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APPLICATION
Wastewater treatment plants rely heavily on Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) monitoring systems for networking communication throughout a plant’s water treatment system. The SCADA system can remotely monitor everything from process data such as level and flow measurements to CCTV video that passes through the Ethernet switches. Most tanks and filtration systems throughout the plant have a managed Ethernet switch that utilizes the Ethernet Ring Protection Switching (ERPS) topology. This ring eliminates downtime by building a redundant Ethernet network and performs a ‘self-healing’ feature in order to re-build the network and route data immediately with a backup path. Because of the distance between Ethernet switches, fiber is typically used to create the ERPS Ring, requiring Ethernet switches with multiple fiber Gigabit Ethernet ports.
APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS
- Rugged networking devices to perform in outdoor and harsh weather conditions.
- High fiber optic port count for long-distance communication. Fiber is crucial when building an Ethernet ring topology to link data across water distribution systems.
- Copper port counts for transmitting 10/100/1000 data up to 100 meters.
- Reliable data routing with built-in network management software.
SOLUTIONS
- LMX/LMP-1802G-SFP Series: Large port-count Gigabit Ethernet switches for harsh environments with a power input of 12 to 48VDC.
- LMX/LMP-2004G-SFP Series: High fiber and copper port Ethernet switches with PoE+ capabilities for outdoor and extreme weather conditions.
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