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The N-TRON® 508TX Series Industrial Ethernet Switch offers

outstanding performance and ease of use. It is ideally suited for
connecting Ethernet enabled industrial and/or security equipment
and can be optionally configured with advanced Ethernet
communication management functions
PRODUCT FEATURES
• Full IEEE 802.3 and 1613 Compliance
• NEMA TS1/TS2 Compliance
• American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) Type Approval
• Eight 10/100 BaseTX RJ-45 Ports
• -40º to 85ºC Operating Temperature
• Auto Sensing 10/100BaseTX, Duplex, and MDIX
• Store-and-forward Technology
• Up to 2.6 Gb/s Backplane Throughput
• Rugged Industrial DIN-Rail Enclosure
• Redundant Power Inputs (10-30 VDC)
• Bi-Color LED's For Link, Speed, Activity & Duplex Status N-View OPC Switch Monitoring (With -A or -N Option Only)
The N-TRON N-View OLE for Process Control (OPC) server
Advanced Management Features (With -A option only): software can be combined with popular HMI software packages
• IGMP Snooping to add network traffic monitoring, trending and alarming to
• VLAN any application using N-TRON switches configured with the
• QoS N-View option. N-TRON's N-View OPC Server collects 41
• Trunking different traffic variables per port and 5 system level variables
• Mirroring per switch. This information can provide a complete overview
• N-ViewTM (Remote Monitoring Using OPC Technology) of the network load, service quality, and packet traffic. OPC
client software can use N-View OPC Server data to resolve
Advanced Management Functions network problems quickly and improve system reliability.
The 508TX-A offers several management functions that can be
easily configured using the COM Port (DB 9 Connector located Industrial Packaging and Specifications
on the right side of the switch). The N-TRON 508TX is designed to operate in industrial
environments. It is housed in a rugged steel enclosure
IGMP Snooping - Internet Group Management Protocol is that can be DIN-RAIL or panel mounted, and an optional
a feature that allows the 508TX-A switch to forward and filter rackmount kit is also available. The 508TX comes standard with
multicast traffic intelligently. extended temperature rating, extended shock and vibration specs,
VLAN - Virtual Local Area Network allows segmentation of the redundant power inputs, and a high MTBF (greater than 2M hours).
switch in order to create two or more separate local area network
domains. Ease of Use
The N-TRON 508TX requires no setup unless the advanced
QoS - Quality of Service provides prioritization of network traffic port functions are utilized. The eight 10/100BaseTX ports are
in order to provide better network service. The primary goal of auto sensing and auto configuring. Each copper port is
QoS is to improve the latency of prioritized Ethernet packets automatically negotiated for maximum speed and performance
required for ring management, real-time and other interactive by default. Bi-color LED's are provided to display the link
applications. status, link speed and activity of each port as well as power
Trunking - Trunking (aggregation) enables multiple physical on/off status.
ports to be linked together and function as one uplink to another Performance
N-TRON trunking capable switch configured in the same manner, The N-TRON 508TX uses "state of the art" IEEE
thereby increasing the bandwidth between switches. This 802.3 Fast Ethernet 10/100BaseTX switching
configuration can provide increased bandwidth and redundancy to technology. This technology eliminates network collisions
applications requiring high levels of fault tolerant operation. and increases network determinism. Up to 4,000 MAC
Port Mirroring - This 508TX-A function allows the traffic on addresses are supported enabling sophisticated and complex
one port to be duplicated and sent to a designated mirror port. network architectures. A high speed processor and backplane
Port mirroring can be used to monitor Ethernet traffic on the allows wire speed capability on all ports simultaneously.
designated source port using the assigned mirror port.

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508TX Industrial Ethernet Switch Ordering Information

508TX Eight 10/100BaseTX Ports

508TX-N 508TX with N-View

508TX-A 508TX with N-View and Advanced Management Features

508TX-A Specifications
Switch Properties Serial Configuration Port
Number of MAC Addresses: 4,000 Com Parameters: 9600,n,8,1
Aging Time: 20s, Programmable (-A)
Latency Type.: 2.1 μs Network Media
Backplane Speed: 2.6Gb/s 10BaseT: >Cat3 Cable
Switching Method: Store & Forward
100BaseTX: >Cat5 Cable
Connectors
Case Dimensions
10/100BaseTX: Eight (8) RJ-45 Copper Ports
Height: 2.3" (5.8cm)
Width: 5.9" (15cm) Recommended Wiring Clearance
Depth: 3.5" (8.8cm) Front: 4" (10.16 cm)
Weight: 1.6 lbs (0.8kg) Side: 1" (2.54 cm)
Din-Rail: 35mm

Electrical Regulatory Approvals

Redundant Input Voltage: 10-30 VDC FCC/CE (CFR 47, Part 15, Subpart B, Class A)
Input Current: 200 mA@24V EMC Dir 89/336/EEC, EN 50204, EN 55011
Inrush: 9.0Amp/0.6ms@24V EN61000-4-2/3/4/5/6/8/11, EN61000-6-2/4
ANSI C63.4, ICES-003
UL /cUL: Class I, Div 2, Groups A, B, C, D and T4A
Environmental UL 508 and UL 1604
Operating Temperature: -20oC to 70oC (Standard)
CAN/CSA-C22.2 No.213, ATEX II 3 G Ex nA
-40oC to 85oC (Extended)
ABS Type Approval for Shipboard Applications
Operating Humidity: 10% to 95%
(Non Condensing) GOST-R Certified, RoHS Compliant
Operating Altitude: 0 to 10,000 ft. Designed to comply with:
IEEE 1613 for Electric Utility Substations
NEMA TS1/TS2 for Traffic Control
Shock and Vibration (bulkhead mounting)
Shock: 200g @ 10ms
Vibration/Seismic: 50g, 5-200Hz, Triaxial
Contact Information
Reliability N-TRON Corp. N-TRON Europe GmbH
MTBF: >2Million Hours 820 S. University Blvd., Suite 4E Alte Steinhauserstr 19
Mobile, AL36609USA 6330 Cham / Zg Switzerland
TEL: (251) 342-2164 TEL: +41 41 7406636
FAX: (251) 342-6353 FAX: +41 41 7406637
Website: www.n-tron.com
Email: [email protected]
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® 2009 N-TRON, Corp. N-TRON and the N-TRON logo are trademarks of N-TRON, Corp. Specifications subject to change without notice. Printed in USA.