What is industrial PoE switch？

What is industrial PoE switch

PoE industrial switches refer to industrial switches with PoE power supply, or industrial-grade PoE switches. Industrial PoE switches are based on existing industrial Ethernet switches, embedded with PoE power supply chips, and provide terminal network equipment through network cables. Power and data transmission, realizing PoE power supply scheduling for terminal equipment, and providing more convenient and safer transmission applications for industrial network applications. Therefore, when network equipment is deployed in an industrial site, even in the face of an extremely harsh industrial environment, severe electromagnetic interference can adapt to a complex industrial environment and promote the deployment of industrial automation networks.

Industrial PoE Switch

PoE switch is a switch with PoE function, which can be connected with ordinary switches. It can transmit data while supplying power, while the main function of a common switch is to exchange data and does not have the function of power supply.

For example, when the power supply is not connected, there is a surveillance camera connected to a common switch using a network cable. There is no doubt that this surveillance camera cannot work normally. In the same situation, this surveillance camera is connected to a PoE switch through a network cable. Then this surveillance camera can work normally, this is the essential difference between PoE switch and ordinary switch.

Industrial PoE switches can be used as ordinary switches

PoE switch has the function of a switch. Of course, it can be used as an ordinary switch, but when used as an ordinary switch, it does not maximize the value of the PoE switch, but wastes the powerful functions of the PoE switch.

If you do not need to provide direct current to the connected devices and only need to transmit data, then it is recommended that you use a common switch. If you need not only data transmission but also power supply, it is recommended that you choose a PoE switch.