14 General WAGO ETHERNET Accessories 852
852-111 Industrial ECO Switch
Manual
Version 1.3.1
3 General
3.1 Scope of Supply
• Industrial Eco Switch
• Carrier rail support
3.2 Industrial ETHERNET Technology
The range of WAGO switches ensures scalability of your network infrastructure
with outstanding electrical and mechanical characteristics. These robust devices
are designed for industrial use and they are fully compliant with IEEE 802.3,
802.3u.
They have voltage supply with a supply voltage range of 18 … 30 V.
Characteristics such as auto negotiation and auto MDI/MDIX (crossover) on all
10/100BASE-TX ports are realized.
3.3 Switching Technology
Industrial ETHERNET primarily uses switching technology. This technology
allows any network subscriber to send at any time because the subscriber always
has an open peer-to-peer connection to the next switch. The connection is
bidirectional, i.e., the subscriber can send and receive at the same time (full
duplex).
The targeted use of switching technology can increase real-time capability
because the peer-to-peer connection prevents collisions in network
communication.
3.4 Autonegotiation
Autonegotiation allows the switch to detect the transmission rate and operating
mode for each port and the connected subscriber or subscribers, and to set them
automatically. The highest possible mode (transmission speed and operating
mode) is set.
Autonegotiation is available to ETHERNET subscribers connected to the switch
via copper cable.
This make the switch a plug-and-play device.