MTL Instruments has launched a new range of Ethernet connectivity products combining performance with rugged reliability to provide a ‘best of both worlds’ solution for today’s industrial applications.
The 9200-ET series of Ethernet products is designed to operate in the harsh and hazardous process control environment and features multiport managed and unmanaged switches, Power over Ethernet (PoE) capability, multiple fibre-port options and Gigabit switches. The portfolio provides a core technology to the existing Tofino network security solution, intrinsically safe Ethernet and wireless ranges to provide users with a complete suite of digital connectivity products.
Today’s industrial process plants demand greater efficiency, higher reliability, increased levels of security and lower cost of ownership of field equipment and supporting networks. MTL’s 9200-ET series of Ethernet products are suitable for use in extended temperature areas and are certified for use in ATEX Zone 2 and UL Class 1 Div 2 areas, ensuring high reliability and rugged dependability in the most extreme of environments. Features such as Active IGMP provide multicast filtering to deliver optimised video surveillance solutions, while switch status over Modbus TCP delivers network status within the skill set of the control engineer.
The MTL 9200-ETM DIN rail and panel mount and 9200-ETZ rack mount managed switches support redundant ring network topology providing high speed recovery from network failures required for real-time automation networks. A high degree of flexibility in network topology is provided with support for up to four redundant rings on each switch as well as supporting the open Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP) for integration into MES.
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