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Sat Feb 05, 2005 5:34 am Post subject:
New ES42 Edge Switches Raise the Bar for Industrial Ethernet |
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GarrettCom's Configurable Magnum ES42 Edge Switch Family Offers New
Choices at the Farthest Edge of the Industrial or Corporate Network
New six-port edge switches from GarrettCom™, Inc. provide high
price-to-value ratios and more flexibility in factory floor and utility
substation Ethernet deployments as intelligence spreads further out
into the industrial network environment. The Magnum ES42 Edge Switches
provide a breakthrough in price-to-value ratio for edge switch
solutions because their high degree of configurability ensures a model
for every need within a contained number of components. The Magnum™
ES42 Edge Switches complement the company's 2- and 4-port Converter
Switches and Convenient Switches to provide edge-of-the-network
connectivity for industrial applications. The switches will be
featured at Distributech, Jan. 25-27 in San Diego , Calif.
The Magnum ES42 Switches are ideal for any location where a small
number of PLCs or other industrial devices need to be connected
upstream over a fiber cable, or where multiple devices need to be
aggregated and connected over copper cable. As device intelligence
spreads in industrial applications out to the very edge of networks
where the network meets the tool, these small-footprint Ethernet
switches, not much larger than a pack of playing cards, can provide
seamless connectivity from the most remote device to the IT department,
eliminating the need for multiple network protocols within industrial
applications.
"GarrettCom's commitment to configurability is important to our
customers," said Bob Ravenstein, President of Bomara Associates, a
GarrettCom Partner in Chelmsford , Mass. , with a technical focus.
"We can now offer a single product family for edge solutions, and
have it configured to specific requirements at each deployment site.
In addition, the self-healing characteristics of GarrettCom's Edge
Switches give power utilities and other mission critical network
customers the ability to utilize Ethernet redundancy to complement
other redundant systems within power grids and other mission critical
systems."
"GarrettCom has done it again with a highly configurable, highly
reliable, compact product family that addresses a need in the
market," said Don Biron, Product Manager-Active Network Components,
Fiber Instrument Sales, Oriskany , New York .
"We are discovering that the combination of more Ethernet-ready
intelligent sensors and controllers, coupled with innovative products
such as GarrettCom's edge switches, eliminates the need for a
FieldBus/Ethernet conversion further up the network chain," said
Maurizio Buzzi, Programs Manager, Fort Fibre Ottiche, Milan , Italy .
"All in all, having a single network protocol to support makes a lot
of sense to us. "
Highly Configurable
The Magnum ES42 Edge Switch family is a versatile family of small
switches that deliver six Ethernet ports in 277 configurations designed
to meet any application needs.
There are three basic models: two 100 Mb fiber and four 10/100 copper
ports; one fiber and five copper ports; and six copper ports. Fiber
port configurations include all multi- and single-mode connector types.
Power supply options for any of the models include AC or DC with 12V,
24V, or 48VDC terminal blocks, as well as an AC/DC model. Internal
power sense monitoring is available for switches that will be installed
in hostile environments.
ES42 Edge Switches have three levels of hardening, from regular
(office) to hardened (factory floor) and premium (outdoor).
Office-grade products for offices and indoor wiring closets include
metal mounting clips, and can be ordered with rack-mount trays.
Hardened products use high-grade components and patent-pending thermal
techniques. The metal packaging uses passive cooling techniques (no
fans) so that the switch can resist dust, dirt, moisture, smoke, and
other contaminants. Mounting options include stand-along
panel-mounting, DIN-rail, and rack-mount tray. Premium products use
premium-grade extended temperature components and the same thermal
techniques and mounting options as hardened products.
Link-Loss-Learn Capability
GarrettCom's transparent Link-Loss-Learn™ functionality allows ES42
Edge Switches to be used in self-healing and redundant LAN topologies.
This GarrettCom feature, which allows ES42 switches to immediately
flush their address buffers and relearn routing upon the detection of a
Link Loss signal, provides rapid recovery in mission-critical
applications at the very edge of the network - where the work is
being done - without impacting either standards-based or proprietary
redundancy protocols farther up the networking hierarchy.
MORE INFORMATION AT:
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