Description and operating instructions
Industrial Ethernet Rail Switch 2
RS2-TX
Order No.
943 686-003
The Rail Switch RS2 has been especially
designed for use in industrial environments.
It supports ETHERNET 10 MBit/s and Fast
ETHERNET 100 MBit/s.
The Rail Switch modules support switched
ETHERNET networks in accordance with
IEEE standard 802.3 using copper technolo-
gy. The switch modules are plugged onto
the standard bar.
The RS2-TX modules have eight 10/100
MBit/s twisted pair ports (RJ45 connectors).
It is possible to connect up to eight data ter-
minal equipments or other network seg-
ments to the 10/100 Mbit/s ports using twi-
sted pair cabling. The ports support auto
negotiation, autopolarity and autocrossing.
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RS2-TX
+24V
+24V*
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DA/STAT
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