devices in the same network.

  • Page 20: Remote Device (Lower Panel)

    Please find the password of the HomePlug device in the powerline adapter rear panel. The DEK code is the password. Quality: The status of the connection quality will be shown here. Rate (Mbps): Show the current data rate of the HomePlug device. Chapter 6: Phicomm PLC Utility...
  • Page 21 Scan: The button is used to perform an immediate search of the HomePlug devices connected to the powerline network. By default, the utility automatically scans every few seconds and updates the display screen. Chapter 6: Phicomm PLC Utility...

  • Page 22: Privacy

    HomePlug devices whose password has been entered for the same logical network. A dialog window will appear to report the success of this operation. For devices whose password is not entered, this operation will fail and will report a failure message. Chapter 6: Phicomm PLC Utility...

  • Page 23: Diagnostics

    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 Name Device MAC Address Device Password Device Rate Device Network Name Chapter 6: Phicomm PLC Utility...

  • Page 24: About

    Simply plug into a power outlet and do not use a power strip or UPS with the wallmount device. • This is a class B product. In a domestic environment this product may cause radio interference in which case the user may be required to take adequate measures. Chapter 6: Phicomm PLC Utility...

  • Page 25: Chapter 7: Specification

    Powerline Network Adapter www.phicomm.com Chapter 7: Specification Product IEEE 1901 Powerline Backward Compatible with HomePlug AV IEEE802.3 10Base-T Ethernet IEEE802.3u 100Base-TX Fast Ethernet Ethernet IEEE802.3x 10/100Mbps Auto-MDI/MDIX Protocol Support TCP/IP, IGMP, CSMA/CA, QoS Hardware Encryption AES 128-bit (Over the Powerline)

  • Page 26: Appendix A: Troubleshooting

    Powerline Network Adapter www.phicomm.com Appendix A: Troubleshooting 1. The PWR LED does not light up. Make sure that the Powerline Network Adapter is properly plugged into a power socket.  Make sure that the power socket is active (working) by plugging another electric device ...

  • Page 27: Appendix B: Certification

    Powerline Network Adapter www.phicomm.com Appendix B: Certification CE Mark Warning Marking with the above symbol indicates compliance with the essential requirements and other relevant provisions of Directive 2004/108/EC. This is a class B product. In a domestic environment, this product may cause radio interference, in which case the user may be required to take adequate measures.

  • Page 28: Appendix C: Technical Support

    Powerline Network Adapter www.phicomm.com Appendix C: Technical Support Please contact PHICOMM technical support through PHICOMM website: www.phicomm.com Support via E-mail: support@phicomm.com Before you contact technical support, please have the following ready: Model number of the product (e.g. FPA-501)  Hardware version (e.g. Ver.: B1.0) ...
  • Page 29 Shanghai Feixun Communication Co., Ltd. E-mail: support@phicomm.com Website: www.phicomm.com Copyright © 2011 Shanghai Feixun Communication Co., Ltd. All rights reserved.

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