1 Product Overview
1.1 Functional Overview
The Rugged MediaConverterTM is an industrially hardened fiber optical media converter specifically designed to operate in harsh environments such as those found in electric utility substations and factory floors. The RMC40TM provides industrial strength Ethernet copper-to-fiber media conversion, providing copper-based 10BaseT or 100BaseTx clients 100BaseFX fiber optical connectivity.
Specifically tested to the same standards as mission critical protective relaying equipment (i.e. ANSI/IEEE C37.90 and IEC 60255), and the newly issued IEC 61850-3 “Communications Systems and Networks in Substations” standard, the RuggedMCTM is ideally suited for substation or industrial environments. The reliability of the Rugged MediaConverterTM family exceeds that of commercial media converters by having no rotating mechanical parts (i.e. no cooling fans), utilizing high-temperature solid state components and incorporating the necessary transient and surge suppression circuitry required for substation and harsh industrial environments.
1.2Feature Highlights
Utility Grade (i.e. substation hardened) per ANSI/IEEE C37.90, IEC 60255, and the new IEC 61850-3 (2002), IEC 61000-6-5 standards
Operating temperature: -40°to 85°C (no fan)
Radiated RF Immunity: 35V/m per ANSI/IEEE C37.90.2
Power supply options: 24 (10-36VDC), 48 (36-72) or HI (88-300VDC / 85-264VAC)
2 – 10/100BaseTx RJ45 style auto-negotiating Ethernet ports
Choice of one of the following:
1 – 100BaseFX (100Mbps) SC style connector (multimode or single-mode) transceiver
2 - 100BaseFX (100Mbps) MTRJ (multimode) or LC (single-mode) style transceivers
Full-Duplex operation on all ports (no collisions)
Non-blocking, low latency switching with IEEE 802.3x flow-control protocol results in high- speed reliable communications.
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