An Ethernet Switch Designed Around Electrical Safety

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9th September 2009

Source: Grace Engineered Products

An Ethernet Switch Designed Around Electrical Safety

Electrical safety impacts the design of the simple Ethernet switch with the new Active GracePort from Grace Engineered Products. The current NFPA 70e electrical safety mandate severely regulates voltage exposure to workers, thereby making simple tasks like opening an electrical enclosure door for diagnostics very time consuming. The new Active GracePort is transforming the 30-minute task of diagnostics into a 30-second one, which greatly increases employee safety and productivity.

Designed to mount on the outside of a control panel, the GracePort® industrial Unmanaged 4:1 Ethernet Switch can be ordered with unlimited combinations of outlets, data interfaces, and customer logos and text to meet customer requirements. It is also available in UL Type 12, 4, and 4X.

The innovative 'Inside-Out' design locates four 10/100 Base-T(X) ports inside the panel and one port outside the panel. The inside ports provide communication between devices witE5 backhin the panel while the outside port provides communication into the panel for programming and diagnostics. In addition, the reset button and the status LED's for all ports are functional from the outside of the panel to keep personnel safe from voltage.

The industrial rated Ethernet switch has UL approval, 9-24VDC input power, and a robust 0° to 60° C temperature rating. Designed to fit into a GracePort, offer users the choice of a UL Type 4/IP-65, 12 or 4X rating to maintain their enclosure integrity.

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