Chapter 3 Managing Your PLA-400/402

Figure 15 Firmware Screen

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 3 Firmware Screen

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Adapter

This field identifies which PLA-400/402 is displayed. The power line adapter is

 

identified by the Ethernet interface (network card) connected directly to the PLA-400/

 

402. The displayed information is the model name of the network card. Typically there

 

is only one connection, however, if your computer has two network cards and both

 

are connected to a PLA-400/402, then you have two power line networks.

 

 

Firmware

These fields are used when you want to upgrade the firmware or the PIB (Parameter

Upgrade

Information Block) file on the local device. The local device is the PLA-400/402

 

directly connected to the computer running the configuration utility.

 

 

Open PIB File

Parameter Information Block (PIB) contains information which tells the PLA-400/402

 

how to perform basic operating instructions.

 

Click Browse to locate the PIB file you want to upload to the PLA-400/402.

 

 

Firmware

Click Browse to find the firmware file you want to upload to the PLA-400/402.

Location

 

 

Note: Remember that you must decompress compressed (.zip)

 

files before you can upload them.

 

 

Write

Click this to save the new PIB and firmware files to the PLA-400/402 that is directly

 

connected to the computer running the configuration utility. If the firmware/PIB file

 

upgrade is successful, a confirmation window displays “Commit Successful”.

 

Note: If you receive an error message make sure that your paths

 

point to the correct files before you click the Write button.

 

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