Industrial Entry Line Switches

Selected Fast Ethernet switches are available with

integrated Power-over-Ethernet functionality. Four

10/100Base-TX ports facilitate the direct supply of

terminal devices via the data connection in accordance

with IEEE 802.3af/at with an output of up to 30 W per

port.

In the copper version the device has a fifth

10/100Base-TX uplink port. Other versions are provided

with a fiber optic port in the multimode or single mode

version.

The new Gigabit Ethernet industrial switch offers the

full Gigabit performance on all ports. This offers, beside

the central uplink, also the high speed connection of

Gigabit end devices.

The new industrial switch belongs to the “Entry Line”

family and has depending on the version up to eight RJ-

45 ports and two SFP slots, which can be used

alternatively to two RJ-45 ports (dual media). For the

SFP slots MICROSENS offers a wide range of

transceivers, which allow a flexible and cost effective

fiber connection for multimode and single mode

networks.

The devices of the MICROSENS “Entry Line“ enable a

simple network setup in a Plug&Play manner. Therefore

many end users decide to change from field bus based

automation to modern Ethernet based technology.

Furthermore this migration gives significant cost

savings for investment and operation of the network.

The new fast and Gigabit Ethernet Bridging converter of the Industrial Ethernet Entry Line offer transmission speeds up to 1 Gbps in Industrial Ethernet applications. In the office area Gigabit Ethernet has already established as the standard protocol. To integrate industrial end devices direct, MICROSENS offers the new Gigabit Ethernet Bridging Converter.

Beside the media conversion from copper to fiber the devices are doing a speed adaptation of 10/100Base-TX for Fast Ethernet and 10/100/1000Base-T for Gigabit Ethernet. This enables the direct connection of end devices with different speed to the existing central switch.

The devices are immediately ready for operation, a configuration by management is not necessary. With a pluggable connector the power is supplied (redundant possible) and offers the monitoring of the device by a relay.