Rosewill RPLC-200P User Manual
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RPLC-200P
User Manual
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Contents
PACKAGE CONTENTS .................................................................................. 3
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION TO HARDWARE ............................................ 4
1.1 EXPANDING YOUR NETWORK WITH RPLC-200P.......................................... 4
1.2 KEY FEATURES ......................................................................................... 4
1.3 APPLICATION ............................................................................................ 5
1.4 SYSTEM REQUIREMENT ............................................................................. 6
1.5 HARDWARE DIAGRAM OF RPLC-200P ....................................................... 7
1.5.1 LED .................................................................................................. 7
1.5.2 Powerline Adapter‟s Button and Connector ....................................... 8
CHAPTER 2 INTRODUCTION TO UTILITY ................................................... 9
2.1 UTILITY INSTALLATION ............................................................................... 9
2.2 UTILITY INTRODUCTION ........................................................................... 12
2.2.1 Main Tab ......................................................................................... 12
2.2.2 Privacy Tab ..................................................................................... 15
2.2.3 Diagnostics Tab .............................................................................. 16
2.2.4 About Tab ....................................................................................... 18
CHAPTER 3 FORMING A POWERLINE (HOMEPLUG AV) NETWORK ..... 19
3.1 USING THE SECURITY PUSHBUTTON ......................................................... 19
3.2 USING THE UTILITY ................................................................................. 19
CHAPTER 4 JOINING A NETWORK ............................................................ 22
4.1 USING THE SECURITY PUSHBUTTON ......................................................... 22
4.2 USING THE UTILITY ................................................................................. 23
APPENDIX A: IMPROVING THE TRANSMISSION QUALITY ..................... 24
APPENDIX B: SPECIFICATIONS ................................................................. 25
APPENDIX C: ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS ................................... 27
APPENDIX D: RPLC-200P QOS SUPPORT ................................ ................ 28
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Package Contents
The following items should be found in your package:
2x Rosewill RPLC-200P Premium 200Mbps Powerline AC Pass-Through AV+
Adapter
2x RJ45 Ethernet Cable
1x Quick Installation Guide
1x Resource CD for RPLC-200P, including:
Rosewill Powerline Utility
Quick Installation Guide
User Guide
Note:
Make sure that the package contains the above items. If any of the listed items are damaged or
missing, please contact with your distributor.
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Chapter 1 Introduction to Hardware
Thank you for purchasing Rosewill‟s RPLC-200P Premium 200mbps Powerline AC
Pass-Through AV+ Adapter. The RPLC-200P adapter can transmit data at least 30%
above regular 200mbps Powerline adapter via household‟s power outlet.
RPLC-200P helps you to easy establish a high-speed network that supports HD
video, voice, and data without wiring and drilling. It is suitable for using in a wide
range of both residential (at home) and commercial (offices, apartments, hotels,
warehouses) network applications.
1.1 Expanding your Network with RPLC-200P
The RPLC-200P plugs into an power outlet to extend cable or DSL modem
connection or your current Ethernet Network to almost any power outlet in your
home with any new cabling.* Devices can securely communicate with each other via
the 128-bit Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) through RPLC-200P at a high
speed transfer rate of 200Mbps and at 10/100mbps LAN support.
Note:
Powerline Technology has certain limitations.
1. To ensure the best performance for Powerline Data transmission, we recommended to use
under one power circuit and without uses via power strip or extension block.
2. Performance may be decreased under different circuits but within one Electricity Meter due
to the drop-off via hardware.
1.2 Key Features
500Mbps Peak PHY Rate
RPLC-200KIT provides sufficient bandwidth to fulfill demanding applications
such as online gaming and HD media streaming, and etc. Built-in Noise filter
can help to reduce power interference and enhances data transmission
quality.
Plug and Play with Quick and Easy Installation
Installation requires no new wiring
Every power socket becomes a connection node in the household.
RPLC-200P supports connection for a total of 16 nodes.
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Plug-and-play to your routers, computers and other network devices.
Enjoy Stable HD Videos and Gaming
With a pair of plug-and-play RPLC-200P installed, you can easily extend
your home network through any electrical outlet for Internet access by
HDTVs, Blu-ray™ players, DVRs, PCs and game consoles.
QoS Management Enhances Streaming Quality
RPLC-200P supports a fixed 4-level type QoS and 8-level VLAN priority
fields which automatically improves the streaming quality
Green Feature for Power saving mode
RPLC-200P will detect signals when there is no signal transmit, it will
automatically enters Power Saving mode which saves near 80% of the
energy consumption.
Extra Power Outlet for more Convenience
RPLC-200P enables users to access both network connection and power
supply to multiple electrical devices with AC pass-through design. You can
easily access to internet via powerline without sacrifice your current power
outlets.
1.3 Application
Shared broadband internet access
Higher data rate broadband sharing for power line LAN
Backbone for Wireless and Wireless Extender
TV over IP (IPTV) and Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP)
High Definition (HD) and Standard Definition (SD) video distribution
Video surveillance
Online Gaming
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1.4 System Requirement
If need to use Powerline Utility: Operating system: Windows 98SE, 2000, ME,
XP 32/64 bit, Vista 32/64bit, and Win7 32/64 bit otherwise, no OS require
CPU: Intel Pentium III or better, clock rate faster than 2.0GHz recommended
RAM: At least 128MB
Screen resolution: Any resolution
Free disk space: At least 20MB
Network interface: At least one Fast Ethernet (100 Mbps) network card, and a
Ethernet Cable.
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LED
Color
Behavior
Description
(Power)
Green
On
System runs normally.
Green
Blink
System is resetting.
System is in the process of
password synchronization.
System is in Power Saving mode
1.5 Hardware Diagram of RPLC-200P
1.5.1 LED
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Off
The PLC adapter is powered off.
(Ethernet)
Green
On
Ethernet connection has established.
Blink
Data is being transmitted.
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Off
No Ethernet connection.
(Data)
Green/Orange/Red
On
The PLC adapter has connected to the
powerline network. The Data LED color
may vary according to the Data
Transmit Quality.
Green: Data Transmit Quality Excellent
Orange: Data Transmit Quality Average
Red: Data Transmit Quality Poor
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Off
The PLC adapter does not connect to
the powerline network.
1.5.2 Powerline Adapter’s Button and Connector
Reset/Security:
Reset: Pressing and holding the Button for between 10 seconds and 15
seconds makes the adapter restore the factory default settings.
Security: Pressing and holding the button for less than 3 seconds makes the
adapter a member of the existing Powerline Network.
Ethernet Port (RJ45 Port): The Ethernet port connects to an Ethernet network
cable. The other end of the cable connects to your computer or other
Ethernet-enabled network device.
Connecting to the router/modem: Insert One end of the RJ45 Cable (Recommend
using Cat 5E cable or above for Gigabit Network environment) to this port, and the
other end to the router or modem. Then plug into the electrical outlet.
Connecting to PC / Smart TV / NB / Blu-ray Player / Media Player / IP Phone:
Insert One end of the RJ45 Cable (Recommend using Cat 5E cable or above) to this
port, and the other end to the other devices. Then plug into the electrical outlet.
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Chapter 2 Introduction to Utility
Note:
Before installing the PLC utility software, make sure that there is no any other powerline utility
installed on your computer. If there is another utility installed, please uninstall it and restart your
computer.
2.1 Utility Installation
Please follow the steps below to install the utility.
1. Please insert the utility CD into the computer‟s CD-ROM drive. Select the Utility
Installation from the Wizard Page.
2. The window for installing the utility software will display. Click Next to continue.
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