A new industrial switch product line includes high-performance and cost-effective TSN switches. The different versions of the KSwitch D10 MMT will be available at the beginning of Q1/2022 and offer both RJ45 and SFP fiber interfaces up to 2.5 Gb/s with a full TSN feature set and management.

Modern automation solutions for successful Industry 4.0 and IoT applications require powerful real-time communication. The new KSwitch D10 MMT family is suitable for fast and gigabit networks and was specially developed for use in industrial environments. In addition to a compact design, the switches offer the option of connecting machines, controls and other components with one another in a future-oriented manner on the basis of Time Sensitive Network Ethernet (IEEE 802.1 TSN).

All TSN standards such as IEEE 802.1AS, 802.1Qci, 802.1Qav, 802.1Qbv, 802.1Qbu / 3br and 802.1CB, as well as IEEE1588 v2 are supported. The implemented management makes it possible to structure Quality of Service, VLANs and IGMP functions in industrial networks and to program the TSN network. A Netconf implementation for TSN network functions is optionally available.

The system software can be updated using standardized update functions. All variants of the KSwitch family, including the new KSwitch D10 MMT series, can be flexibly combined with one another and make it easier to set up a future-oriented TSN or standard Ethernet automation solution.

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