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Dalepenkala's avatar
Dalepenkala
Aspirant
Apr 06, 2023

NG Powerline 1200

Hello,

I'm kinda at a loss here with my Powerline 1200 adapters. I have had 4 of them connected and working just fine up until about 1-2 weeks ago.

I have an observatory where I control 2 imaging rigs from my house. I have 2 powerline's in the observatory (which is about 180ft from the house) and I have all 3 led's green, yet my laptops will not connect to the powerline. I have done a reset and they all connect in the house but when I have them back out in the observatory they do not want to connect any more. This has just started happening in the last 2 weeks or so. I have no idea what has changed but they have just all of a sudden stopped connecting the the laptops when I plug in the ethernet cables.

 

IF YOU THINK THERE IS A BETTER MORE SOLID WAY TO CONNECT MY LAPTOPS FROM THE OBSERVATORY TO MY HOUSE PLEASE BY ALL MEANS SUGGESTIONS ARE VERY WELCOME HERE!

 

Any help would be very much appreciated!

 

Thanks!

Dale

 

Dale

6 Replies

  • michaelkenward's avatar
    michaelkenward
    Guru - Experienced User
    Apr 07, 2023
    Dalepenkala wrote:

    I have 2 powerline's in the observatory (which is about 180ft from the house)

     

    That is heck of a run for Powerline. I am surprised that you got it to work over that distance.

     

    I would also expect a mains circuit in a separate building to have its own fuse box and/or isolation switch. That is a big barrier to Powerline.

     

    This bit isn't clear to me:

     


    I have all 3 led's green, yet my laptops will not connect to the powerline. I have done a reset and they all connect in the house but when I have them back out in the observatory they do not want to connect any more.

     

    What is the "they" you refer to here? The plugs or the laptops?

     

     

     

    • Dalepenkala's avatar
      Dalepenkala
      Aspirant
      Apr 07, 2023

      Hello Michael,

      Ya I was skeptical when I 1st set this up but I was very surprised that it worked as well as it did for me. Like I said it worked right up to about 1-2 weeks ago. I’ve tried to think back to see if I could think of something that could have caused a change but I just can’t think of anything.

       

      As for the 3 lights, I’m referring to the 3 on the power lines themselves, not the laptops. I have 2 power lines in a dedicated electrical/receptacle box that connects right to the 100amp sub panel in my pole barn that is about 60ft away. Then that box is about 160-180ft from my main box to the house.

       

      I would normally get the rigs up and running with all the software guiding the mounts. The laptops are plugged into the power lines and in the past they just flat out connected perfectly. When I walked back to the house I would just connect to the laptops via my PC that is dedicated for that link and connect with Google pc connect. Just worked like a charm. All of a sudden it doesn’t know.

       

      Do you have a better solution for me if you think this is a stretch for the power lines?

       

      Dale

      • michaelkenward's avatar
        michaelkenward
        Guru - Experienced User
        Apr 07, 2023
        Dalepenkala wrote:

         

        As for the 3 lights, I’m referring to the 3 on the power lines themselves

        I wasn't really asking about the "three lights".

         

        You said:

         

        they all connect in the house but when I have them back out in the observatory they do not want to connect any more

        What is "they" in this context?