7

LEDs and Troubleshooting

This chapter describes the behavior of the LEDs (lights) and offers some suggestions to solve problems you might encounter.

7.1 LEDs

The following sections describes the lights on the PLA-400, PLA-400 v2 and PLA-402, the PLA-401, PLA401 v2 and the PLA-470.

7.1.1 PLA-401/PLA401 v2

The following figure is the front panel of the PLA-401. Use the lights to determine if the PLA- 4xx is behaving normally or if there are some problems on your powerline network.

Figure 44 PLA-401 Lights

The following table describes the behavior of the lights on the PLA-401.

Table 9 PLA-401 Lights

LIGHT

ICON

STATUS

DESCRIPTION

POWER

 

 

On

The PLA-401 is on and receiving power.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Off

The PLA-401 is not receiving power.

 

 

 

 

 

HomePlug

 

 

On

The PLA-400/402 detects another powerline adapter.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Blinking

The PLA-401 is communicating with another powerline adapter.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Off

The PLA-400/402 is not detecting another powerline adapter.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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