Chapter 3 Managing Your PLA-400/402

 

Table 4 Network Info Screen (continued)

 

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

 

MAC Address

This field displays the MAC address of your power line adapter. The MAC address of

 

 

your power line adapter can be found by looking at the label on your device. It

 

 

consists of six pairs of hexadecimal characters (hexadecimal characters are “0-9” and

 

 

“a-f”). In the case of the PLA-400/402, this label is on the bottom of the device.

 

 

 

 

Transmit Rate

This field displays how fast information is sent from the power line adapter selected in

 

 

the Configuration screen to this power line adapter. The rate is given in the following

 

 

format: “application data transmission rate / raw data transmission rate”. Application

 

 

data reflects more accurately how fast devices are transmitting application relevant

 

 

traffic (for example Internet Protocol (IP) traffic). Raw data refers to the whole payload

 

 

of the packets transmitted across the power line network.

 

 

 

 

Receive Rate

This field displays how fast information is received from the power line adapter

 

 

selected in the Configuration screen to this power line adapter. The rate is given in

 

 

the following format: “application data transmission rate / raw data transmission rate”.

 

 

Application data reflects more accurately how fast devices are transmitting application

 

 

relevant traffic (for example Internet Protocol (IP) traffic). Raw data refers to the whole

 

 

payload of the packets transmitted across the power line network.

 

 

 

3.6 About Screen

Use the About screen to view information regarding the configuration utility and firmware

version of the PLA-400/402 you are connected to. Click the icon in the top right corner of the utility to view the About screen.

Figure 17 About Screen

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 5 About Screen

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Utility version:

This field displays the software version of the configuration utility.

 

 

Firmware

This field displays the firmware version of the device you selected in the Device

version

Selection field of the Configuration screen.

Released

This field displays the date when the firmware was released.

 

 

 

Close

Click the

button in upper right cornet to close the About window.

 

 

 

 

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