Chapter 7 LEDs and Troubleshooting

Table 12 PLA-400 v2 Lights (continued)

LIGHTS

ICON

COLOR

STATUS

DESCRIPTION

HomePlug

 

Green

On

The PLA-400 v2 detects another powerline adapter.

 

 

 

 

The data transfer rate is greater than 40 Mbps.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amber

 

The PLA-400 v2 detects another powerline adapter.

 

 

 

 

The data transfer rate is between 10~40 Mbps.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Red

 

The PLA-400 v2 detects another powerline adapter.

 

 

 

 

The data transfer rate is between 0~10 Mbps.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Green/

Blinking

The PLA-400 v2 is communicating with another

 

 

Amber/

 

powerline adapter. Data is being transmitted and/or

 

 

Red

 

received.

 

 

 

 

Blinking at the same time as the POWER light indicates

 

 

 

 

an unsuccessful connection if you have used the

 

 

 

 

ENCRYPT button.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Off

The HomePlug port does not detect another powerline

 

 

 

 

adapter.

 

 

 

 

 

ETHERNET

 

Green

On

The ETHERNET port is on and ready and the PLA-400

 

 

 

 

v2 detects a device connected to it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Blinking

The PLA-400 v2 is communicating with a networking

 

 

 

 

device connected to it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Off

The PLA-400 v2 does not detect any devices

 

 

 

 

connected to its ETHERNET port.

 

 

 

 

 

7.1.3 PLA-470/PLA470 v2

The following figure is the front panel of the PLA-470 and PLA-470 v2. Use the lights to determine if the PLA-470 or PLA470 v2 is behaving normally or if there are some problems on your powerline network.

Figure 46 PLA-470 and PLA-470 v2 Lights

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