ZyXEL Communications PLA4201 User Manual
Chapter 1 Introducing the PLA
PLA Series User’s Guide
8
1.2 LEDs
The following sections describes the lights on the PLA.
The following figure is the front panel of the PLA. Use the lights to determine if the PLA is behaving
normally or if there are some problems on your powerline network.
normally or if there are some problems on your powerline network.
Figure 1
PLA Lights
The following table describes the behavior of the lights on the PLA.
Table 2
LEDs: 200 Mbps Models
LIGHTS
ICON
COLOR
STATUS
DESCRIPTION
POWER
Green
On
The PLA is on and receiving power.
It also indicates a successful connection using the RESET/
ENCRYPT button.
ENCRYPT button.
Blinking
The PLA is starting up.
It also indicates the PLA is trying to connect with another
device using the ENCRYPT function.
device using the ENCRYPT function.
The Power LED blinks when it is in standby mode. Refer to
for details on this feature.
Off
The PLA is not receiving power.
HomePlug
Green
On
The PLA detects another powerline adapter. The data transfer
rate is greater than 40 Mbps.
rate is greater than 40 Mbps.
Amber
The PLA detects another powerline adapter. The data transfer
rate is between 12~40 Mbps.
rate is between 12~40 Mbps.
Red
The PLA detects another powerline adapter. The data transfer
rate is between 0~12 Mbps.
rate is between 0~12 Mbps.
Green/
Amber/
Red
Amber/
Red
Blinking
The PLA is communicating with another powerline adapter.
Data is being transmitted and/or received.
Data is being transmitted and/or received.
Off
The HomePlug port does not detect another powerline
adapter.
adapter.
ETHERNET
Green
On
The ETHERNET port is on and ready and the PLA detects a
device connected to it.
device connected to it.
Blinking
The PLA is communicating with a networking device
connected to it.
connected to it.
Off
The PLA does not detect any devices connected to its
ETHERNET port.
ETHERNET port.