The 202MC is a 10/100BaseTX to 100BaseFX Industrial Media Converter. It is housed in a ruggedized DIN-RAIL enclosure, and is designed for use in industrial data acquisition, control, and Ethernet I/O applications.
PRODUCT FEATURES
•Full IEEE 802.3 Compliance
•Converts 10/100BaseTX to 100BaseFX
•Extended Environmental Specifications
•Support for Full/Half Duplex Operation
•LED Link/Activity Status Indication
•Auto Sensing Speed and Flow Control
•Store-and-forward Technology
•Auto Cable Sensing (MDIX)
•Rugged Industrial DIN-RAIL Enclosure
•Redundant Power Inputs (10-30 VDC)
•N-View Port Monitoring Option
PRODUCT OVERVIEW
The N-TRONTM202MC Industrial Media Converter is designed to allow the connection of 10/100BaseTX Ethernet devices to your fiber cabling infrastructure.
The 202MC provides one RJ-45 auto sensing 10/100BaseTX port and one 100BaseFX port. All ports are full/half duplex capable, using "state of the art" Ethernet switching technology. The 202MC auto-negotiates the speed and flow control capabilities of theTX copper port connection, and configures itself automatically. The 100BaseFX fiber optic port utilizes industry standard ST or SC connectors and is user configurable for full or half duplex operation. Both multimode and singlemode fiber models are available.
Since the 202MC uses switching technology, unlike most media converters, you can connect your 10Mbps devices today and upgrade them to 100Mbps tomorrow. The switching fabric simply scales up or down automatically to match your specific network environment.
The 202MC supports up to 4,000 MAC addresses, thus enabling these products to support extremely sophisticated and complex network architectures.
The N-TRON 202MC is well suited to convert 10/100BaseTX industrial devices to fiber. This will allow you to take advantage of your fiber based infrastructure with its inherent advantages which include increased noise immunity and longer cable lengths than a copper based system can support.
The 202MC has extended operating environmental specifications to meet the harsh needs of the industrial environment. For cost savings and convenience the media converter can now be DIN-RAIL mounted alongside Ethernet I/O or other Industrial Equipment.
A unique feature of the packaging allows horizontal or vertical mounting on the rail, conserving space in the most critical dimension. In addition, as with other DIN-RAIL devices, the 202MC can be panel mounted.
To increase reliability, the 202MC contains redundant power inputs. LED's are provided to display the link status and activity of each port, as well as power on/off status and any controller detected errors.
N-VIEW OPC PORT MONITORING OPTION
The N-TRONN-View OLE for Process Control (OPC) Server Software can be combined with popular HMI software packages to add network traffic monitoring, trending and alarming to any application using N-TRONswitches configured with the N-View option. N-TRON's N-View OPC Server collects 41 different traffic variables per port and 5 system level variables per switch. This information can provide a complete overview of the network load, service quality, and packet traffic. OPC client software can use N-View OPC Server data to resolve network problems quickly and improve system reliability.
