California, U.S.A., July 2018 – Ethernet Direct Corporation, a professional and primary provider of industrial networking and communication solutions shares how insights about industrial rack mount IEC 61850-3 certified substation switch for sustainable energy systems in power applications.

Sustained economic growth coupled with burgeoning energy demand continues to drive the development of power & energy sectors throughout Southeast Asia. The expanding electricity investments in the ASEAN power transmission grids by 2025 will consist of new power lines, upgrade, and modernization to strengthen the supply networks. High voltage direct current (HVDC) technologies and smart grids need to be more resilient and reliable to carry out a more efficient Operations & Maintenance (O&M) for network operators who face various challenges when managing grids. To address the concerns on communication devices for substations, Ethernet Direct offers IEC 61850 certified substation switches to guarantee grid stability, reliability and security. The Eagle EMG-2448GEPRI6 rack mount substation switch comes with 28-port full Gigabit port density designed exclusively for harsh grid environments and wide temperature applications. Some key features are include

Ethernet Direct offers industrial standards core switches to cater the demands of next generation networks with primary focus on speed, flexibility, reliability and future proof. Our carrier class design is tested and engineered to meet or exceed high availability standards and provide ultra fast fault recovery redundancy with less than 10 milliseconds. This ensures a high level of operational performance and resulted in an increased reliance on the network.

Some key features are include:

1. Qos/CoS/DSCP to increase determinism and critical packet prioritization
2. Enhanced VLAN for trunk traffic reduction and traffic filtering
3. Time synchronization technology by means of IEEE 1588 PTP V2
4. Supports various network security solutions, Port and MAC based IEEE802.1X, RADIUS, ACL, TACACS+, HTTP/HTTPS, SSL/SSH v2
5. Easy to configure ERPS V2 user interface with recovery time of < 20ms @ 250 units connected while transmitting/receiving data at full network speed
6. DI/DO
7. Support EtherNet/IP and Modbus industrial automation protocols
8. Redundant power inputs and embedded protecting circuit to protect the grid system from input/output voltages and rectifier malfunctions

Ethernet Direct has worldwide proven applications in the power & utilities markets ranging from Nuclear power plants, Solar power farms, Wind power, Transmission & Distribution, Hydro-electric power and others. Our network solutions shape up the future of digital substations and renewable energy. Our industrial switches have been installed in projects such as CGE Electric Power Distribution, Floating wind turbines in Scotland, River Dam Authority in Oklahoma U.S.A., Solar power plants in California U.S.A., Relay Control in Korean Substation, South China Power Grid Interconnection, Electric Distribution IX & X Region in Latin America and more.

Transmission infrastructures can be categorized under connection and network assets. The ability to provide a secured, real-time communication with large bandwidths and high system availability makes IEC 61850 certified switches the ideal networking solution for digital substations. With our decades of applied knowledge in the electric power industry, Ethernet Direct understands the industrial networks.

To understand how your applications can benefit from Ethernet Direct IEC 61850-3 substation switches, please e-mail sales@ethernetdirect-us.com or sales@ethernetdirect-tw.com

Product information is also available at www.ethernetdirect-tw.com