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Robust, compact and economical – new Profi Line + Gigabit Industrial Switch

As the newest member to the successful Profi Line series, which has proven itself thousands of times in recent years in the most varied of applications, the new Profi Line + Switch offers seven gigabit ports with extremely compact dimensions at an attractive price.

Performance and security are top priorities for the new Switch, both in network and access security, alongside the various switch functions themselves. This makes it eminently suited for high availability areas, such as industrial automation, traffic information and control systems, as well as energy technology. Applications like Wireless LAN and IP video surveillance profit from the integrated power supply of terminal devices with PoE+ according to the IEEE 803.3at standard with up to 30 W per port, which the new Switch provides on four 10/100/1000Base-T connections.

Furthermore, the Switch offers two combo ports with an RJ-45 connection and SFP slot. These allow a redundant uplink either constructed with copper cables or fiber optic lines. In the event of a line break, the ring protocol ensures continuing availability. The Switch itself can be supplied via the RJ-45 uplink port as a powered device with Power-over-Ethernet thus ensuring enhanced Switch availability if the conventional power supply fails.  

Sensors and actuators can be integrated via the Switch's two I/O ports or the Switch can be connected to an existing alarm solution.  

One of the many innovative details: The operating system, firmware and configuration data of the Switch are saved on an SD card. If a Switch needs to be replaced at any time, the new device automatically adopts the configuration saved on the card as soon as it is plugged in, reducing recovery times to a minimum. Special IT knowledge is not necessary in this process, which simplifies installation and operation and therefore significantly reduces the associated costs.

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About MICROSENS

Transmitting information via fiber optic connections offers numerous benefits. MICROSENS GmbH & Co. KG recognised this very early on. As one of the pioneers, the company has developed and produced high-performance communications and transmission systems in Germany since 1993. Individually matched to the demands of diverse usage areas and embedded in comprehensive concepts for individual sectors. But, above all, close to the customer. Technical challenges from customer projects are incorporated directly into product development. This way, IP-based automation solutions are created for modern buildings, cost-efficient network concepts for the office and workspace, robust and fail-safe solutions for industrial environments, optical transport systems future-oriented wide area networks and efficient coupling of sites and computer centres.