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Industrial Solutions Industry Technology Solutions Industrial environments present much harsher In this brochure you will find a selection of conditions than are found in typical office solutions that are specifically designed for use in environments. They not only often have extremes of harsh environments.
Introduction & Content Highlights and new products: High-end KVM switching in a compact 1U design. T he DKM FXC gives multiple KVM users fast, reliable access to high-quality, real-time digital video plus a whole host of peripherals across the enterprise. See page 7.
CAT6 UTP Stranded Introduction & Content Industrial environments present much harsher conditions than are found in typical office environments. They not only often have extremes of temperatures, humidity, dirt, and corrosive materials, they may also contain devices such as motors and mechanical switches, which cause a large amount of electromagnetic interference (EMI).
CAT5e CAT5e / CAT6 UTP UTP Stranded Solid Because of this variability, industrial control devices are either sold entirely separately from their power supply or are available with a choice of power supplies. Unlike ordinary networking devices, industrial controls require you to choose the correct power supply for both device and application.
Industrial Solutions Making the connection to industrial Industrial serial interfaces Industrial control is a designation for the devices that interface with machinery such as welders, mixers, generators, lathes, and packaging machines. Although most of today’s IT runs on Ethernet, industrial devices often use an RS-232, RS-485, or RS-422 serial interface. RS-232 is a group of electrical, functional, and mechanical specifications for serial interfaces.
Factory Floor serial devices. Serial servers Serial servers enable you to use your network to connect serial data and also by grouping serial data in both to serial devices even over very long distances—as far as directions into Ethernet TCP/IP packets. This enables you your network stretches. It’s even possible to control serial to control serial devices across Ethernet without the need devices across the Internet. Serial servers act as virtual for software changes.
Industrial Solutions Keeping it clean at work. Factories are dirty. Don’t let them affect your CPUs. Dirt. Dust. Water. Dangerous fluids. And lots of moving parts. Factory floors are a CPU’s worst nightmare. But more and more, computers and servers are moving into the active centers of factories. With automation in factories, computers are about more than inventory and e-mail. Often they are running important equipment.
Factory Floor ServSwitch DKM FXC High end KVM switching in a compact 1U design. • • • • • • • • High performance switch with instant Switching. Space saving with up to 48 ports in a 1U compact 19” chassis. Supports high-quality, full-frame DVI-D video. Rectangular switching system from 1 user to 15, 31, or 47 CPUs up to 47 users to 1 CPU. Connect user and CPUs via the latest DKM CATx Extenders over distances up to 140m. Can be used for fiber optic or copper networks. Redundant power supply.
Fiber ring topology provides both distance and resilience. Although Ethernet is usually thought of as having a star topology, it’s also possible to build an Ethernet network as a ring. This configuration has the advantage of providing a redundant pathway if a link goes down. A ring topology is often used in applications such as traffic signals and surveillance, where long distances may make it difficult to run fiber in a star formation from a central switch and where downtime must be minimized.
Traffic Signals INDRy PoE INDRy 1000 Power over Ethernet 10/100 switch with Gigabit Uplink for DIN Rails. Industrial DIN RAIL Gigabit Switch. • 8x 10/100BaseTX Ports. • 2 shared 10/100/1000BaseTX and SFP combi ports. • Features alarm relay contact. • Redundant 48 VDC power . • Optional Management. • DIN-Rail and wall mount design. INDRy PoE is your industrial DIN Rail switch for providing PoE 802.3af to your edge devices. The switch offers eight RJ45 PoE Ports with full 802.3af compliance.
Industrial Solutions Keeping an out. Use your network for routine monitoring and surveillance. Ethernet is turning up in some unexpected places — parking garages, convenience stores, dairy barns, and fire stations, to name just a few.
Parking Garage Hardened VDSL Ethernet Extenders with PoE+ Industrial VDSL2 Bridge Extend Ethernet over voice-grade UTP cable in harsh environments. VDSL2 single port bridge equipped with our 10/100Mbps Ethernet ports. • Extend 10BASE-T/100BASE-TX Ethernet across ordinary voice-grade copper wire. • Supply power to 802.3at PoE devices. • Support an extreme temperature range of -40 to +75° C. • Support 50 Mbps for distances up to 300 m and 1 Mbps for distances of up to 1900 m.
Industrial Solutions Centralize control! Downtime in a control room means nothing but trouble and security risks. Snarled communications have no place in the data center. And when it comes to mission-critical equipment, there is no level of acceptable risk. See and sense everything going on This is why we build control rooms in the first place, to be in control of the situation, whatever it may be. It’s the one room designed for monitoring locations and equipment, and responding to any problems.
Control Room while having full control of the control room. Environmental monitoring sensors with instant alerts, network multicasting and extended video feeds controlled from one keyboard/monitor/mouse setup, and video processors that deliver multiple views on one screen are just a few solutions to consider.
Industrial Solutions Wireless takes industrial applications to new places. Wireless adds a new dimension to industrial connectivity, making it possible for operators to use portable handheld devices instead of being tied to a terminal. Wireless in an industrial environment may be as simple as a wireless industrial modem that provides a serial link to distant industrial controls or as complex as wireless mesh Wi-Fi that also operates as an extension to a corporate network.
Distribution Center SmartPath Enterprise Wireless System Fast, reliable, highly manageable wireless mesh for industrial and general use. • • • • • • • • • • • Hardend version (LWN602HAE) Fast 802.11n throughput rivals that of wired networks. Supports video and VoIP communications. Advanced controller-less architecture. Access points (APs) work together to improve throughput and provide redundancy. Secure. Access enforced by per-user policies and SLAs. System supports legacy 802.
Industrial Solutions Advertise, Inform, Alert, Improve Your Processes Improve communication, motivate employees and customers, and drive more business. Digital signage. No other medium makes it possible to deliver important info at the right location at the right time for maximum impact — even in often messy cafeteria environments. With it, you have a dynamic platform to accurately relay orders in real time from touchscreens to kitchen staff (see diagram below).
Cafeteria Black Box Case Study Joy Mining Machinery Project: New digital signage network Major benefit: Improved productivity and morale Major challenge: Centralizing control of the company’s branding and messaging The background. Active on five continents and with a network of 55 facilities spanning China, Russia, India, Poland, the United Kingdom, Australia, South Africa, and the United States, Joy Mining Machinery, a subsidiary of Joy Global, Inc.
Industrial Solutions Black Box provides the best storage for your equipment. A shelter for every application. SOLUTE LY AB Cabinets and racks are not just for data centers— they can provide support and protection for your equipment in any setting. Choose racks for easy access to equipment. Enclosed cabinets provide varying degrees of protection ranging from a simple locked door up to a complete climate-controlled, sealed environment.
FO Tough enclosures built to keep components safe! R LIFE AB SOLUTE LY Secure equipment housing. NEMA 12 Wallmount Cabinets SOLUTE LY NEMA 4X Equipment Cabinet AB Storing your equipment FO R LIFE • Independently tested and certified to NEMA-250-1997 Type 12 standard. Meets guidelines for protection against dirt, dust, and noncorrosive liquids. • Choose from three heights: 12U, 19U, and 26U. • Feature a maximum weight capacity of 68, 113 or 136 kg to mount heavy servers and other hardware.
Industrial Solutions A few years ago Akzo Nobel in Belgium used the Black Box LaserLink solution to connect several offices. Visit blackbox.nl to read the case study. Wireless in an industrial setting Industrial and manufacturing enterprises are also discovering wireless technology. Used in industrial settings, wireless offers many of the same advantages: lowering costs by eliminating the need for cabling and bringing the flexibility of wire-free networking.
Outdoor Gigabit Laserlink Autofocus PoE 500 Fast, reliable and secure point-to-point Fast Ethernet communication. • • • • • • • • Full duplex Gigabit wire-speed up to 500 meters. Built-in Management with SNMP. Easy power able with Power over Ethernet. Automatic beam divergence setting and beam calibration. Movement compensation. Industry standard fibre optic interfaces. Secure data transmission. License free operation.
Learn more about industrial solutions during one of our hands-on sessions. Sign up for our next workshop. workshop@ blackbox.nl We regularly hold workshops to inform you of the latest technology developments. These sessions are organized for small groups, encouraging discussion and providing a personal demonstration of our solutions. Are you interested in attending a workshop on industrial environments? Contact us at workshop@blackbox.nl for upcoming workshop dates.
