ZyXEL Communications PLA-400 - Manual (Page 29)

Chapter 3 Managing Your PLA-4xx
PLA-4xx Series User’s Guide
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Figure 15 Firmware Screen
The following table describes the labels in this screen.
3.5 Network Info Screen
Use the Network Info screen to see the rates at which a specific PLA-4xx is communicating
with other powerline adapters on your powerline network.
Table 3 Firmware Screen
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Adapter This field identifies which PLA-4xx is displayed. The powerline adapter is identified by
the Ethernet interface (network card) connected directly to the PLA-4xx. 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-4xx, then you have two powerline networks.
Firmware
Upgrade
These fields are used when you want to upgrade the firmware or the PIB (Parameter
Information Block) file on the local device. The local device is the PLA-4xx directly
connected to the computer running the configuration utility.
Open PIB File Parameter Information Block (PIB) contains information which tells the PLA-4xx how
to perform basic operating instructions.
Click Browse to locate the PIB file you want to upload to the PLA-4xx.
Firmware
Location
Click Browse to find the firmware file you want to upload to the PLA-4xx.
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-4xx 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.