Fast Ethernet Switch for industrial fiber ring
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Data transmission in failure status
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).
MICROSENS
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