Motorola Powerline MU manual Table of Contents

Powerline MU

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1 ABOUT THIS USER GUIDE			8
1.1	Becoming Familiar with This User Guide		8
1.2	Getting Additional Help		9
1.3	Sending Feedback		10
2 OVERVIEW OF POWERLINE MU			11
2.1	Powerline MU Features		12
	2.1.1	Security	12
	2.1.2	Bandwidth Management	13
	2.1.3	Network Operations	13
2.2	Powerline MU Products		14
2.3	Ordering Equipment Plug Types		14
3 Planning the Powerline MU Network			15
3.1	Canopy Wireless		15
3.2	Powerline MU		15
3.3	Connecting the Canopy Network to the Gateway		16
	3.3.1 Ethernet from SM to Gateway		16

3.3.2Ethernet from SM to Powerline MU Hybrid Adapter to Powerline MU Hybrid

Adapter to Gateway 17

3.4 Building Electrical Considerations		17
3.4.1	Main Planning	17
3.4.2 Owners of Electrical Equipment		17
3.4.3	Gateway Location	17

4	Installing Powerline MU			18
	4.1	Two-Phase(Single-Phase) Installation		21
	4.2	Three-Phase Installation		22
		4.2.1	Mass Metered	23
		4.2.2 Using a Panel Extender (multiple electrical panels)		24
		4.2.3	Individually Metered	25
		4.2.4	Multiple Transformer	30
5	Hardware Installation			33
	5.1	Upgrading Firmware		33
	5.2	Equipment Staging		33

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