Sunday, September 21, 2014

Power Over Ethernet(Poe) Is A Highly Desirable Attribute In Today’s Market

Power over Ethernet (Poe) was originally developed to provide electrical power and network data capability over standard Ethernet cabling to locations where AC power would be inconvenient, expensive or infeasible to install.

Even in situations where AC power is feasible, Poe offers some additional advantages which are:
•    Power over Ethernet is usually simple to set up and because it operates at low voltage it does not require an electrician to install.
•    Another benefit is the fact that data and power are combined on a single cable, which reduces cabling requirements. Therefore in most cases, existing network infrastructure can be used.

The most preferable option, especially if new networking hardware is required is a Poe switch. Although a Poe Switch looks like a typical Ethernet switch, but it provides an all-in-one source for data and power. Therefore, this is the most economical option when powering multiple Poe devices.

Poe technology finds a large number of applications in daily life. One such example is access control which is used for providing security solutions to the people for their private properties.

Ethernet Hubs were invented as a cost-effective way of attaching multiple devices to a common central point in a star topology. This reduces many issues relating to the cabling of multiple hosts on a single cable. Ethernet Hubs are implemented as simple multiport repeaters and every transmission is heard by every host connected to the hub.

The devices which have standard USB ports can be used to connect to a network using an USB to Ethernet adapter. This adapter is highly useful in cases where there is a single network source and there is a need to connect many devices to this source.

Thursday, September 18, 2014

Use POE Injector Technology To Power Up Your LAN Devices

Sharing of information takes place at all times globally. In every second gigs of data gets shared from one device to other via networking channels. These networking channels connect various devices either with wires or wirelessly. Wired connections make use of LAN cables while wireless connections employ the usage of routers to provide networking signals to the various devices. While LAN or Ethernet cables are more efficient at providing continuous data connectivity, wireless network provides a long range advantage. Thus both types of network connections have their own merits and advantages.


To ensure continuous supply of data to various devices we need to ensure that the power is supplied to the network source. This power can be derived from POE Injector technology which is the name for the method through which electrical signals/power is transmitted to various end point devices along with the data signals without needing any separate cable for both individual purposes.

POE injector technology can be used to power devices like rugged keypad. These keypads find a very wide range of applications for military purposes. They are usually custom designed specifically for military and can be used for harsh conditions as per the situations in those environments.

All these devices often have limited hardware for connecting them to the internet. In these cases, we can use devices like Ethernet Splitter which creates a sort of bridge between two or more end point devices so that internet access can be provided to each device simultaneously.

Some devices like sensors, computers, data loggers etc. can be connected using the serial communications. But the simple serial communications have several limitations. Due to this, all the limitations have led to a need for using the serial to Ethernet communications.

Wednesday, September 10, 2014

Fulfilling The Need Of Additional Power By Using Poe Injector

Power over Ethernet (Poe) was originally developed to provide electrical power and network data capability over standard Ethernet cabling to locations where AC power would be inconvenient, expensive or infeasible to install.

Even in situations where AC power is feasible, PoE offers some additional advantages. It can be used with various other equipments like Rugged Keypad and Access control keypad as it is compatible with them.

PoE is simple to set up and because it operates at low voltage it does not require an electrician to install. Another benefit is the fact that data and power are combined on a single cable, which reduces cabling requirements. In most cases, existing network infrastructure can be used.

The flexibility that is offered by PoE by combining network signal and power into a single Ethernet cable makes it a highly desirable attribute in today’s market.

Poe Injector is designed to be used in-line with the Ethernet cable to provide power to a single device and would suit an application where there aren’t enough PoE devices to warrant the cost of a PoE switch, or if the data needs to be transmitted a long distance (e.g. via fiber) first, before being converted back to
Ethernet, and then PoE applied.

The reason that Poe technology is so flexible and compatible with most devices including the Network Keypad makes it worthy of being called as an essential part of IT solutions services. In fact, it is so useful that a complicated device like Metal Keypad can also be used with Poe injector to provide it with electrical power.

Monday, September 1, 2014

POE Facts And Uses

All electronic devices like wireless access points, network cameras, IP phones etc. needs power supply through a network cable and if they are supplied with a UPS, short for Uninterrupted Power Supply, it provides continuous operation and also remove most of the power interruptions which in turn helps to decrease the business downtime.

One such technology to provide such features is POE injector technology. Usage of this technology provides scale-ability and flexibility to the networking infrastructure and the best feature is its ability to install endpoints in any location. This helps to gear the infrastructure for an efficient growth and they are the best cost effective solution for power supply over ports.

POE injector technology can be used to power metal keypad and most of them are made from stainless aluminum or steel. They are designed to comply with all standards of safety.

Similarly POE injector technology can also be used for outdoor keypad. A POE injector technology enabled outdoor keypad is better than a regular outdoor keypad as it saves a lot of power being transferred from conventional power transferring techniques and thus reducing the costs.

PoE technology can be used directly or indirectly by almost all the devices. One such device to use this technology is keypad display. PoE injector technology uses lowest power for displaying the maximum intensity content and is efficient at power saving.

POE has an expertise in manufacturing rugged environment compatible keypads and keyboards at most affordable costs. Their keypads are designed to adapt to all types of applications; be it industrial, military or commercial and more. Their products include network keypads, POE injectors, access control keypad and metal keypads.