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News Release from: Unicom | Subject: INDomation 10/100 Ethernet switches
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 18 September 2002
Industrial Ethernet switches are ready
to run
The INDomation Series of industrial networking devices is an extremely reliable family of industrial grade Ethernet equipment, including switches, convertors, and structured cabling systems.
The INDomation Series of industrial networking devices is an extremely reliable family of industrial grade Ethernet equipment, including switches, convertors, and structured cabling systems Unicom INDomation 10/100 Ethernet switches are the first in the series to be released
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 28 Apr 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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The INDomation 10/100 Ethernet switches have an extremely rugged metal case and mount on a standard DIN rail, which is compatible with most factory environments.
Installation is effortless.
No programming is required.
Just power it up, and it's ready to go.
The 10/100 Ethernet switches are available in a four-port RJ45, a four-port RJ45 with ST or SC multimode or SC single-mode fibre-optic uplink, and a single-port RJ45 to a ST or SC multimode or SC single-mode fibre-optic port.
These switches are designed to withstand the harsh environments of virtually all industrial applications; they operate on a 24V DC power source, via a Phoenix type connector, with an operating temperature range up to 60C.
They include, an easily accessible front panel with angled RJ45 ports to eliminate dust and grime build-up and to relieve strain on the patch cords.
Additionally, another standard feature is the MDI/MDIX Technology, an auto-sensing/auto-crossover technology, which totally eliminates the need to use a special crossover cable when up-linking from one switch to another, while allowing the use of any port on the switch to be used as an up-link.
Another nice feature is an integrated clear-hinged cover to protect all vital connections while allowing for quick visual inspection and easy access to the cables.
These switches provide N-way 10/100Mbit/s RJ-45 ports with an auto MDI/MDIX crossover function and will automatically detect the speed of the device that is plugged into it, allowing the use of both 10 and 100Mbit/s equipment on the same device.
The switches also have a dedicated 100Mbit/s bandwidth.
The full-duplex operation mode effectively doubles the bandwidth for each port so it can increase the bandwidth of the 10Mbit/s Ethernet port and 100Mbit/s Fast Ethernet to 20 and 200Mbit/s, respectively.
To enhance the packet transmission, this switch supports IEEE802.3 full-duplex flow control and half-duplex backpressure congestion control.
(This was Engineeringtalk's Top Story on 17 September 2002).
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