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    www .RuggedCom.com 1 RuggedSwitch TM RS400 RuggedServer™ RS400 4-Port Serial Device Server with Integrated 4-Port Managed Ethernet Switch The RuggedServer™ RS400 Family is an industrially hardened, serial device server with an integrated, fully managed, Ethernet switch, designed to operate reliably in electrically harsh and climatically demandi[...]

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    www .RuggedCom.com 2 RuggedSwitch TM RS400 RuggedServer™ RS400 4-Port Serial Device Server with Integrated 4-Port Managed Ethernet Switch R uggedSer v er™ RS400 Serial Port s  4 - RS232/RS422/RS485  2kV Isolation per Port Ethernet Port s  4-Port Ethernet Switch  Fiber & Copper Ports Failsafe Output Relay  0.4A @ 120V AC  2[...]

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    www .RuggedCom.com 3 RuggedSwitch TM RS400 RuggedServer™ RS400 4-Port Serial Device Server with Integrated 4-Port Managed Ethernet Switch Serial IP Encap sulation Many 'legacy' devices (RTU, PLC, IED, etc.) only support serial communications via RS232 or RS485. ROS encapsulates the serial dat a within a TCP connection allowing these dev[...]

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    www .RuggedCom.com 4 RuggedSwitch TM RS400 RuggedServer™ RS400 4-Port Serial Device Server with Integrated 4-Port Managed Ethernet Switch Ethernet St atistics and RMON ROS provides continuously updating statistics per port that provide both ingress and egress packet and byte counters as well as detailed error figures. Also provided is full suppor[...]

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    www .RuggedCom.com 5 RuggedSwitch TM RS400 RuggedServer™ RS400 4-Port Serial Device Server with Integrated 4-Port Managed Ethernet Switch EMI and En vir onmental T ype T ests Environmental T ype T ests T est Description T est Levels Severity Levels IEC 60068-2-1 Cold T emperature T est Ad -40°C, 16 Hours N/A IEC 60068-2-2 Dry Heat T est Bd +85°[...]

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    www .RuggedCom.com 6 RuggedSwitch TM RS400 RuggedServer™ RS400 4-Port Serial Device Server with Integrated 4-Port Managed Ethernet Switch T ec hnical Specifica tions Fiber Optical Specifications Parameter Fiber Port T ype 10BaseFL 100BaseFX Mode Multimode Multimode Singlemode Connectors ST MTRJ / ST / SC LC / SC T ypical Dist. (km) 2 2 20 50 90 O[...]

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    www .RuggedCom.com 7 RuggedSwitch TM RS400 RuggedServer™ RS400 4-Port Serial Device Server with Integrated 4-Port Managed Ethernet Switch Mounting Options[...]

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    www .RuggedCom.com 8 RuggedSwitch TM RS400 RuggedServer™ RS400 4-Port Serial Device Server with Integrated 4-Port Managed Ethernet Switch RuggedCom Inc. 30 Whitmore Road Woodbridge, Ont ario, Canada L4L 7Z4 T el: (905) 856-5288 Fax: (905) 856-1995 T oll Free: (888) 264-0006 T echnical Support Center: (866) 922-7975 or (954) 922-7975 © 2006 Rugge[...]