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1 Product Overview
1.1 Functional Overview
The RuggedSwitch
RS500 is a substation hardened, fiber optical Ethernet switch specifically
designed to operate in harsh environments such as those found in electric utility substations and
harsh industrial environments. The RS500 provides 4 10BaseFL fiber optical ports and one
100BaseFX port.
Specifically tested to the same standards as mission critical protective relaying equipment (i.e.
ANSI/IEEE C37.90 and IEC 60255) the RS500 is ideally suited to form the Ethernet network in a
UCA2 (Utility Communications Architecture 2.0) based substation automation network. Because
the RS500 was designed to meet the demands of the substation environment it is also ideally
suited for industrial automation networks based on Industrial Ethernet. The reliability of the RS500
exceeds that of commercial Ethernet switches by having no rotating mechanical parts such as
cooling fans and by utilizing high-temperature solid-state components.
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: 24VDC, 48VDC or 110VDC
Failsafe output relay for critical failure or error alarming
4 – 10BaseFL (10Mbps) multimode
1 – 100BaseFX fiber optical port
Full-duplex operation (no collisions)