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Rev101
1 Product Overview
1.1 Functional Overview
The
Rugged MediaConverter
TM
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 RMC40
TM
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 Rugged
MC
TM
is ideally suited for substation or
industrial environments. The reliability of the Rugged MediaConverter
TM
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.
1.2
Feature 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.
