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At Transition Networks we’ve always tried to help our customers integrate fiber optics into their copper-rich cabling environments via media conversion. Media converters have been a vital tool to traditional enterprise networks for many years. These converters have allowed organizations to experience the benefits of fiber cabling.. (more…)
Industrial Ethernet is a plant process and control specific technology, which is focused on the production techniques that are used to help make a company profitable through their manufacturing process. Over the last couple of years, Ethernet seems to have gained momentum over other limiting proprietary protocols. Industrial Ethernet environments often involve many types of unknown, hazardous environments and factors that can strongly influence the overall operation of standard Ethernet devices. In fact, Industrial Ethernet supports many crucial factors that are used when a loss of control does occur. The result could potentially cause serious disasters or even in some extreme cases, the loss of life, property or serious financial damage. In hazardous environments like oil, gas and chemical production, this can be especially true. A single issue can cost upwards of $1 million dollars a day at some companies, so it’s easy to understand why Industrial Ethernet has a more demanding focus on the potential for component failures, reliability and other problems that will need to be resolved quickly before serious loss occurs.
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Transition Networks to Present on Power-over-Ethernet at Fall BICSI
The company will educate on current trends & benefits of PoE
Minneapolis, MN — September 15, 2009 — Transition Networks Inc., the switching and conversion technology expert, a wholly owned subsidiary of Communications Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JCS), today announced that Product Manager Art Felgate will be presenting at the BICSI Fall Conference & Exhibition, to be held September 20-24, 2009 in Las Vegas, Nevada at the MGM Grand Hotel & Casino. The presentation, titled “Power Over Ethernet Defined”, is scheduled for Wednesday, September 23, 2009 from 2:00 – 3:00 p.m.
Years ago if you asked a network installer if a power cable and a data cable could be run in the same conduit they would say no. Today, the answer is quite different. With Power over Ethernet (PoE), power and data can be run over the same four pair Category 5 cable. The driving force behind this change: 802.3af. It defines how devices can be made to supply and accept power over data cable. (more…)
Power Over Ethernet Continues Its Climb Into Acceptance and Higher Power
An Industrial Networking article written by Mike Bacidore and featuring comments by Art Felgate from Transition Networks.
Power to the Field Devices, Right On: PoE Standards Are Driving Acceptance and Maintaining Interoperability, but Non-standard Innovations Are Pushing the Limits
Power-over-Ethernet devices continue to proliferate. Since the IEEE 802.3af PoE standard was introduced earlier this decade wireless access points and VoIP phones in particular have been designed to take advantage of the simplicity of data and power provided via a single cable to the device. Now, an expanded standard, known as IEEE 802.3at, or Power-over-Ethernet Plus, is soon to be ratified by the Ethernet Alliance PoE/PoEPlus Technical Committee. This new standard will enable the quick and easy deployment of power-hungry devices such as Pan-Tilt-Zoom (PTZ) cameras and video conferencing appliances. The good news is that IEEE 802.3at promises to be downward-compatible with today’s existing 802.3af devices. (more…)
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