Hi All
I have an Ethernet IP MCC application with the option of Hirschmann RS20 switches or Eaton/Cooper 2080E-T. I was wondering how your experience was with both type of switches? The starters and VFDs will be setup on switch level ring. There will be 5-6 devices per switch and each switch will be interconnected as a ring back to a dedicated Ethernet controllogix card.
The Eaton switch claims to have a less than 20ms recovery time on a ring fault with upto 50 switches. This is extremely fast. I was unable to find detailed info on Hirschmann but from some various websites it looks liks Hirschmann is greater than 500ms. The Eaton switch is the standard offering on the Eaton MCC. The Hirschmann Switch is more expensive and my understanding is that it can be added in the IO tree in RSlogix5000. Noise immunity is critical as The switches are in a MCC environment.
I was hoping to get some pros and cons between the two based on your experience. Here is the link for the Eaton:
http://www.cooperindustries.com/con...s/2080e-t-8-port-managed-ethernet-switch.html
I have an Ethernet IP MCC application with the option of Hirschmann RS20 switches or Eaton/Cooper 2080E-T. I was wondering how your experience was with both type of switches? The starters and VFDs will be setup on switch level ring. There will be 5-6 devices per switch and each switch will be interconnected as a ring back to a dedicated Ethernet controllogix card.
The Eaton switch claims to have a less than 20ms recovery time on a ring fault with upto 50 switches. This is extremely fast. I was unable to find detailed info on Hirschmann but from some various websites it looks liks Hirschmann is greater than 500ms. The Eaton switch is the standard offering on the Eaton MCC. The Hirschmann Switch is more expensive and my understanding is that it can be added in the IO tree in RSlogix5000. Noise immunity is critical as The switches are in a MCC environment.
I was hoping to get some pros and cons between the two based on your experience. Here is the link for the Eaton:
http://www.cooperindustries.com/con...s/2080e-t-8-port-managed-ethernet-switch.html