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  • IEC 61850 Power Communications Standard - Commercial Ethernet switches need not apply!

    IEC 61850 Power Communications Standard - Commercial Ethernet switches need not apply!

    The Ethernet-based IEC 61850 international standards for communication in power generation facilities and substations sets a high bar for Ethernet switch reliability. The goal of this standard is to integrate all of the protection, control, measurement, and monitoring functions within a substation.
    By: Bill Lydon
    07 February, 2003 | 3 minutes

  • Multi-Segment Ethernet Networks

    The maximum length of a 10BASE5 segment is 500 m and this would represent the network diameter of the Ethernet network if no repeaters were used. However, Ethernet can be expanded to a larger network diameter by using repeaters as long as the network diameter does not exceed the collision domain of Ethernet. This article will discuss those restrictions.
    By: Contemporary Controls, Contemporary Controls
    04 August, 2002 | 7 minutes
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