Ethernet Direct Announces 20 New Product Categories in 2009 Master Catalogue

Ethernet Direct offers unique product solutions for any given Industrial application. Here is a brief highlight of some new product solutions for 2009.

Industrial IP67 and M12 Switch Solutions
Ethernet Direct offers Whale Industrial M12 switch solution especially designed for the toughest industrial applications and comes with IP-67/68 rating & shielded M12 connectors to to protect any application from vibration, moisture, humidity, shock and other disturbances.

Industrial Power over Ethernet Solutions
Complete portfolio of 12 models Cobra series PoE switches from single port up to 26-port density, unmanaged or managed, fiber port of either multimode or single mode, supply power of 15W per port up to high power 30 watts. Ethernet Direct is a pioneer is providing hardened PoE switches especially engineered for Industrial based environment applications.

Industrial Video over Ethernet Solutions
A broad spectrum of OWL series Industrial video over Ethernet products which include Video server, CCTV cameras and IP Cameras to provide turnkey solutions in industry segments and specific solutions such as building automation, security & surveillance, transportation, factory automation and others applications.

Industrial Wireless LAN Solutions
Ethernet Direct offers Falcon Industrial Wireless LAN product solution especially designed for harsh environment to help improve automation and integration in manufacturing, process control, security & other industrial applications. FWI & FWO series come with IP-68 housing protection, weatherproof, waterproof, dust proof, high resistant to shock and vibration and wide operating temperature of -30 to 70 deg C. To prevent a vulnerable wireless network, Falcon series is equipped with Wired Equivalent Privacy & Wi-Fi Protected Access security systems. Industrial Wireless Radio Bridge with Video Server offers Wireless solution for surveillance application by combining superior wireless technology.

ZIGBEE Solutions
ZigBee is a specification based on the IEEE 802.15.4 standard for wireless personal area networks (WPAN). Ethernet Direct offers Zebra ZigBee products solution to cater the WPAN application. Product variations include RS-485/RS-232 to ZigBee network converter as host & slave, ZigBee repeater and ZigBee Access Points specifically engineered for remote monitoring & control applications.

MODBUS over TCP Solutions
Ethernet Direct offers Moose series Industrial Modbus over TCP product solutions which include industrial switches and gateways. In SCADA applications, it is important that a device can monitor the status of Ethernet and fiber port with Modbus or OPC protocol. MRM series supports Modbus/TCP, Modbus/RTU and OPC protocols to provide majority of applications with a seamless process. When these devices are placed into a redundant ring application, its redundant ring technology detects and recovers a fiber or copper link failure in milliseconds.

PROFIBUS Solutions
Ethernet Direct offers Panda PROFIBUS DP solution designed specifically for the slave device of PROFIBUS DP protocol. It offers RS-232, RS-422 & RS-485 - three kinds of communication way. Panda Profibus converter and gateway are designed for a wide range of applications, particularly in the fields of factory and process automation. It is suitable for both fast, time-critical applications and complex communication tasks with safety and stability when use in industrial applications.

CAN BUS Solutions
Ethernet Direct offers Canary CAN Bus solution products to provide industrial environments with higher performance products to be used in applications involving Factory automation, Industrial machine control, Maritime electronic, Building management system and Aircraft engines. The CAN series include CAN Bus isolated repeater, CAN to Fiber converter, Intelligent Serial to CAN converter, Ethernet to CAN/Serial converter and USB to CAN converter.