AirLive HP-2000E User Manual [en, es]
HP-2000E
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AirLive Powerline Configuration Utility
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Introduction
The AirLive Configuration Utility for Windows OS enables the users to identify
HomePlug devices (HP1000E Series & HP2000E Series) on the powerline
network; measures data rate performance, ensures privacy and performs
diagnostics by setting user defined secure powerline networks.
Configuration Utility Setup
Installation of the Utility
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.
In order to install, insert the HP2000E CD-ROM into the computer’s CD-ROM
drive. The Setup utility shall be run automatically. Alternatively this can also
be done manually by double clicking the setup.exe file on the CD.
The CD will launch an installation utility similar to the one shown in Figure 1.
Click the Next button to continue.
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Figure 1: InstallShield Screen
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In order to start the utility, double-click the utility icon. Figure 2 shows the
main screen of the Configuration Utility. The top panel of the screen shot
shows a HomePlug device connected locally to the host computer. The
bottom panel shows four devices connected remotely to the computer
running the utility, which includes HP1000E series and HP2000E Series.
Figure 3 illustrates the scenario where a HP2000E Series device is
connected as a local device to the computer.
Figure 2: Main Screen with HP1000E device Local
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Figure 3: Main Screen with HP2000E device Local
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User Interface
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Main Tab
The Main screen provides a list of all powerline devices logically onnected
to the computer when the utility is running.
The top panel shows all local HomePlug devices connected to the
computer’s 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 4 illustrates the presence of two local devices connected locally to the
computer.
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Figure 4: Multiple Local Device Connection
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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 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. A color distinction in icons is made
between HP1000E Series and HP2000E Series devices. By default, the icon
is always accompanied by a device name.
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 5 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.
A confirmation box will appear if the password was entered correctly. 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.
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Figure 5: Set Device Password
The 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 6. 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 and if
the device was found in the powerline network. If a device was not found, the
user will be notified and suggestions to resolve common problems will be
presented.
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Figure 6: Add Remote Device
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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.
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 every few seconds and updates the
display screen.
A typical screen after naming and supplying passwords might appear as in
Figure 7.
Figure 7: Main Screen of the Configuration Utility
Privacy Tab
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 8.
All HomePlug devices are shipped using a default logical network (network
name), which is normally “HomePlug”. The Privacy dialog screen allows
user to change to a private network by changing the network name
(network password) of devices.
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The user can always reset to the HomePlug network (Public) by entering
“HomePlug” as the network name or by clicking on the Use Default button.
Note: Changing the network name to anything other than HomePlug will show
the network type on the main screen as Private.
Figure 8: 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 password’s
were not entered, this operation will fail and will report a failure message.
Diagnostics Tab
The Diagnostics screen shows System information and a history of all remote
devices seen over a period of time. The appearance is shown in Figure 9.
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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 (HP2000E Series Only devices)
MAC Firmware Version (HP2000E Series Only devices)
MAC addresses of all devices connected locally to the host
Version of the Configuration Utility
Vendor name
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
active 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:
Figure 9: Diagnostics Screen
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