ZyXEL Communications PLA-400 User Manual

 Chapter 3 Managing Your PLA-4xx

PLA-4xx Series User’s Guide

Figure 15    Firmware Screen

The following table describes the labels in this 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

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. 

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”.