Hirschmann MM20-t1 t1 t1 eahh media converter
Brand foundation: Hirschmann’s deep roots
Since its foundation in 1924, Hirschmann has evolved from a one-man company into a global leader in the field of communications over the course of nearly a century. In the field of broadcasting and television transmission technology, its mobile transmission and reception systems support the stable propagation of signals; in enterprise and industrial network solutions and fieldbus systems, Hirschmann’s pioneering achievements include the world’s first fibre-optic Ethernet in 1984 and the introduction of HIPER-Ring (redundant ring) Ethernet in 1990.
These pioneering achievements underline Hirschmann’s deep technical know-how and excellent market reputation in industrial networks and related fields. With rich experience and expertise, Hussmann’s products are able to maintain high transmission speed and reliability in harsh industrial environments such as high temperature, high pressure, and strong electromagnetic interference, etc. Hussmann’s business is spread all over the world, with production plants in Germany and Hungary, and branches in Europe, the United States, and Asia, responding to the needs of customers around the world at any time.
Port and Connection Characteristics
Ethernet Port: Based on similar Hussmann products, the MM20 – t1 t1 t1 eahh media converter is likely to be equipped with an Ethernet port that supports 10/100/1000Base-T adaptive rates, using an RJ-45 interface. This design facilitates connection using standard Cat5e, Cat6 or higher Ethernet cables, and ideally, the Ethernet port can effectively transmit data up to 100 metres using standard-compliant cables. This makes it easy to work seamlessly with industrial controllers, smart sensors, computers and other Ethernet devices, ensuring the stability and reliability of short-range data transmission in the industrial field.
Fibre optic port: Considering the demand for long distance and high bandwidth transmission in industrial scenarios, the media converter is likely to be equipped with a fibre optic port. If the media converter is equipped with a multi-mode optical fibre port, the transmission distance is estimated to be up to 550m when using 50/125μm optical fibre with a transmission rate of 1000Mbps, which is suitable for scenarios such as different workshops and floors within a factory that are relatively close to each other but with higher requirements on data transmission rate, for example, data interactions between equipments in different production areas of an automobile manufacturing factory.
When equipped with single-mode fibre ports, the transmission distance can be significantly extended to several kilometres when using single-mode fibre at 1310nm wavelength, which is important for cross-factory data communication in large industrial parks or long-distance data transmission scenarios such as transformer substations and remote monitoring centres in smart grids. Fibre optic ports may be of the common SC, LC type, with easy plugging and unplugging, solid connection characteristics, to meet the requirements of industrial environments on the stability and convenience of equipment connection.
Data conversion performance
Accurate signal conversion: In industrial automation production lines, front-end sensors often use optical fibre to build high-speed data acquisition networks, while back-end control systems often use Ethernet architecture. one of the core functions of the MM20 – t1 t1 t1 t1 eahh media converter is to accurately convert optical signals transmitted by optical fibre into electrical signals that can be recognised by Ethernet, and vice versa. In an electronics manufacturing plant, for example, high-precision sensors used in the production line to check the quality of the products are transmitted via optical fibre to the media converter, which quickly converts them into Ethernet signals and transmits them to the production management system at the back end, thus providing timely and accurate data for decision-making, and guaranteeing efficient and stable operation of the production line.
Intelligent Rate Adaptation: In a complex industrial network environment, the data transmission rate of different devices varies greatly. New devices may have a transmission rate of 1000Mbps or even higher, while some old devices still maintain a rate of 100Mbps. MM20 – t1 t1 t1 t1 eahh is equipped with a rate adaptation function, which can automatically sense the transmission rate of the devices connected to it and carry out intelligent matching and coordination.
When enterprises carry out network upgrading and transformation, the media converter enables these devices with different rates to work together in the same network, avoiding data transmission delays, packet loss or even interruption due to rate mismatch, which greatly improves the stability and compatibility of network data transmission and ensures that all kinds of data can be transmitted smoothly in the process of industrial production.
Network Expansion and Security
Breakthrough transmission distance limitation: traditional Ethernet twisted pair transmission distance is limited, it is difficult to meet the demand for long-distance data transmission of widely distributed equipment in large industrial facilities. MM20 – t1 t1 t1 t1 eahh media converter effectively solves this problem by taking advantage of the advantages of optical fibre transmission in terms of distance and anti-interference. In large industrial enterprises such as steel mills and cement factories, the plant area is vast and the equipment is extremely dispersed.
By using the media converter with optical fibre, data can be transmitted up to several kilometres away, significantly extending the network coverage. For example, in a steel plant, between the equipment located in the high-temperature smelting area and the central monitoring room located at the far end of the plant, the media converter and optical fibre can be used to stably transmit the data of the equipment’s operation status, process parameters and other data to the monitoring room, so as to facilitate the operators to grasp the production situation in real time, and to make timely decisions to ensure the safety and stability of the production process.
Strengthen network security protection: In the signal conversion at the same time, MM20 – t1 t1 t1 eahh also has a network isolation function, which is of great significance to improve the security of industrial networks. It can effectively block the flow of unnecessary network traffic between different network areas, reducing the scope of potential network attacks on the entire network system threat. In substations in the power industry, networks in different functional areas, such as the primary equipment monitoring network and the secondary equipment protection network, are segregated by this media converter.
Even if the network in a certain region suffers from malicious attacks, the attack can be prevented from spreading to other regions to the maximum extent possible, safeguarding the stable operation of the power system network and ensuring the reliability of power supply. In addition, some of the media converters may also have a simple protocol conversion function, so that the use of different communication protocols network equipment can achieve interoperability, further enhancing the overall security and adaptability of the network.
