ZyXEL Communications PLA-400 v2 User Manual

Document Conventions

PLA-4xx Series User’s Guide

These are how warnings and notes are shown in this User’s Guide. 

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Warnings tell you about things that could harm you or your device.

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Notes tell you other important information (for example, other things you may 
need to configure or helpful tips) or recommendations.

• The PLA-400, PLA-400 v2, PLA-401, PLA401 v2, PLA402 v2, PLA-470 and PLA470 v2 

may be referred to as the “PLA-4xx”, the “ZyXEL device”, the “device” or the “powerline 
adapter” in this User’s Guide.

• The PLA-4xx Series Configuration Utility version 3.0.5(AG) may be referred to as the 

“configuration utility” or the “utility” in this User’s Guide.

• Product labels, screen names, field labels and field choices are all in bold font.
• A key stroke is denoted by square brackets and uppercase text, for example, [ENTER] 

means the “enter” or “return” key on your keyboard.

• “Enter” means for you to type one or more characters and then press the [ENTER] key. 

“Select” or “choose” means for you to use one of the predefined choices.

• A right angle bracket ( > ) within a screen name denotes a mouse click. For example, 

Maintenance > Log > Log Setting means you first click Maintenance in the navigation 
panel, then the Log sub menu and finally the Log Setting tab to get to that screen.

• Units of measurement may denote the “metric” value or the “scientific” value. For 

example, “k” for kilo may denote “1000” or “1024”, “M” for mega may denote “1000000” 
or “1048576” and so on.

• “e.g.,” is a shorthand for “for instance”, and “i.e.,” means “that is” or “in other words”.