Appendix A Product Specifications

Table 15 Hardware Specifications

Cabling Type

PLA-400/400 v2/401/401 v2/402/470/470 v2

 

1 x Power Cord

 

PLA-400/400 v2/401/401 v2/402

 

1 x LAN UTP Category 5 or Better

 

PLA-402 v2

 

1 x Coaxial Cable (RG6 or RG59 cable with 75 ohm impedance preferred

 

but others are compatible. RG6 cables are common for CATV. F-Type Male

 

connector required.)

 

PLA-470

 

4 x LAN UTP Category 5 or Better

 

 

Network Interface

PLA-400/400 v2/401/401 v2/402 v2/470/470 v2

 

1 x 200 Mbps Powerline port compliant with HomePlug AV standard

 

PLA-400/400 v2/401/401 v2/402 v2

 

1 x 10/100M BASE-T Ethernet port with Auto MDI/MDIX

 

PLA-470/470 v2

 

4 x 10/100 M Base-T Ethernet Ports with Auto MDI/MDIX

 

PLA-402 v2

 

1 x Coaxial Cable Port

 

 

Distance between the

PLA-400/400 v2/401/401 v2/402 v2

centers of the holes on

74 mm

the device’s back.

PLA-470/470 v2

 

 

115mm

 

PLA-401/401 v2

 

Not applicable

 

 

Recommended type of

PLA-400/400 v2/402 v2/470/470 v2

screws for wall-mounting

M3 Tap Screw

 

PLA-401/401 v2

 

Not applicable

 

 

Table 16 Firmware Specifications

FEATURE

DESCRIPTION

Powerline Functionality

The HomePlug AV standard specifies how network devices

 

communicate using standard electrical wiring.

 

It supports a data transfer rate of up to 200Mbps.

 

Data is encrypted using 128-bit AES (Advanced Encryption Standard).

 

HomePlug AV compatible devices co-exist with HomePlug 1.0 devices

 

but do not detect each other.

 

The range of a HomePlug AV Powerline network is 300 meters/984 feet

 

in optimal conditions.

 

HomePlug AV is compatible with all OSs.

 

The maximum number of devices connected (bridged) to single

 

powerline adapter is 64.

 

The maximum number of powerline devices on a single network is 64.

 

The maximum number of powerline networks on a single electrical circuit

 

is 4.

 

HomePlug AV devices using version 3.0.5 firmware cannot

 

communicate with earlier version firmware.

 

 

Coaxial Functionality

The range of a HomePlug AV Coaxial network is 800 meters/2624 feet in

 

optimal conditions.

 

 

Encryption

128-bit AES Encryption

 

 

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