Advantech Releases Two New Gigabit Ethernet PoE Cards

Feb. 28, 2013 - PRLog -- Advantech’s Industrial Automation Group has launched two new PCIE Gigabit Ethernet Power over Ethernet (PoE) Cards, the PCIE-1672PC and 1674PC are two and four port cards designed to work in industrial PC’s such as Advantech’s UNO-3xxx series. With up to 15.4 watts of power per port, the two PoE cards can power IEEE802.3af compliant devices without the need for additional power wiring. Each card has an integrated network processor (NPU) enabling the industrial PCs’ CPU to perform its other tasks by offloading the network traffic management to the NPU.  
Main features / FAQ on cards:          

ü  Two and four port versions available.

ü  Speed: 10/100/1000 Mbps per port by Intel i350 controllers.

ü  IEEE Gigabit 802.3af with power isolation, also IEEE 1588 PTP protocol.

ü  Supports 12 VDC AT/ATX input power, up to 15.4 watts at 48VDC per PoE port.

ü  Built-in 2.25 KV isolation protection on LAN ports.

ü  Supports 9k Jumbo Frame and Link Aggregation.

ü  Power requirement is max .6A at 12 V from external power plug via 4-pin power connector.

Suggested applications include but not limited to:

·         Surveillance IP (PTZ) cameras for remote monitoring.

·         Intelligent transportation systems.

·         Bundle with embedded Advantech UNO/ARK or IPC application that needs PoE to power device.

·         Machine automation applications such as Wafer Inspection

·         Production quality control

Current support is available for Windows 7, Vista, and XP operating systems. For more information or to purchase these PCIE cards or any of our other products, please contact Advantech directly or your regional Advantech authorized distributor.