ZyXEL Communications PLA-470 - Manual (Page 33)

PLA-4xx Series User’s Guide
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Firmware Tools
Use the Firmware Detection Tool and Firmware Upgrade Tool to ensure you have the
latest firmware (version 3.0.5 or later) on your PLA-4xx(s).
You need to upgrade all your PLA-4xxs to the latest firmware to ensure they can connect with
each other and they are compatible with the latest version Utility.
Use the Firmware Detection Tool to detect the firmware version of powerline devices on
your network. If your firmware is early version (earlier than 3.0.5), then upgrade your
firmware using the Firmware Upgrade Tool.
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Run the tools or the Utility one at a time, as only one of these applications can
access the PLA-4xx connected to your computer at any time.
3.1 Firmware Detection Tool
Use the Firmware Detection Tool to detect the firmware on devices on your powerline
network.
3.1.1 Firmware Detection Issues
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The powerline device directly connected to your computer (the local device) is
only compatible with other powerline devices which have the same firmware.
So if your local device is running the latest firmware, the detection tool will not
be able to detect devices with older firmware. Use a local device with early
version firmware to allow the detection tool to detect any powerline devices
with early version firmware.
This diagram shows the Firmware Detection Tool detecting the firmware on early firmware
devices only, as the local device has early firmware.