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Chapter 4. Network Utility for PowerLine Access Point
Note: The device is able to detect other powerline devices which is on the same power circuit automatically. You
only need to install.this utility program when you want to enable the encrypt function of Powerline Access Point to
secure your data, or you have problem connecting other powerline devices.
Introduction of Configuration Utility
The configuration utility for Windows OS enables the user to search all Powerline Ethernet devices on the
Powerline network; check data rate and performance, enables encryption, and performing diagnostics.
4.1 Software Setup
4.1.1 Installation
Please verify that no other Powerline Management Utilities are installed before installing this software. If other
utilities are installed, uninstall them first and restart your computer before installing this software.
To install, insert the Windows OS configuration utility setup utility CD-ROM into the computer's CD-ROM or
DVD-ROM drive. The Setup utility shall run automatically. Alternatively this can also be done manually by double
clicking the setup.exe file on the CD. A welcome screen will be shown as Figure 1.
Click the Next button to continue.
Figure 1: Welcome Screen