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1. Figure 16 Encryption Tab Window This Encryption window is used to set or change the network password on a remote device identified by its DAK password Clicking the Set button sets the entered passwords If the DAK password field is left blank then clicking the Set button will set local device with the entered password The Set Encryption for Remote device checkbox should be selected to set the Network Password for the remote device The Push Button controls box includes the Action drop down box that provides a choice of three actions Simple Connect Randomize and AVLN Status signaled to the device when the Simulate Button Push button is pressed Additionally two configuration parameters are exposed in the PIB Controls sub group box INTELLON CONFIDENTIAL 27 25004106 Revision 1 INTELLON HOMEPLUG AV DM USER S GUIDE 3 12 Diagnostics Tab Event Log Intellon AV Device Manager File View Device Help aul al ge e 3Com EtherLink 10 100 PCI For Complete PC Management NIC 3C905C TX Selected Device O0 bO 52 dada23 L Configuration Link Information QoS Network Information Interface Configuration Connection Information Bridge Information Encryption LED Manager Debug Message Viewer Diagnostics Diagnostics watchdog Check Point Diagnostics File Directory eel Create Report SE Connected 9 INTE000 MAC Address 00 b0 52 da da 23 SDRAM B4MB INTBDDO MAC 3 3
2. 00 MAC Address 00 b0 52 da da 23 SDRAM B4MB INTGODO M C 3 3 3348 00 2750 20080718 FINAL A Figure 15 Bridge Information Tab 3 10 1 Select Station The Select Station group is used to identify the MAC address of the device that Bridging Information should be displayed A list of MAC address that the device is bridging for is displayed on the right under the Bridged MAC Address list The device s Local TEI and number of Bridged Destinations are shown on the left of the screen below the Refresh button Pressing the Refresh button can be used to update the display INTELLON CONFIDENTIAL 26 25004106 Revision 1 INTELLON HOMEPLUG AV DM USER S GUIDE 3 11 Encryption Tab Configuration Window EE Intellon AV Device File View Device Help Een e ex s Cn 0 e EE 3Com EtherLink 10 100 PCI For Complete PC Management NIC 3C305C TX Selected Device 00 b0 52 da da 23 L v Configuration Link Information QoS Network Information Interface Configuration Connection Information Bridge Information Encryption LED Manager Network Key to be Set Remote Device Access Key Network Password Set Encryption for Remote Device DAK Password Push Button PIB Controls Action ES Member of AVLN Sim aome conent Simple Connect Timeout 125 Seconds AVLN Status Connected lt INT6000 MAC Address 00 b0 52 da da 23 SDRAM 64MB INT6000 MAC 3 3 3348 00 2750 20080718 FINAL A
3. 501 0323 Fax 416 217 0459 Fax FoundingiMember 407 238 2850 Fax 2008 Intellon Corporation The information contained in this document is provided AS IS Intellon reserves the right to make changes to this document and to any products without notice INTELLON MAKES NO WARRANTY REPRESENTATION OR GUARANTEE OF ANY KIND EXPRESS OR IMPLIED INCLUDING REGARDING THE CAPABILITY PERFORMANCE OR SUITABILITY OF ITS PRODUCTS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE INTELLON ASSUMES NO RESPONSIBILITY OR LIABILITY ARISING OUT OF THE APPLICATION THE USE OF ANY PRODUCT THE USE OF ANY INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS DOCUMENT OR FOR ANY INFRINGEMENT OF PATENTS OR OTHER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS OWNED BY THIRD PARTIES INTELLON SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL LIABILITY INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES CERTAIN APPLICATIONS OR EQUIPMENT MAY BE SUBJECT TO REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS INTELLON DISCLAIMS AND MAKES NO GUARANTEE OR WARRANTY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED THAT A PRODUCT WILL COMPLY WITH ANY SUCH REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS INCLUSION OF INTELLON PRODUCTS IN ANY SUCH APPLICATIONS OR EQUIPMENT IS UNDERSTOOD TO BE FULLY AT CUSTOMER S RISK AND RESPONSIBILITY TO ENSURE THAT ALL NECESSARY REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS ARE MET INTELLON PRODUCTS ARE NOT DESIGNED INTENDED OR AUTHORIZED FOR ANY APPLICATION IN WHICH THE FAILURE OF THE INTELLON PRODUCT COULD CREATE A SITUATION WHERE PERSONAL INJURY OR DEATH MAY OCCUR SHOULD CUSTOMER PURCHASE OR USE INTEL
4. Network Information Tab Operation Analysis Window E Intellon AV Device File View Device 3Com EtherLink 10 100 PCI For Complete PC Management NIC 3C905C TX Selected Device 00 b0 52 da da 23 L Configuration Link Information QoS Network Information Interface Configuration Connection Information Bridge Information Encryption LED Manager CCo Information MAC Address 00b052000128 TEI o0 82e3abd4e24407 SNID AB Selected ST Information MAC Address 00 b0 52 da da 23 02 Topology PHY Rate TEI MAC Address Bridged MAC Address TX Coded Raw Mbps Rx Coded Raw Mbps 01 00 0 52 00 01 28 00 0 13 55 92 145 190 57 74 eR Connected X INTBODO MAC Address 00 b0 52 da da 23 SDRAM 64MB INTBODO MAC 3 3 3348 00 2750 20080718 FINAL A Figure 12 Network Information Tab Window This window is an Operation Analysis window that reveals Network information in three categories CCo Information Connected STA Information and Topology 3 1 Central Coordinator CCo Information The CCo Information group reveals the MAC address and TEI of the CCo in the network In addition it shows the Network ID NID and Sub Network ID which are HomePlug AV logical network identifiers 3 7 2 Selected Station STA Information The Selected STA Information group shows the MAC Address and TEI for the station upon which the DM is running 3 7 3 Topolo
5. AV DM USER S GUIDE Appendix A INT6X00 Amplitude Map Modification Windowed OFDM is used in the PHY layer as the analog medium interface The HomePlug AV occupied spectrum extends from approximately 1 8 MHz to 30 MHz and is divided into 1155 separately modulated carriers tones Not all carriers are used The active number of carriers is fixed at 917 according to the HomePlug AV specification The amplitude of each active carrier is established through hexadecimal values listed in a document named prescaler txt This file is referred to as the Amplitude Map and contains two columns of numbers Tone Index Column The first left hand column is the tone index a list of all 1155 tones in decimal numerical order The actual frequency of any tone can be determined as follows Frequency MHz Tone Index 74 40 96 Examples Tone Index 0 and frequency 1 806MHz Tone Index 1154 and frequency 29 98MHz Prescale Value Column The second column is the assigned amplitude or prescale value expressed in hexadecimal The amplitude of a carrier tone is set or changed by entering an hexadecimal prescale value next to the tone index number with one space separation The hexadecimal value is derived from the desired amplitude level in decibels according to this formula Decibels 20 log prescale value 256 Resolve this formula for the prescale value Prescale value 256 Inverse log Decibels 20 The prescale va
6. Device Manager File View Device Help gt S S tn e 3Com EtherLink 10 100 PCI For Complete PC Management 3 05 Selected Device 00 b0 52 da da 23 L 3Com EtherLink 10 100 PCI For Complete PC Management NIC 3C905C TX 3Com EtherLink 10 100 PCI For Complete PC Management NIC 3C905C TX 3 Realtek RTL8 110 Family Gigabit Ethernet NIC Broadcom Netxtreme 57xx Gigabit Controller Connection Information Bridge Information Encryption LED Manager Debug Message Viewer Diagnostics Browse Write SFLD Browse Save Device Personalization Prescaler File MAC Address fon b0 52 da da 23 Network Password User HFID Intellon Enabled Product MDU Configuration Enable MDU Communication Medium Force Commit Disable Host Action SE Connected m 00 MAC Address 00 0 52 23 SDRAM 64MB INTBOO0 MAC 3 3 3348 00 2750 20080718 FINAL A Figure 4 Viewing and Selecting a Network Interface Card INTELLON CONFIDENTIAL 25004106 Revision 1 INTELLON HOMEPLUG AV DM USER S GUIDE 8 Intellon AV Device Manager GETE Device Help v Device Configuration Tab v Link Information Tab GE wi e rdi plete PC Management NIC 3C905C TX Selected Device 00 b0 52 da da 23 L QOS Tab v Debug Message Tab v Connection Tab v Bridge Information Tab v Encryption Tab Browse Write SFLD Diagnostics Tab ESTE w L
7. INT6000 MAC 3 3 3348 00 2750 20080718 FINAL A Figure 14 Connection Information Tab Window The Connection Information window is used to acquire statistics for both transmit and receive operations in the local or remote network 3 9 1 Connection Select The Connection Select group is used to identify the type of connection TDMA or CSMA before statistics are acquired The TDMA radio button is grayed out because it is not supported in this version of the Device Manager When CSMA is selected the Destination Address DA drop down menu may be used to select ALL devices or specific devices in the network In addition Channel Access CA priority can be defined using the second drop down menu The DM allows only certain valid combinations that can be selected by the user The following table describes the combinations INTELLON CONFIDENTIAL 24 25004106 Revision 1 INTELLON HOMEPLUG AV DM USER S GUIDE Device Selection Destination Address DA Channel Access priority Allowed Local device All All Yes Local device Remote device All Yes Local device Remote device CAO or CA1 or CA2 or Yes Local device Local device Any No Remote device All All Yes Remote device Local device All Yes Remote device Local device CAO or CA1 or CA2 or Yes Remote device Remote device Any No 3 9 2 Transmission and Reception Statistics The Transmission and Reception Statistics groups return operatio
8. Installer is not already installed simply run Setup exe which will install the Windows Installer first and then proceed with the Device Manager installation 7 Touse the installer with a previously installed Device Manager will require removing the pre existing Device Manager through the Add or Remove Programs facility with Windows Files in the repository directory can be moved to backup directories to manage multiple versions 8 Launch the Device Manager If it fails to launch the probable cause is that NET 1 1 redistributable is not installed NET Framework 1 1 Redistributable is freely downloadable from http www microsoft com downloads results aspx pocld amp freetext NET redistributable amp DisplayLang en 9 The installation is now complete PON INTELLON CONFIDENTIAL 6 25004106 Revision 1 INTELLON HOMEPLUG AV DM USER S GUIDE 3 2 Common Features of Tabbed Windows 3 2 1 Icon Tool Bar The Device Manager graphical user interface is shown in Figure 3 Note that the tool bar has icons to visually indicate the operation performed A textual Tool Tip function has been added to supplement the graphical indication with a textual description of a tool buttons functionality The tool tip function is invoked by hovering the mouse over a specific tool bar button for a few moments The Tool Bar is visible and operational from all functional tabs this makes device operations such as reading or writing a PIB much e
9. LED 1 off LED 2 off Diagnostic no traffic Prev Throughput lt threshold 1 gt LED 1 on LED2 off threshold 1 Prev Throughput threshold 2 gt LED 1 on LED2 on Prev Throughput gt threshold 2 gt LED 1 off LED2 on Diagnostic with traffic Throughput lt threshold 1 gt LED 1 on LED2 off threshold 1 lt Throughput lt threshold 2 gt LED 1 on LED2 on Throughput gt threshold 2 gt LED 1 off LED2 on Operational no traffic LED 1 off LED2 off Operational with traffic Throughput lt threshold 1 gt LED 1 on LED2 off threshold 1 lt Throughput lt threshold 2 gt LED 1 on LED2 on Throughput gt threshold 2 gt LED 1 off LED2 on 1LEDFlashing_Diag Pre diagnostic LED off Diagnostic not associated LED off Diagnostic no traffic Prev Throughput lt threshold 1 gt LED 0 5s On 2 5s Off threshold 1 lt Prev Throughput lt threshold 2 gt LED 2 5s On 0 5s Off Prev Throughput gt threshold 2 gt LED on Diagnostic with traffic Throughput lt threshold 1 gt LED 0 5s On 2 5s Off threshold 1 lt Throughput lt threshold 2 gt LED 2 5s On 0 5s Off Throughput gt threshold 2 gt LED on Operational Throughput lt threshold 1 gt LED off threshold 1 lt Throughput gt LED on 2LEDStatic_NoDiag Throughput lt threshold 1 gt LED 1 on LED2 off threshold 1 lt Throughput lt threshold 2 gt LED 1 off LED2 on Throughput gt thres
10. of the activity Avg Available Margin in the Statistics group box only has relevance in the receive context INTELLON CONFIDENTIAL 15 25004106 Revision 1 INTELLON HOMEPLUG AV DM USER S GUIDE 3 5 QoS Tab Configuration Window Intellon AV Device Manager File View Device Help ai ul s sel EtherLink 10 100 PCI For Complete PC Management NIC 3 05 Selected Device O0 bO 52 dada23 L v Configuration Link Information QoS Network Information Interface Configuration Connection Information Bridge Information Encryption LED Manager Dest MAC Address Dest IP Port CAP NOTE DSCP Grouping is done with most significant bits later bits are considered don t Enet D Dest IP Port cares wild cards Assign Priority Using V VLAN Tags Traffic Class Traffic Class Priority TTL Value between 10 and VLAN Tags TOS Bits DSCP CAPO v Add ShowAll 65000 msec MME 300 2000 CAP cap Traffic Class cap cao 2000 caz 300 CAP 1 0 000 CAP 1 2000 300 011 CAP 1 CAP 1 10 CAP 2 CAP 2 2 CAP 3 MME CAP 2 CAP 2 CAP 3 CAP 3 CAP 3 CAP 3 gt gt 300 If both VLAN and Traffic Class are enabled and frame is found that contains both VLAN tags will override Traffic Class IGMP Tx Buffer Allocation Based
11. on Priority Override defaults Disable Ti ts f Default CAP Lowest Priority Classification 2 Specie jum IGMP All System Queries and Higher 2 Unicast Group Membership Interval and Higher se IGMP managed Multicast Stream Iv Forward unknown Streams rr Reports To Non Querier Host CA2 and Higher Ignore T bit in GrouplD Enable Priority Threshold Multicast Broadcast Connected lt INT6000 MAC Address 00 b0 52 da da 23 SDRAM 64MB INT6000 MAC 3 3 3348 00 2750 20080718 FINAL A Figure 10 QoS Tab Window QoS requirements are different for various data types such as streaming video or music voice and raw data To provide higher QoS for streaming data priority levels can be set using tags at the beginning of data frames Virtual Local Area Network VLAN 802 1p priority tags on Ethernet frames are used to specify 8 0 7 levels of user priority HomePlug AV powerline allows for 4 levels of Channel Access Priority CAP 0 3 Therefore the 8 levels of VLAN Ethernet tags must be mapped to the 4 levels of CAP priority where CAP 3 is the highest priority and CAP 0 is the lowest CAP 3 priority might be used for voice and network management frames CAP 2 is used for streaming video and music while CAP 1 and CAP are used for data Mapping VLAN tags or TOS bits to CAP levels is easily done using the VLAN Priority Mapping function on the QoS tab window 3 5 1 L
12. on the fields below in the panel INTELLON CONFIDENTIAL 22 25004106 Revision 1 INTELLON HOMEPLUG AV DM USER S GUIDE The maximum allowed frames per second Fps is 37500 and the minimum is 2000 The default value is set to the maximum 37500 Fps Running a TCP test using the maximum packet size 1514 bytes between two nodes under clean line conditions shows the following results e 37500 Fps 54 3 Mbps e 4000 Fps 42 6 Mbps e 2000 Fps 21 9 Mbps These values are provided for reference only and results may vary depending on the test platform used INTELLON CONFIDENTIAL 23 25004106 Revision 1 INTELLON HOMEPLUG AV DM USER S GUIDE 3 9 Connection Information Tab Operation Analysis Window EE Intellon AV Device Manager File View Device Help au s n 3Com EtherLink 10 100 PCI For Complete PC Management 3 05 Selected Device O0 b0 52 dada23 L v Configuration Link Information 005 Network Information Interface Configuration Connection Information Bridge Information Encryption LED Manager Connection Select al LID CSMA 8 m Y CA Priority Transmission Statistics Reception Statistics MPDUsAck d 38 MPDUsRevd 12044 MPDUsColide 1 MPDUsFailed 0 MPDUsFaled Q0 All priority from OD b0 52 da da 23 L for its connection with All Disable Stats Clear Statistics Connected 000 MAC Address 00 b0 52 da da 23 SDRAM 64MB
13. 3348 00 2750 20080718 FINAL A Figure 17 Diagnostics Event Log Report 3 12 1 Three Sub tabs Diagnostics This tab allows the user to select a directory to be used as a repository for retrieved reports Watchdog This tab displays the Watchdog component of the report Check Point This tab displays the Check Point component of the report Note The use of the Diagnostic tabs should be used in conjunction with Intellon field application engineers INTELLON CONFIDENTIAL 28 25004106 Revision 1 INTELLON HOMEPLUG AV DM USER S GUIDE 3 13 LED Manager Tab Configuration Window E Intellon AV Device Manager File View Device Help BE 3Com EtherLink 10 100 PCI For Complete PC Management NIC 3C805C TX Selected Device 00b0 52dada23 L Configuration Link Information 005 Network Information Interface Configuration Connection Information Bridge Information Encryption LED Manager GPIO Control ntellon Default GPIO Reference Desian GPIO Custom GPIO Value GPIO Power Power Default yi v Enana Ethemet Activity Flashing ll J z Ethemet Link Ethemet Link Static zl Status Throughput Disabled Throughput2 Disabled E s hreshold 1 Rate whe dt w Powerline Local amp VLN Activity Em Threshold oded ate where LED turns YELLO Activity po Powerline Link Associated and assumed Multi v r Us Status 1 0 Hom
14. ED Manager Tab Device Personalization MAC Address 00 b0 52 da da 23 Network Password User HFID Intellon Enabled Product Network Information Interface Configuration Connection Information Bridge Information Encryption LED Manager Debug Message Viewer MDU Configuration Enable MDU ation Medium C Force Commit Disable Host Action Connected QP 6000 Address O0 b0 52 da da 23 SDRAM 64MB INT6000 MAC 3 3 3348 00 2750 20080718 FINALA Figure 5 Selecting Viewable Tabs Functional Tabs can be selectively enabled or disable by checking or un checking the Tab name on the View Drop Down Menu INTELLON CONFIDENTIAL 9 25004106 Revision 1 INTELLON HOMEPLUG AV DM USER S GUIDE 3 2 3 Drop down Menus The Device Manager s drop down menus are just above the icon bar and open as illustrated in Figure 5 and Figure 6 3 2 3 1 View Drop down Menu The View drop down menu enables selective hiding of functional tabs from view This simplifies the visual layout and reduces key strokes required by eliminating unused tab s from view 3 2 3 2 Device Drop down Menu The Device Drop down Menu provides an alternate method for accessing Device Operations such as reading a PIB writing a PIB Loading Firmware or resetting a device 3 2 3 3 Help Drop down Menu From the Help menu a user can access the About sub menu which displays a dialog indicating the Product Name and ver
15. IB and FW versions See following description of the Upgrade behavior The upgrade functionality provides the user with a simple means to migrate back and forth between firmware versions Clicking on the Load FW button will first read the PIB running on the device An abbreviated set of personality attributes will be retained which includes MAC address NMK and DAK The user is prompted to select a new PIB with the appearance of a browse window The selected PIB will be modified with the retained personality information previously read from the running device The user must next select the new firmware with the appearance of a browse window The selected PIB will establish a version for which this selected firmware must match in terms of PIB compatibility Warning configuration information exclusive of the abbreviated set of personality information will not migrate to the new PIB The new PIB and firmware will be downloaded to the device and committed The device will reset and the new firmware should start running as evidenced by the version string textbox at the bottom center of the form 3 3 6 PIB File Group Box e Open PIB File group Clicking on this button opens the PIB file and displays its variable values so they can be examined and modified Clicking on the Open button causes a File Open dialog to appear After a file is selected that file is opened validated for conformance with the Device Manager s format and all PIB variables in th
16. Image File are downloaded to the NVRAM along with the contents of the PIB 3 3 7 Low Power Features Configuration e Device Role STA CCO Backup CCO Only go into lower power state if this field is checked AND you are a STA CCO and or Backup CCO e Power LED Duty Cycle Percent of time when LED is on for the blink period when in low power mode e Power LED Blink when in low power mode If checked the power LED will blink in low power mode If not checked power LED will remain on e Power LED On Period Length of blink period of power LED when in Low Power mode e Link Up Down Timer Time before Low Power Mode Count down timer after the Ethernet link goes down before low power mode is enabled e Link Up Down Timer Time before Device Reset Countdown timer after the Ethernet link is restored before the device wakes back up INTELLON CONFIDENTIAL 14 25004106 Revision 1 INTELLON HOMEPLUG AV DM USER S GUIDE 3 4 Link Information Tab Operation Analysis Window Intellon AV Device Manager File View Device Help asaul slata 3Com EtherLink 10 100 PCI For Complete PC Management NIC 3C905C Tx Selected Device O0 bO 52 dada23 L v Configuration Link Information QoS Network Information Interface Configuration Connection Information Bridge Information Encryption LED Manager Link Characteristics Ethernet Controls Source Address 00 b0 52 da da 23 HE Source Speed Destination Sp
17. LON PRODUCTS FOR ANY SUCH UNINTENDED OR UNAUTHORIZED APPLICATION CUSTOMER SHALL INDEMNIFY AND HOLD INTELLON AND ITS OFFICERS EMPLOYEES SUBSIDIARIES AFFILIATES AND DISTRIBUTORS HARMLESS AGAINST ALL CLAIMS COSTS DAMAGES AND EXPENSES AND REASONABLE ATTORNEY FEES ARISING OUT OF DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ANY CLAIM OF PERSONAL INJURY OR DEATH ASSOCIATED WITH SUCH UNINTENDED OR UNAUTHORIZED USE Neither the supply of information or purchase of product or service conveys any license either express or implied under patents or other intellectual property rights owned by Intellon or licensed from third parties by Intellon All products are sold and services provided subject to Intellon s standard terms and conditions of sale which are available on request Intellon and No New Wires are registered trademarks of Intellon Corporation HomePlug is a registered trademark of the HomePlug Power line Alliance All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners INTELLON CONFIDENTIAL 35 25004106 Revision 1
18. U Configuration is used to enable and specify the special MDU functionality Checking the Enable MDU checkbox will expose the Master and Slave radio buttons providing a toggle choice This enables the user to configure the CCo as a Master and all STAs as slaves which means that the Slaves can no longer communicate with each other they can only communicate with the Master This function must be deliberately enabled by checking the Enable MDU box 3 3 3 1 Managing MAC Addresses The MAC Address is a writable entity To write it you must be working with a PIB that matches the DM s version of the PIB The upgrade process will preserve the running MAC address so modifying the address is generally not needed Running in a flash less environment is an exception When prompted for the PIB with the Bootloader a non default MAC address must be accessible The address is accomplished with either a non default MAC address in the selected PIB or a non default MAC address in the exposed MAC address field Downloading firmware now requires an accompanying PIB WARNING If new firmware encounters an unacceptable PIB upon coming out of reset the MAC Address status bar will display 00 60 52 00 00 03 This creates an unrecoverable scenario NOTE The recommended procedure for upgrading firmware is to use the Load FW button This procedure will automatically first read the running PIB and save the existing MAC address The user will be prom
19. User s Manual For SI engineer Powerline Cable 200M Bridge 1 Cable Powerline Networking Installation 1 1 Simple step to install cable Networking cable P A m Powerline Cable Bridge p Powerline Cable Bridge Step 1 Connect one powerline cable Ethernet adapter to your ADSL or Step 2 Cable modem s Ethernet port Connect to coaxial cable Powerline Cable Bridge Powerline Cable Bridge Step 3 Plug in the second powerline cable Step 4 Ethernet adapter next to your Internet access from coaxial cable PC amp connect the Ethernet ports in your home 1 2 Simple step to install Powerline Networking Powerline Cable Bridge rd Powerline Cable Bridge Step 1 Connect one powerline Ethernet Step 2 adapter to your ADSL or Cable Plug it into the nearest power modem s Ethernet port socket m I Powerline Cable Bridge Step 3 Powerline Cable Bridge Plug in the second Powerline Step 4 Ethernet adapter next to your PC amp Internet access from any power connect the Ethernet ports socket in your home 1 3 Application Block Diagram 1 3 1 Internet ADSL with one computer via power outlet Bridge mode Switch in PL Cable side Ethernet udi xDSL Cable Modem Powerline Cable Bridge Powerline Bridge Ethernet 1 3 2 Online game via power outlet Bridge mode Switch in PL Cable side Ethernet _ xDSL Cable Modem Powerline Cable Bridge Powerline Bridge Ethernet Plays
20. allows for default priority mapping of packets that do not have a VLAN TAG or have VLAN and TOS disabled Settings are available for Unicast directed to a host e IGMP default CAP 3 sets the channel access priority for IGMP frames these are the group management frames not the stream data e Unicast default CAP 1 sets the default channel access priority for Unicast frames not matching any other classification or mapping e IGMP managed Multicast Stream Fixed to CAP 2 sets the default channel access priority for stream data belonging to a snooped IGMP multicast group e Multicast Broadcast sets the default CAP for multicast frames not a snooped group and for broadcast frames After making CAP settings clicking the Write button will commit these along with the values from the Configuration tab to NVRAM on the connected device 3 5 4 Internet Group Management Protocol IGMP Timers IGMP group tables are built by snooping IGMP report join messages that traverse the network In order to age out groups that are not in use the maximum query timer 125 seconds 2 default robustness plus the maximum report expected time in the Query message 10 seconds default is used 260 seconds Routers can generate Group Specific or All Systems queries The IGMP group includes controls to disable aging through the query timeouts Checking the Override Defaults box enables the user to disable the aging of the multicast gr
21. asier since the operator is no longer required to return to the Configuration Tab to execute tool bar operations Intellon AV Device Manager File View Device Help e e ai al sS Bl i el 3Com EtherLink 10 100 PCI For Complete PC Management NIC 3C905C TX Selected Device 00 b0 52 da da 23 L v Configuration Link Information 005 Network Information Interface Configuration Connection Information Bridge Information Encryption LED Manager Device Configuration SoftLoader File Browse Write 5 Browse Save Device Personalization Prescaler File MAC Address 00 50 52 da da 23 Network Password User HFID Intellon Enabled Product MDU Configuration Enable MDU Force Commit Disable Host Action E Connected INTEO00 MAC Address 00 b0 52 da da 23 SDRAM 64MB INT6000 MAC 3 3 3348 00 2750 20080718 FINAL A Figure 3 The Device Manager Default User Interface INTELLON CONFIDENTIAL 25004106 Revision 1 INTELLON HOMEPLUG AV DM USER S GUIDE 3 2 2 NIC Selector As demonstrated in Figure 4 a second tool bar is provided for selection of Network Interface Cards and connected devices The name of the network cards as displayed in the network interface drop down list has been changed to indicate the Windows Friendly Name of the adapter This makes it much easier to select the appropriate network adapter when several NIC are present Intellon AV
22. blishes PHY rate boundaries for the LED color transitions used in conjunction with the throughput The ranges of the two thresholds are mutually exclusive e g the Threshold 1 value forms the lower bound of Threshold 2 and Threshold 2 forms the upper bound of Threshold 1 As such the available range of each track bar is a function of the other s setting Table 1 LED Behaviors LED Events Led Behaviors Meaning Power Disabled The LED event is ignored Default On when there is power Off when there isn t Ethernet Disabled The LED event is ignored Activity n Default Blink if there is Ethernet traffic Ethernet Link Disabled The LED event is ignored Stat xs Default On if there is Ethernet link Off if there isn t Throughput Disabled The LED event is ignored 2LEDFlashing NoDiag Not Associated LED 1 off LED 2 off No traffic Prev Throughput lt threshold 1 gt LED 1 on LED2 off threshold 1 Prev Throughput threshold 2 gt LED 1 on LED2 on Prev Throughput gt threshold 2 gt LED 1 off LED2 on With traffic Throughput lt threshold 1 gt LED 1 blink LED2 off threshold 1 Throughput threshold 2 gt LED 1 blink LED2 blink Throughput gt threshold 2 gt LED 1 off LED2 blink INTELLON CONFIDENTIAL 30 25004106 Revision 1 INTELLON HOMEPLUG AV DM USER S GUIDE 2LEDStatic Diag Pre diagnostic LED 1 off LED 2 off Diagnostic not associated
23. circuit or coaxial cable e Ranges of 200 meters No need new wires for Home networking Deliver the benefits of Ethernet without the wiring expense Send even large files between PCs without long waits e High speed Internet and DVD quality video streaming Fully compliant with IEEE 802 3 IEEE 802 3u Privacy through DES encryption 1 5 Features Use the home s existing Powerline or coaxial cable Support coexist with Powerline 85M or 14M bridges Easy to install Throughout the whole house just use your power circuit to access the Internet or PC network Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing for high data reliability in noisy media conditions Integrated Enhanced Quality of Service QoS features Eight levels of prioritized random access contention free access and segment bursting Up to 200Mbps data rate on Powerline or coaxial cable Provide 128 bit AES Link Encryption with key management for secure Powerline communications e Master Slave mode support coaxial cable link only Up to 252 slaves with 1 master 253 total devices for cable link Up to 4 masters with up to 1008 slaves 1012 total devices in 4 AVLNs for cable link Up to 4096 addressable devices including bridged devices 1 6 Package Contents Powerline Cable 200M Ethernet Bridge unit Utility amp Manual CD Quick Installation Guide e Category 5 cable 1 7 The Front LEDs Powerline 200M Deskto
24. da da23 SDRAM 64MB INT6O00 MAC 3 3 3348 00 2750 20080718 FINAL A Figure 11 Debug Message Viewer Tab When used in conjunction with special debug versions of firmware the Debug Message Viewer Tab displays internal firmware messages which can be helpful for problem troubleshooting To enable message display select the Start button messages are displayed as they are received Each message has a sequential message ID a message received timestamp the MAC Address of the sending station and the actual debug message Debug messages can be quite cryptic but they have contextual meaning that Intellon Firmware Engineers may find helpful when troubleshooting difficult problems When Debug Messages reception is enabled the Start button will change to a Stop button To stop Debug Messages from being displayed click the STOP button The button text will return to Start The clear button clears messages from the message list Note the Debug Message List will grow without bound as long as the message display is enabled started and there is a device sending messages This means that Debug Message Logging is not meant to be enabled indefinitely as eventually the logging will exhaust the systems memory causing undesirable results It is expected that the operator will Stop and Clear message logs prior to exhausting system memory INTELLON CONFIDENTIAL 20 25004106 Revision 1 INTELLON HOMEPLUG AV DM USER S GUIDE 3 7
25. e window are set accordingly e Save PIB File group Clicking on this button saves the modified PIB file Clicking the Save button causes a File Save dialog to appear and will save a copy of the PIB to the user determined file location with the appropriate file type extension e Read Device Configuration group Clicking on this button executes a read operation of the PIB data existing in the INT6000 If the PIB contents from the INT6000 are invalid non existent or the PIB version does not match the runtime version an appropriate PIB Contents MME is returned Based on the returned status the Device Manager will either perform the Set PIB Defaults action or indicate the version mismatch to the user for subsequent MAC FW download If the PIB Contents MME is valid all fields are updated on the appropriate tabbed windows of the DM e Write Device Configuration group Clicking on this button executes a write operation of the PIB data and the firmware in case the Download MAC Firmware and Download PIB file check box is checked to the Flash RAM external to the INT6000 Clicking the Write button causes the existing values contained in the PIB to be sent to the NVRAM using the Download MMEs Checksums are used to validate the integrity of the download process Following download and receipt of an NVRAM Update Complete MME from the INT6000 an appropriate message is displayed to indicate success or failure The contents of the
26. ect firmware The selected firmware file will be downloaded as evidenced with a Downloading firmware status message and subsequent Update firmware successful status message if successful The new firmware will be started the PIB installed and the version string text box should indicate that the firmware is running with the MAC address provided in the PIB Downloading a new PIB or firmware image to the running firmware will stimulate a Host Action request to read one or both modules In general the host makes no assumptions regarding the source of the updates even if the source is itself The Device Manager will read the PIB and or firmware from the device and reset the device When the device comes out of reset the Bootloader will repeat its startup procedure This time the Device Manager will provide the newly read information and prompt the user for missing pieces When the firmware is started and the PIB is installed the changes will take effect Note Flash less environment using the INT6400 IC is not supported Please refer to the embedded Linux Took Kit for details INTELLON CONFIDENTIAL 13 25004106 Revision 1 INTELLON HOMEPLUG AV DM USER S GUIDE 3 3 5 Device Action Toolbar e Reset Device Clicking on this button will force a device reset e Factory Defaults Clicking on this button will restore the factory defaults e Load FW This button provides the user with an option to download firmware to upgrade or downgrade across P
27. eed Peer Address 00 50 52 00 01 28 R x Source Duplex Destination Duplex Rx Stats C Tx Stats Retrieve Controls Statistics Clear Error Statistics Avg Pre FEC Bit Error Rate 1 74 Avg Bits Carrier 3 80 Avg Source PB CRC Error Rate 0 00 Avg SNR Carrier 9 2298 Avg Dest CRC Error Rate 252 Avg Attenuation Carrier 5edB Avg Available Margin 0 00 Avg Dutput Power Carrier 50 00d8 Retrieve Statistics Connected 4 INT6000 MAC Address 00 b0 52 da da 23 SDRAM 64MB INT6000 MAC 3 3 3348 00 2750 20080718 FINAL A Figure 9 Link Information Tab 3 4 1 Link Characteristics Box The context of the link is identified with the Source and Peer Address boxes in the Link Characteristics group box The Source Address defaults to the address of the device selected in the Device Selection box on the lower left of the tab and the Peer Address is selected from a drop down list Receive Rx versus transmit Tx statistics is controlled with the two radio buttons found in the Link Characteristics group box 3 4 2 Ethernet Controls The Ethernet Controls are populated once the Retrieve button is pushed and indicate the PHY settings of both ends of the link 3 4 3 Control and Statistics Groups The members of the Statistics group are populated or cleared based on the radio button selection in the Controls group and the pressing of the Execute button The lower status window provides feedback regarding the processing
28. eplug 1 0 Detect Default v z Threshold 2 Coded PHY Rate where LED tum GREEN Standby Mode In Low Power Mode J Watchdog Log watchdog Log Indicator Indicator Stat Lud Cold Start LED Initialization fA gt Stat Warm Start LED Initialization E E Connected lt Q INT6000 MAC Address 00 b0 52 da da 23 SDRAM 64MB INT6OD0 MAC 3 3 3348 00 2750 20080718 FINAL A Figure 18 LED Manager Tab The LED Manager tab allows the user to configure the LED functionality Refer to Table 1 for more detail The Disable LED Test Lights checkbox disables the LED test lights These configuration elements are conveyed in the PIB and must be written or saved to preserve them 3 13 1 GPIO Control The GPIO Control group provides a choice between either the Intellon Default or Reference Design GPIO settings The Intellon Default GPIO has e Throughput 2 mapped to a value of 5 e HomePlug 1 0 mapped to a value of 10 And the Reference Design GPIO Default has e Throughput 2 mapped to a value of 10 e HomePlug 1 0 mapped to a value of 5 INTELLON CONFIDENTIAL 29 25004106 Revision 1 INTELLON HOMEPLUG AV DM USER S GUIDE 3 13 2 LED Functional Value The LED functional value group offers configuration for the behavior of the LEDs The Powerline is only relevant for certain throughput choices and disabled otherwise 3 13 3 Throughput LED The Throughput LED group esta
29. gy The Topology group shows the TEI MAC Address Bridged MAC Address and the transmit Tx and receive Rx Coded and Raw PHY rates for all nodes on the network other than the local STA The Coded rates exclude FEC bits The Raw rate is the actual channel bit rate The Raw rate is determined by carrier bit loading and the applied HomePlug AV Tone Mask which utilizes 917 carriers out of a possible 1155 If all carriers were to be utilized with maximum bit loading on all 1155 carriers the Raw channel rate would be approximately 250 Mbps With the HomePlug AV Tone Mask applied the maximum Raw channel rate is approximately 200 Mbps 198 Mbps maximum actual INTELLON CONFIDENTIAL 21 25004106 Revision 1 INTELLON HOMEPLUG AV DM USER S GUIDE 3 8 Interface Configuration Tab Configuration Window GB Intellon AV Device Manager File View Device Help e cu 0 Sl 28 3Com EtherLink 10 100 PCI For Complete PC Management 3 905 Selected Device ODb052dada23 L Configuration Link Information QoS Network Information Interface Configuration Connection Information Bridge Information Encryption LED Manager Ethernet PCI Override Defaults Override Defaults 9 Host Traffic 7 Auto Negotiation Advertisement Subsys ID Subsys VID HERE tizi Meter Host Traffic T E AutoNegotiate Advertisement 100 Ful 100 Half Max Frame Rate Fps Max Throughput Mb
30. hold 2 gt LED 1 off LED2 blink Powerline Disabled The LED event is ignored Activit iind Local AVLN Non CCo Only For CCo device this LED event is ignored For non CCo device the LED blinks if there is powerline traffic for local AVLN Powerline Disabled The LED event is ignored Link Status L 7 Associated Multimember LED On if the device is associated in a multi member AVLN assumed multiple members at off otherwise For CCo it assumes the AVLN has multiple first members at first INTELLON CONFIDENTIAL 31 25004106 Revision 1 INTELLON HOMEPLUG AV DM USER S GUIDE Authenticated MultiMember LED On if the device is authenticated in a multi member AVLN off otherwise Associated MultiMember LED On if the device is associated in a multi member AVLN off otherwise HP 1 0 Disabled The LED event is ignored Detect xiu HP 1 0 Detect LED blinks if there is HP1 0 traffic Watchdog Disabled The LED event is ignored Log Indicator Em Watchdog log indicator LED blinks for 5s if the watchdog log changes from empty to non empty Cold Start Disabled The LED event is ignored LED init Cold Start LED init All LED s are on for 0 55 at cold startup off otherwise Warm Start Disabled The LED event is ignored LED init Warm Start LED init All LED s are on for 0 5 at cold startup off otherwise INTELLON CONFIDENTIAL 32 25004106 Revision 1 INTELLON HOMEPLUG
31. hould be updated at the same time It is very important to follow this step as failure to do so will result in the device being forced into an isolated network Firmware File Name INT6000 v3 3 4 0 8 A nvm SDRAM Configuration Code PIB Version Code Firmware Version Version String INT6000 MAC 3 3 3348 00 2764 2008 0808 FINAL A SDRAM Configuration Code Major Firmware Version Build Date PIB Version Code Build Number Eng Update Version Figure 8 Firmware and Version Strings To enable download of the PIB to a device the DM will compare the connected device s SW version information to those compatible with the DM s version of the PIB management code Valid combinations will allow the Write functionality to download and commit the PIB to NVRAM Invalid combinations will be reported to the user upon pressing the Write button and the write operation will be cancelled 3 3 2 File Selection Browse buttons are used to locate the Softloader and Prescaler files The Write SFLD button is used to write the softloader file to the device These buttons initiate standard browse windows 3 3 3 Personalization Information The Personalization Information area of the Configuration Tab window allows the configuration of MAC Address Network Password User HFID MDU Master or Slave and Auto upgrade or not The User HFID text box allows the user to create and manage a Human Friendly Identifier HFID of up to 64 characters The MD
32. int GUI Graphical User Interface HLE Higher Layer Entity IGMP Internet Group Management Protocol MAC Medium Access Controller MII Media Independent Interface MME Management Message Entry NEK Network Encryption Key NID Network ID Identification NMK Network Management Key NVRAM Non Volatile Random Access Memory PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect PHY Physical PIB Parameter Information Block SDK Software Development Kit STA Station TDMA Time Division Multiple Access TEI Terminal Equipment Identifier TOS Type Of Service TTL Time To Live VLAN Virtual Local Area Network INTELLON CONFIDENTIAL 34 25004106 Revision 1 INTELLON HOMEPLUG AV DM USER S GUIDE SD STB Hybrid Client Digital pue 1 HomePlug Over Coax VoIP t HomePlug Home STB with PVR Existing ro Security Monitori ecumyvoniorng andCoax Client Power Lines Existing Coax Cabling HomePlug pom v Powerline XDSL Hybrid Media Center PC PLC Coax FTTH with PVR Capability Adapter A anl e Corporate Ocala Office San Jose Office Toronto Office n e on Headquarters 5100 West Silver Springs 1731 Technology Drive 144 Front Street West 5950 Lee Blvd Boulevard Suite 560 Suite 385 NO NEW WIRES Suite 600 Ocala FL 34482 San Jose CA 95110 Toronto Ontario M5J 2L7 HOMEPLUG Orlando FL 32822 352 237 7416 408 501 0320 416 217 0451 po w e R tine Loran 407 238 2800 352 237 7616 Fax 408
33. ist Views The QoS tab includes two list views to provide simple channel access priority CAP classification for individual MAC addresses and IP Ports There is a collective limit of eight across both lists No delimiters colons or dashes are allowed in the MAC address format To write these to the PIB and other QoS related values found on this tab the Download PIB checkbox found on the Configuration tab must be checked before exercising the Write button 3 5 2 Priority Mapping and Priority Thresholds Mapping includes VLAN TOS and DCSP INTELLON CONFIDENTIAL 16 25004106 Revision 1 INTELLON HOMEPLUG AV DM USER S GUIDE The Traffic Class group presents the option to map Channel Access Priority CAP to the classic Internet Protocol IP Type of Service TOS bits or the new Differentiated Services Code Point DSCP values These configuration elements are conveyed in the PIB and must be written or saved to preserve them Checking the Traffic Class checkbox will enable the Traffic Class TOS Bits column TOS and DSCP mapping is mutually exclusive controlled with the radio buttons 3 52 1 DSCP Mapping The DSCP mappings contain a full set of all combinations of 8 bits or 256 individual mappings The management of the DSCP mappings can be configured individually and offers a grouping facility to simplify and condense the presentation The rightmost button toggles between Group and Show for these modes The groupi
34. ity that an MME might not get transmitted due to collisions on the wire Under these conditions increasing the TTL to its maximum of 2 000 msec may resolve this However given that MMEs are always transmitted at the highest priority resolution slot this condition will most likely not be encountered INTELLON CONFIDENTIAL 18 25004106 Revision 1 INTELLON HOMEPLUG AV DM USER S GUIDE 3 5 6 Priority Hierarchy The device allows for multiple concurrent priority selections Table below shows order of the priority that would be used in case there are multiple priority selections Unicast Packets Multicast Packets IP Port IP Port MAC Address VLAN VLAN TOS TOS This means that if IP Port 2525 is assigned to CAP 2 then all other settings for that packet is ignored and that packet is assigned a CAP2 priority for transmission INTELLON CONFIDENTIAL 19 25004106 Revision 1 INTELLON HOMEPLUG AV DM USER S GUIDE 3 6 Debug Message Viewer Operation Analysis Window Intellon AV Device Manager File View Device Help 28 3Com EtherLink 10 100 PCI For Complete PC Management 3C305C TX Selected Device 00 0 52 23 1 Configuration Link Information QoS Network Information Interface Configuration Connection Information Bridge Information Encryption LED Manager Debug Message Viewer Diagnostics Source MAC Address Debug Message SE Connected 9 1 00 MAC Address O0 b0 52
35. lue obtained from the above formula is in decimal form and must be converted to hexadecimal before it is entered into the prescaler txt file Note that the prescale value is a numerical value that represents the tone s amplitude relative to 256 For example a prescale value of 128 decimal indicates that the amplitude is 128 256 a multiplication factor of 0 5 which means the tone s power level is half of the reference level or 6 dB 6 dB below the reference level The maximum decimal range for the prescale value is from 0 to 511 H1FF Examples Table Relative E Hexadecimal Amplitude dB PV 256 511 000001FF 2 6 308 00000134 1 2 1 6 256 00000100 1 0 64 00000040 0 25 12 26 0000001A 0 1 20 1 00000001 0 004 48 0 00000000 0 Off 30 dB Notch A value of 0 turns the tone off with a maximum notch depth of 30 dB due to adjacent tones and noise floor The default tone amplitude map is contained in the PIB Changes to the amplitude map in the prescaler txt file are read and loaded into the PIB by the Device Manager INTELLON CONFIDENTIAL 33 25004106 Revision 1 INTELLON HOMEPLUG AV DM USER S GUIDE Appendix B Acronyms and Abbreviations API Application Programming Interface AVLN HomePlug AV Logical Network CAP Channel Access Priority CCo Central Coordinator CSMA CA Carrier Sense Multiple Access Collision Avoidance DM Device Manager DSCP Differentiated Services Code Po
36. nal data regarding MPDUs and packet data unit handling Results shown in these fields provide valuable connection quality information Transmission Statistics MPDUS Ack d MPDUs sent with SACK received MPDUS Collided MPDUs sent with no SACK received MPDUS Failed MPDUs sent with SACK out of resources received Reception Statistics MPDUs Recvd MPDUS received and acknowledged MPDUs Failed MPDUS not received due to out resources SACK sent The Enable Statistics button is used to acquire the operational data and the Clear Statistics button is used to clear the fields of data The values shown by the Device manager is a cumulative total of the packet data that was collected from the start of either the Enable Statistics button or the Clear Statistics button click INTELLON CONFIDENTIAL 25 25004106 Revision 1 INTELLON HOMEPLUG AV DM USER S GUIDE 3 10 Bridge Information Operation Analysis Window Intellon AV Device Manager File View Device Help aad 2101919 BE 3Com EtherLink 10 100 PCI For Complete PC Management NIC 3C905C TX Selected Device 00 b0 52 da da 23 L v Configuration Link Information QoS Network Information Interface Configuration Connection Information Bridge Information Encryption LED Manager Bridged MAC Address 00 0a 5e 57 fa ca 00 b0 52 da da 23 Select Station 2 Local TEI 1 Number of Bridged Destinations Successful EE Connected lt P 1
37. ng algorithm will bundle sets identified by common leading bit values having the same mapping More specific entries i e having a longer set of common leading bit values may appear after a less specific entry in the group list In so doing the more specific entries override the mapping found in the less specific entry above Mapping entries are added by keying in a set of leading bit values in the textbox found to the right of the DSCP radio button Map a CAP selection with the dropdown box found to the right of the sign then press the Add button The regular expression carrot symbol can optionally be used to start the set of leading bit values as shown in Figure 10 Mapping entries are deleted by adding a less specific entry This action highlights the importance of the sequence in which entries are added Re adding a ess specific entry which appears above one or several more entries will delete all the more specific entries 3 5 2 2 Priority Thresholds The Priority Threshold feature allows the specification of priority queue thresholds also called buffer high water marks in order to control the sharing of buffers between the traffic classes The buffer space is managed according to the specified percentages for CAP 0 CAP 1 CAP 2 and CAP 3 The threshold test is performed immediately after a frame is classified An example will be helpful to explain how the algorithm allocates memory and manages frames being queued fo
38. oups by checking the appropriate disable mechanism When Group Specific query is checked the specific multicast group will not be aged out from the table through the time value for that group When All Systems query is checked then the time value will not be applied to all groups in the table for aging When Group Membership Interval is checked then the timer value for any station s response to a query in a given group will be disabled i e the stream to that station will continue indefinitely 3 5 5 Time To Live TTL Value in MME The TTL Value determines the maximum life span Time To Live of each packet in the buffer of the AV device that will be sent over the powerline subsequently This value can be varied from 10 msec to 65 000 msec which can be mapped to different levels of Channel Access priority traffic The default values used are stored in the PIB file as shown below CAO traffic 2000 msec used for TCP data traffic 1 traffic 2000 msec used for TCP data traffic CA2 traffic 300 msec used for UDP video music traffic CA3 traffic 300 msec used for VoIP traffic MME traffic 300 msec used for HomePlug and Intellon Vendor Specific MMEs Intellon highly recommends that the 300 msec and 2 000 msec default settings not be changed because they are optimized for the above stated traffic Intellon highly recommends that the TTL value for MME be left at 300 msec Under high traffic conditions there is a low probabil
39. p Bridge LINK ETH POWER LED State Description LINK ON Powerline network activity OFF Search or no Powerline network activity ON Ethernet connection is OK ETH Flashing Data transfer OFF No link to Ethernet POWER ON Power on OFF Powerline off or failure 1 8 The Rear Ports e9 s E TH PL Cable Coaxial Cable LAN Connector Description POWER Connect to power cord Coaxial Cable Connect to coaxial cable Be sure in some countries or Europe the coaxial connector is different so user need to buy extra converter to link the device to the internal TV cable not the satellite cable Switch to cable only mode or Powerline Cable mode when switch to cable only the switch Powerline function will be disable When switch to Powerline cable it can enable both so just don t connect to the coaxial cable it can use as Powerline device Router is successfully connected to a device through the corresponding port ESN If the LED is flashing the Router is actively sending or receiving data over that port Secure Button can auto secure and group the Powerline devices X The Europe TV connector is different type like the picture 1 8 1 So user need to have the converter picture 1 8 2 to connect the coaxial cable to the TV cable connector on the wall don t connect the device to the satellite connector it will no
40. ps byte packet Disable TX Flow Control Disable RX Flow Control Throughput Mbps Non AutoNegotiate iv 10 Full 1 10 Hal Flow Control Low Power Mode Device Role Power LED Link Up Down Timer STA Duty Cycle percent Time before Low Power Made sec cco j Time before Device Reset sec Backup CCO Period ms Bandwidth Limiting Phy Address Selection Uplink Limiting Enabled Auto Forward Scan Y Uplink limit plink limit kbps PhyAddress 0 Downlink Limiting Enabled Downlink limit kbps N Connected 9 000 MAC Address 00 b0 52 da da 23 SDRAM INTGDODO MAC 3 3 3348 00 2750 20080718 FINAL Figure 13 Interface Configuration Window 3 8 1 Override Defaults Checkbox The Override Defaults checkbox enables the Flow Control box 3 8 2 Flow Control Box The Disable pause support checkbox is used to disable flow control Flow Control should only be enabled if auto negotiation is enabled 3 8 3 Host Traffic Metering The Host Traffic Metering group is by default unchecked When it is checked on it allows the maximum frames per second Fps for the outbound traffic flow through the Ethernet interface to be set This is a fixed parameter for all packet sizes and CAP levels Based on the number selected in this field the maximum and minimum throughput of the outbound Ethernet interface for 1514 byte and 60 byte packets respectively will be shown
41. pted for a selection of PIB and firmware which will be down loaded to the device including the correct MAC address Status of the transfer and commit stages of the procedure are provided in the status bar on the lower right of the form INTELLON CONFIDENTIAL 12 25004106 Revision 1 INTELLON HOMEPLUG AV DM USER S GUIDE 3 3 4 Configuration Checkboxes 3 3 4 1 Force Commit The user should check this box when they want to force writing the firmware and or PIB to flash in the scenario where the firmware was started from the Bootloader or Softloader 3 3 4 2 Disable Host Action checkbox This provides the user with the option to disable the DM s responsive functionality with respect to the Host Action Indications received from the Bootloader or Softloader See following description of the Host Action Indication behavior Host Action Indication Functionality The Host Action Indication functionality is associated with an unsolicited Host Action MME which is sent to the host from the FW When the Disable Host Action checkbox is not selected the Device Manager will react to the reception of these messages In a flash less environment the ROM based Bootloader will respond to the Device Manager s discovery process The Device Manager will form a connection with the device evidenced with the default MAC address 00 b0 52 00 00 01 and the appearance of Bootloader in the version string textbox found at the bottom middle of the form The Bootloade
42. r transmit e The buffer memory is divided into three segments controlled by different parameters as follows 1 Memory reserved exclusively for receive TotalRXRAM default is 20 2 Memory reserved exclusively for transmit TotalTxRAM default is 15 3 Memory shared between both transmit and receive TotalFreeRAM e Total free memory for transmit is calculated as TotalTxRAM TotalFreeRAM e For the example assume the total free memory for transmit yields 1000 buffers e The memory is allocated as follows using the priority threshold parameters 1 CAP 0 and higher 40 2 CAP 1 and higher 30 3 CAP 2 and higher 20 4 CAP 3 10 Converting these percentages into number of buffers yields the following 1 and higher 400 2 CAP 1 and higher 300 3 CAP 2 and higher 200 4 CAP 3 100 From the above numbers if the TotalTxRAM used is less than 400 CAP 0 will get through If the TotalTxRAM used is greater than 400 even if CAP 0 is not using all of these 400 buffers CAP 0 will not get through Continuing CAP 1 will get through if less than 700 buffers and used and so on The numbers generated by the amount of free RAM and the assigned percentages guarantee that lower priority frames will be dropped if the amount of used RAM reaches the sum of allocated buffers for the lower priorities INTELLON CONFIDENTIAL 17 25004106 Revision 1 INTELLON HOMEPLUG AV DM USER S GUIDE 3 5 3 Default CAP The Default CAP group
43. r will periodically send Host Action Indications to the Device Manager based on its state Initially the Bootloader will ask for SDRAM configuration Based on the user s selection of the SDRAM size which is chosen with the new SDRAM Size drop down one of two SDRAM configuration files will be downloaded to the Bootloader This will happen automatically evidenced by SDRAM Config updated message in the bottom right status box The two configuration files each associated with 16M or 64M SDRAM sizes are provided by Intellon and are part of the Device Manager installation package They are co located with the bundle of Device Manager files placed in the location chosen during installation If these files are lost removed or otherwise not found in the native directory a browse window will pop up to for the user to select the desired file Subsequent to downloading SDRAM configuration the Bootloader will request loader information A browse window for the PIB will first appear The selected PIB will undergo some validation and be downloaded to the device evidenced with a PIB update successful status message WARNING selection of a PIB containing a default MAC address 00 b0 52 00 00 01 will be invalidated and abort the existing session A new session will be invoked with the reception of a subsequent Host Action request for loader information as part of the periodic behavior The Device Manager will next prompt the user with a browse window to sel
44. sion Intellon AV Device View Device Help Open PIB Selected Device 00 b0 52 da da 23 L Configuration Link Information QoS Network Information Interface Configuration Connection Information Bridge Information Encryption LED Manager Device Configuration SoftLoader File Browse Write SFLD Prescaler File Browse Save Device Personalization MAC Address O0 b0 52 da da 23 Network Password User HFID Intellon Enabled Product MDU Configuration Enable MDU Communication Medium Force Commit Disable Host Action BR Connected c INT6000 MAC Address 00 b0 52 da da 23 SDRAM 64MB INT8000 MAC 3 3 3348 00 2764 20080808 FINAL A Figure 6 The File Menu 3 2 4 Status Bar The Application Status Bar displays read only device information relating to the session INTELLON CONFIDENTIAL 10 25004106 Revision 1 INTELLON HOMEPLUG AV DM USER S GUIDE 3 3 Configuration Tab Configuration Window Intellon AV Device Manager File View Device Help asaul S GE 3Com EtherLink 10 100 PCI For Complete PC Management NIC 3C905C TX Selected Device 00 b0 52 dada 23 L Configuration Link Information QoS Network Information Interface Configuration Connection Information Bridge Information Encryption LED Manager Device Configuration SoltLoaderFile Browse White SFLD Prescaler File Browse Save Device Personali
45. t work d In some countries or in Europe use different TV connector for coaxial cable Picture 1 8 1 Use this converter to connect to the coaxial cable and then connect to the TV connector on the wall Picture 1 8 2 10 1 9 The Bottom Port Button Description Reset Push this button can reset to the factory default settings 1 10 System Requirements Ethernet device AC power outlet Cable link Windows system for encryption setup INTELLON HOMEPLUG AV DM USER S GUIDE 3 Device Manager Use 3 1 Device Manager Installation The following describes the installation of the Device Manager software A network card must be installed and enabled before continuing Locate the Device Manager Software folder on the Intellon Customer FTP site Download and unzip the DM software Note the following files e DeviceManagerSetup msi e Setup exe e Setup ini 5 If the Windows Installer is already installed simply run the msi file It will invoke the Windows Installer wizard to walk the user through a few simple steps to install the Device Manager By default an Intellon directory under Program Files will be created to hold the required files for operation The driver files will automatically be installed in the system32 directory A Device Manager DM icon will appear on the desktop as a shortcut for launching the application 6 Ifthe Windows
46. tation XBOX 1 3 3 Internet ADSL and Home Networking via power outlet Bridge mode Switch in PL Cable side Ethernet Edi xDSL Cable Modem ti Powerline Cable Bridge UNIX LINUX hi Ethernet NoteBook Jum Powerline Cable Bridge Amp Print Server 1 3 4 Internet ADSL and Home Networking via coaxial cable Master Slave mode Switch in Cable only e m Powerline Cable Bridge Cable Splitter rd 2 Up Powerline Cable Bridge bed A i I Cable Powerline Cable Bridge Splitter _ _ T ADSL Router Powerline Cable Bridge Powerline 200Mbps Coaxial Cable Ethernet Cable In this case the home Powerline device need to change the Private Network Name to avoid the interference from Cable device due to the default settings is the same Or change the Powerline cable 200M bridge private network name to another name can work well too Scenario When use cable as the network backbone each rooms use powerline device at the same time Please change the Private Network Name of the all powerline devices to another name don t use the default settings Otherwise it will interfere with the operation of the cable devices Powerline Cable 200M Bridge cable only Slave Coaxial Cable Ethernet Cable Powerline 200Mbps Switch set as cable only 1 4 Benefits Data transfers at up to 200 Mbps over the household power
47. zation MAC Address 00 b0 52 da da 23 Network Password User HFID Intellon Enabled Product MDU Configuration Enable MDU Communication Medium c Force Commit Disable Host Action SR Connected lt P 1 6000 MAC Address 00 b0 52 da da 23 SDRAM 64MB INT amp 000 MAC 3 3 3348 00 2750 20080718 FINAL A Figure 7 Configuration Tab Window 3 3 1 Configuration Fields The DM GUI tabbed window labeled Configuration is shown in Figure 7 Areas available for configuration using this window include e File Selection Softloader and Prescaler files e Personalization Information o Address Network Password User HFID MDU Configuration e Configuration Check Boxes e Connected Device Identification Fields provided on this window in the areas listed above allow updating or changing of PIB variables values These changes are made to the locally stored the PIB image in the DM s memory PIB and are not loaded to the NVRAM until the Write PIB Function is selected Note The DM and the firmware contain code that interprets the values of the PIB See below This shared PIB management code has a version number as does the firmware file and the firmware SW version The version codes must match for update Write to occur successfully INTELLON CONFIDENTIAL 11 25004106 Revision 1 INTELLON HOMEPLUG AV DM USER S GUIDE To upgrade a remote device both the PIB and the MAC firmware s

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