306FX-N Industrial Ethernet Switch

N-Tron Networking Series

Unmanaged Industrial Ethernet Switch

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RUGGED • RELIABLE • AFFORDABLE

306FX2-N

housed in a ruggedized DIN-RAIL enclosure and is designed for use in industrial

data acquisition, control, and Ethernet I/O applications.

PRODUCT FEATURES

• Compact Size, Small Footprint

• Full IEEE 802.3 and 1613 Compliance

• NEMA TS1/TS2 Compliance

• American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) Type Approval

• Extended Environmental Specications

• Four 10/100 BaseTX RJ-45 Ports

• Two 100BaseFX Port ST (shown) or SC

• RJ-45 Ports Support Full/Half Duplex Operation

• LED Link/Activity Status Indication

• Store-and-Forward Technology

• Auto Sensing Duplex, Speed and MDIX (RJ-45)

• Up to 1.0 Gb/s Maximum Throughput

• Rugged Industrial DIN-RAIL Enclosure

• Redundant Power Inputs (10-30 VDC)

PRODUCT OVERVIEW

The 306FX2 industrial network switch is designed to meet and exceed the most

demanding industrial communication requirements while providing high throughput

and minimum downtime.

The 306FX2 provides four RJ-45 auto sensing 10/100BaseTX ports, plus two

ber-based Fast Ethernet uplink ports. All TX ports utilize state-of-the-art Ethernet

switching technology and are full/half duplex capable. The 306FX2 auto-negotiates

the speed and ow control capabilities of the fourTX port connections and congures

itself automatically. The two ber optic ports utilize industry standard ST or SC

duplex connectors and are congured for full duplex operation. Both multimode

and singlemode ber models are available.

The TX ports of the 306FX2 are auto sensing, so there will be no need to make

extensive wiring changes due to future upgrades of host computers, plant systems,

or Ethernet I/O modules.The switching fabric simply scales up or down automatically

to match network environments.

The 306FX2 supports up to 4,000 MAC addresses, enabling these products to

support extremely sophisticated and complex network architectures.

The 306FX2 is an ideal candidate for upgrading existing hubs and repeaters to

increase bandwidth and determinism by virtually eliminating network collisions.

The product provides a cost-effective solution while maintaining the plug & play

simplicity of an unmanaged hub.

The 306FX2 can simplify plant wiring by eliminating the need to bring data acquisition

and control network connections back to a climate controlled environment. The

306FX2 has extended operating environmental specications to meet the harsh

needs of the industrial environment. For cost savings and convenience the 306FX2

can be DIN-Rail mounted alongside Ethernet I/O or other industrial equipment.

The unique compact size provides a small footprint, conserving space in the most

critical dimension. The 306FX2 can also be panel mounted if desired.

To increase reliability, the 306FX2 includes redundant power inputs. LED's are

provided to display the link status and activity of each port, as well as power

on/off status.

N-VIEW OPC PORT MONITORING (With -N Option Only)

The N-TRON N-View OLE for Process Control (OPC) server software can be

combined with popular HMI software packages to add network trafc monitoring,

trending and alarming to any application using N-TRON switches congured with the

N-View option. N-TRON's N-View OPC Server collects 41 different trafc variables

per port and 5 system level variables per switch. This information can provide a

complete overview of the network load, service quality, and packet trafc. OPC client

software can use N-View OPC Server data to resolve network problems quickly

and improve system reliability.