Gigabit Ethernet Switch for Industrial Fiber Ring
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Ring Mechanism
The from MICROSENS patented protection mechanism supports the fast
reconfiguration of the data transmission in case of failure of one fiber segment. This
function is a fixed feature of the industrial switch. During this operation one switch is
having the manager function, all other switches are normal ring switches.
Each switch is monitoring the status of the connected fiber segment. In case of failure
the connected switch forwards this information to the ring manager. The ring manager
terminates the interruption of the ring immediately. The data is transmitted in all
directions then. This fast signaling a fast failure detection within a few milliseconds
(depending on the ring size).
Ring Configuration
The configuration of the operating mode for the ring application is done with the
network management.