• B&B Electronics Mfg Co

Ethernet Media Converters for Industrial Applications

It is now possible to route Ethernet signals through hostile RFI/EMI environments and extend distances up to 1.2 miles (2 km) with multi-mode fibre, up to 12.4 miles (20 km) with single-mode fibre. B&B Electronics offers a series of Ethernet media converters in a rugged industrial DIN rail mount package with extended voltage and temperature specifications (EIR series). The company also offers affordable models in a desk, wall, or rack mountable package that include a power supply (EIS series). These models share similar features to the rugged series except for the voltage and temperature specifications. Each product family comes with options to convert 10/100BaseTX signals to 100BaseFX either with multi-mode or single mode fibre. A choice of ST or SC connectors with multi-mode versions, single-mode products come with SC connectors. Users have great flexibility with enhanced features such as auto negotiation and forced modes for full or half-duplex and 10 or 100 Mbps data rates. Link-fault-pass-through can also be enabled and disabled via a dip switch setting. The link-fault-pass-through feature allows the network manager to react to a broken link as soon as one occurs. Common features and benefits of EIR and EIS series: 10/100BaseTX to 100BaseFX; multi-mode or single-mode models; ST or SC connectors; auto negotiation of data rate and duplex modes; auto MDI-X (auto-cross feature); dip switch configuration for link-fault-pass-through (enabled or disabled); 10/100 Mbps data rates (auto or forced modes); full or half-duplex (auto or forced modes); LEDs for power, link/activity, data rate, duplex/collision, store and forward mechanism; broadcast storm filtering; and back-pressure and IEEE802.3x compliant flow control.