Differences between Office and Industrial Ethernet Through functionally Industrial Ethernet and Office Ethernet are the

same and they can be used interchangeably, there are major differences between two. The differences are in the following categories in order of importance. 1) Environmental Factor, 2) Approvals & Certificates 3) MTBF & Redundancy Features, 4) Form Factor, 5) Life Cycle of Components & 6) Security Features Environmental Factor: Industrial Switch are rated for higher Temperature range (00 C to 600 C or -400 to 850 C), higher Vibration & Shock. Their Electromagnetic Interference & Electromagnetic Compatibility specifications are better. They also come with conformal coating, for corrosive atmosphere. Overall, they are designed to tolerate the harsh environment better. Approvals & Certificates: Industrial Switches normally have a lot of Approvals for Industrial use. Notable among them are cUL 1604 Class1 & Class 2, Div2 & Class 3 "Hazardous (Classified) Locations" cUL 508 Safety for "Industrial Control Equipment" GL German Lloyd IEC 61850 Substation Approval IEEE 1613 Substation Approval EN 50121-4 Railway (Along Track) ATEX 100 a, Zone 2: Hazardous Location EN 50155 Railway (train) MTBF & Redundancy Features: Industry cannot tolerate faults, as a shut down can result in heavy loss. Industrial Switches are normally designed without a fan or other moving parts. This and the Rugged design factors result in their having a very high MTBF. Coupled with built in Redundancy features like Redundancy Power Supply, Hyper Ring Topology, etc, they result in high availability networks. Form Factor: Normally, Industrial Switches are designed as Din Rail Mounting and they accept 24VDC power supply, so that it can be mounted alongside other Controllers in Panel, sharing the same power supply. Life Cycle of Components: While Office Operation life cycle is quite small & new products keep replacing the earlier models, the life cycle of an Industrial Product expected to be about 10 years, so that the network can be maintained for many years.

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Security Features: You wouldnt want someone to play mischief in your plant, as the costs of shutdowns are very high. For this, Managed Industrial Switches have a variety of Features Port Security (IP Address or MAC Address Based) for unauthorized use Blocking of unused Ports Access for IP Address: We can specify the IP address of PCs which can access the Management Features. Two levels of Password (via SNMP v1/v2/v3 Protocol)

Comparison between Industrial Ethernet and Commercial Ethernet: Sr. No.

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Supply Voltage Installation Operating Temperature Vibration/Shock EMC Cooling System Resistance Approvals

Industrial Ethernet Product

2 x 24 V DC Din Rail Mounted 0 to 60 0C or -40 to 85 0C 2 g / 15 g EN 61000-4-2/4-3/4-4/4-5/4-6 Fan less Dust, Oil, Solvent etc EN60650 (Security) EN50082-1 (EMC, Industry Standard) EN50082-2 (EMC, Industry Standard) ( Also see point on approvals) < 300 msec Hiper Ring > 6 Years

Office Ethernet Product

115/ VAC / 230 V AC 19 Rack Mounted 0 0C to 40 0C Not Specified EN 61000-3-2/3-3 Fan Dust EN60650 (Security)

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Reconfiguration Time Operation Life Span Maximum Range Multimode Single mode Long Haul Management Redundancy Manager Hiper Ring

3 - 4 sec (RSTP) < 3 Years

4 5 Km Max 32.5 Km Up to 120 Km Web based & SNMP Integrated Supports Hiper Ring

Max 2 Km Max 20 Km Not available Web based & SNMP No No Support for Hiper Ring

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