• Westermo Teleindustri AB

Industrial Ethernet Routing Switch For Extreme Environments

Westermo Teleindustri has released a range of high performance industrial Ethernet switches with enhanced routing functionality. The RedFox series is designed to build cost effective, secure and reliable networks that would previously have required several different units. Initially developed for bespoke mission critical applications in the defence, rail, aerospace and sub-sea markets, this new off-the-shelf version of RedFox is based on a proven design that far exceeds normal industrial requirements. This ultra robust DIN rail mountable unit has a heavy-duty aluminium enclosure for maximum strength, heat dissipation and resilience to extreme levels of electromagnetic interference (300 A/m). Manufactured from industrial grade components and able to operate in temperatures between -40 to +70°C (with no internal fans) RedFox has a MTBF (Mean Time Between Failure) of 600,000 hours. The new switch provides the highest levels of standard compliance for EMC, railway applications, vibration, humidity, shock and altitude. All these features ensure that it can be used in just about any operating environment. The range offers a number of Ethernet interface combinations, ranging from ten to eighteen 10/100/BaseTX ports, plus the option of four SPF Gigabit and four 1000BaseTX ports. To ensure the network resilience RedFox supports STP (Spanning Tree Protocol) and RSTP (Rapid STP), and also features Westermo´s unique FRNT (Fast Recovery of Network Topology redundant ring functionality. This is the fastest protocol on the market to reconfigure a large network in the event of any line or hardware failure.