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Precautions for the use of industrial switches in factories

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Industrial switches are generally used in harsh environments, so what should you pay attention to when using industrial switches in factories? The following editor will take you to know about industrial switches.

1. Ethernet network layout Office network topology is not suitable for factory production workshops that use factory/machine Ethernet topology. Unlike office Ethernet infrastructures, which are typically built using commercial-grade products that work well in constant temperature environments and switched networks built in star topologies, industrial Ethernet architectures often face multiple challenges. Unexpected changes, so it needs to have some extra features like high-speed redundancy, etc.

2. Ethernet communication protocol For control system integrators, the most important thing is to realize that Ethernet is just a network architecture. To enable it to communicate between automation devices, you need industrial-grade communication protocols. The IEEE 802.3 Ethernet standard defines wiring methods, rules for reading and writing data, and the structure of an Ethernet architecture. Although different devices using this network standard can communicate on the same network segment, they must use the same network protocol, or "communication language".

3. The processing power of Ethernet This depends not only on the speed of the network, but also on the speed and accuracy of the data transmission to where it should go. The processing power of the network is undoubtedly one of the most critical factors, and its measurement standard is the amount of network data transmission per unit time. The only way to improve this performance is to reduce the number of cycles in the communication stack.

4. Ethernet network configuration On the one hand, network settings are simple, but more importantly, the programming to achieve communication must not be too complicated.

5. It is not enough to only consider the current application in advance planning, the current Ethernet must be able to meet all possible future application requirements.

6. The elements of old systems transforming Industrial Ethernet are not limited to Ethernet itself. How to integrate and use existing networks and machines from different vendors is one of the issues that must be considered.

7. Costs In the case of Ethernet, the most important cost is not the components to build the network, but the design, installation and maintenance.

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