Trendnet TPL-101U, TPL-102E User Manual

INTRODUCTION

The Encryption Management Utility for PLC products enables the user to find PLC devices on
the powerline network, measure data rate performance and ensure privacy by setting a user
defined network private password. This utility gives you the capability to set up a network
password on the local device connected to the computer where the utility is running. It gives you
as well, through the advanced option, the capability to set up a network password remotely on
other PLC devices through the power line.

It is recommended that the same PC chosen for initial execution of this utility remain the PC of
choice for subsequent network encryption updates. Network setup information is stored on the
PC and is used to facilitate follow-on network encryption sessions.

Before running this utility, make sure that a PLC device is properly installed and connected to
your computer.

RUNNING THE UTILITY

To run the utility, double click the PLC Configuration Utility icon on your desktop.
The wizard has five different dialog screens options accessible through the following tabs:

Device, Network, Security, Advanced and About. In the coming sections, we will explain the
purpose and the functionality of each of them.

NB: As a general rule that applies to dialog screens, pressing:
The OK and Cancel buttons means “exit utility ”

Device dialog screen

The Device dialog screen provides a list of your PLC devices connected to the computer where
the utility is running and average data rate performance of your powerline network.

Initially, the wizard starts the Device dialog screen.

Figure 1 Initial screen when wizard is started

A screen similar to Figure 1 appears. A progress bar indicates that the wizard is analyzing the
powerline network.

Once the analysis is done, a screen similar to Figure 2 appears.
In the text list box, it reports back all PLC device found that are locally connected to the computer

where the utility is running.
In most cases, one device only is listed.
In case you have more, click on one of them and hit Connect. Make sure that the State box

indicates that your PC is connected to the same device. Now you are ready to manage the
powerline network connected to this device, ensure its privacy and measure its data rate
performance.

Press Refresh button to refresh the search of the powerline devices connected to your
computer.

The progress bar will change into a status bar indicating the network average data rate.

Figure 2 Device Dialog screen