IS420ESWAH1A

About the IS420ESWAH1A

Greater Product Series Information

IONet Switch IS420ESWAH1A is part of the Mark VIeS Turbine Control System Series from General Electric. As you have probably been able to decipher based off of its full extended series name, the Mark VIeS Series that this IS420ESWAH1A device belongs to has:

• a selection of specific applications in both the control and management systems of popular and compatible gas, steam and wind turbines
• to be considered a desirable series on the greater automated industrial marketplace
  • it is one of the last-developed General Electric Mark product series to include the esteemed Speedtronic control system technology

Hardware Tips and Specifications

This switch pack has:

• eight 10/100Base-TX ports
• one 100Base-FX LC-type connector
• two different configurations
  • both of the switches can be mounted on the long edge of the switch, one perpendicular to the rail, while the other will be mounted parallel to the rail
• different clips depending on the mounting orientation chosen
  • if the switch has been mounted perpendicular to the rail the clip needed is the 259B2451BVP2
• a sole A-rated functional product revision made to this IS420ESWAH1A device's assembly.

This IS420ESWAH1A device basically exists as a sturdy metal box permeated in several locations by standard Mark VIeS Series ethernet ports for interfacing with other Mark VIe or Mark VIeS Series products. For your convenience during diagnostic fault detection purposes, this IS420ESWAH1A device's LED's purposes have been contextualized through a factory-printed legend available right beside its corresponding LED indicators. The positive inputs and output entrances for this IS420ESWAH1A product's TB1 and TB2 ports are additionally labeled.

IONET Switch Module Diagnostic Hardware Information

When meeting functionality and speed requirements there are a multitude of features that the IS420ESWAH1A pack must meet; some of the features are:

• full/half duplex auto-negotiation
• LED for power
• a minimum 256 KB buffer with up to 4K MAC (media access control) addresses
• several RJ45 connectors that are used to support multiple removals and insertions
  • this connector should e able to serve up to two hundred removal/insertion cycles
• a switch on the IS420ESWAH1A pack which
  • used to support flow control between switches
  • has the capability to send pauses only if flow control is needed on a port

All of the above information can be found in several different manuals from General Electric, these manuals are the GEH-6855 Volume I and II manuals, the GEH-6725 HazLoc manual, the GEH-6861 Functional Safety System Equipment Users Guide; and the GEI-10089 Mark VIe Industrial Ethernet/IONet Switch Summary Sheet.