Chapter 7 LEDs and Troubleshooting

7.1.2 PLA-400/400 v2/402 v2

The following figure is the front panel of the PLA-400, PLA-400 v2 and PLA402 v2. Use the lights to determine if your PLA-4xx is behaving normally or if there are some problems on your powerline network.

Figure 46 PLA-400/400 v2/ 402 v2 Lights

The following table describes the behavior of the lights on the PLA-400.

Table 11 PLA-400 Lights

LIGHTS

ICON

STATUS

DESCRIPTION

POWER

 

 

On

The PLA-400 is on and receiving power.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Off

The PLA-400 is not receiving power.

 

 

 

 

 

HomePlug

 

 

On

The PLA-400 detects another powerline adapter.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Blinking

The PLA-400 is communicating with another powerline adapter.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Off

The PLA-400 is not detecting another powerline adapter.

 

 

 

 

 

ETHERNET

 

 

On

The ETHERNET port is on and ready and the PLA-400/402 v2

 

 

 

 

detects a device connected to it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Blinking

The PLA-400 is communicating with a router, modem, switch or

 

 

 

 

a computer connected to it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Off

The PLA-400 does not detect any devices connected to its

 

 

 

 

ETHERNET port.

 

 

 

 

 

The following table describes the behavior of the lights on the PLA-400 v2.

Table 12 PLA-400 v2/402 v2 Lights

LIGHTS

ICON

COLOR

STATUS

DESCRIPTION

POWER

 

 

Green

On

The PLA-400 v2/402 v2 is on and receiving power.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It also indicates a successful connection using the

 

 

 

 

 

ENCRYPT button.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Blinking

The PLA-400 v2/402 v2 is starting up.

 

 

 

 

 

It also indicates the PLA-400 v2 is trying to connect with

 

 

 

 

 

another device using the ENCRYPT function.

 

 

 

 

 

Blinking at the same time as the HomePlug light

 

 

 

 

 

indicates an unsuccessful connection if you have used

 

 

 

 

 

the ENCRYPT button.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Off

The PLA-400 v2/402 v2 is not receiving power.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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