Chinese wind farm gains network redundancy
27 January, 2011Chinese company Dongfang Steam Turbine Works (DSTW) was working on a wind farm project involving 66 1.5 MW wind turbines in Heilongjiang, China, and needed to establish a reliable SCADA system to help the staff remotely monitor on-site equipment and operations.
ORing IGPS-7084GP redundant ring PoE ethernet switch
20 December, 2010 byThe ORing IGPS-7084GP is a fully managed gigabit redundant ring PoE ethernet switch with eight 10/100/1000BaseTx ports, PoE (PSE) function and four 1000BaseX SFP ports. With support for Ethernet Redundancy protocol, the O-Ring (recovery time \<20 ms over 250 units of connection) and MSTP/RSTP/STP (IEEE 802.1s/w/D), the IGS-7084GP can protect mission-critical applications from network interruptions or temporary malfunctions.
Moxa EDS-P506A-4PoE, EDS-P206A-4PoE and INJ-24 PoE switches
04 November, 2010Moxa has launched three high-power IEEE 802.3af/at PoE industrial ethernet switches aimed at power-hungry PoE-enabled devices such as PTZ cameras and long-distance wireless access points. The three models, the EDS-P506A-4PoE, EDS-P206A-4PoE and INJ-24, are designed to satisfy the demands of high-power devices by providing up to 30 W of power, double the amount in the existing IEEE 802.3af PoE standard.
Hirschmann Mach 1000 substation switches
29 October, 2010 byThe Hirschmann Mach 1000 substation switches have been designed to handle demanding electrical power generation and distribution applications. The switches are suitable for new installations and retrofit of existing substations where ambient temperatures can be extremely high. They are also suitable for transportation, industrial automation and military applications.
Hirschmann Mach 100 workgroup switches
29 October, 2010 byThe Hirschmann MACH 100 industrial workgroup switch is designed primarily for the control room environment.
ORing Thunder series gigabit managed ethernet switches
14 October, 2010 byORing has released the Thunder series, a range of gigabit managed ethernet switches, including the Rail (DIN rail) series IGS-7084GCP; the Rack (rackmount) series RGS-7244GP, RGS-7168GCP; and the PoE series RGPS-7244GP, IGPS-7084GP.
ORing IES-3073GC managed redundant ring ethernet switch
14 October, 2010 byThe IES-3073GC from ORing is a managed redundant ring ethernet switch equipped with seven 10/100baseTx ethernet ports and three Gigabit combo ports.
Moxa NPort S8455I-MM-SC combination ethernet switch and device server
10 September, 2010 byMoxa has released the NPort S8455I-MM-SC, the first model in the NPort S8000 series, which combines an ethernet switch and serial device server in a single unit with two fibre ethernet ports, three copper ethernet ports and four RS232/422/485 serial ports.
Industrial network management: finding the perfect solution
28 July, 2010If you manage or operate an industrial automation network, then network management is something that you are already doing. Wouldn't it be ideal to automate these management tasks with software, in order to improve the efficiency of the process?
ORing RGS-7244GP gigabit managed switch
20 July, 2010 byORing’s RGS-7244GP gigabit managed switch is designed for harsh industrial environments and applications with long transmission distance requirements such as a thermal power plant.
Kontron CP3923 3U CompactPCI ethernet switch
22 June, 2010 byThe CP3923 3U CompactPCI ethernet switch for IPv4/v6 communication networks and network-centric applications has up to 16 gigabit ethernet ports. The fully managed switch is designed to be a cost-effective, high-performance solution for harsh environments. The target markets include networking, transportation, aerospace, military and automation.
Ethernet Direct CME-822E 10-port SNMP-managed PoE switch
20 June, 2010The CME-822E is a fault-tolerant industrial 10-port SNMP-managed PoE switch that supports eight PSE-classified PoE injector ports. Dual SFP sockets are also provided, for installation of fast ethernet or gigabit mini-GBIC modules, and providing the flexibility to support multimode, singlemode or WDM fibre optic supporting various distances up to 120 km.
Determinism in industrial ethernet: the EtherCAT protocol
23 May, 2010 by Glenn JohnsonLast year we published a review of technologies that are used to provide real-time or near-real-time operation over Ethernet networks. This month we examine one of them in more depth.
Allen-Bradley Stratix 8300 Layer 3 managed ethernet switches
20 May, 2010 byThe Allen-Bradley Stratix series of managed industrial ethernet switches has been extended to include a Layer 3 model. The Stratix 8300 includes the same capabilities as the Layer 2 Stratix 8000, but supports Layer 3 functionality such as routing between subnets and VLANs. In this way, Stratix 8300 provides communication between segmented networks for better performance, security and protection from broadcast storms on the network.
Advantech EKI-2525SPI singlemode fibre-optic PoE switch
20 May, 2010 byThe EKI-2525SPI is a singlemode fibre-optic industrial PoE switch that features four PoE ports, a fast fibre-optic connection and redundant power inputs.
