Backbone Repeater

VDS Rail's Backbone Repeater is an EN 50155 compliant device specifically designed for network applications in Rolling-Stock environments, able to regenerate the Ethernet frame data and the electrical parameters to overcome the 100m maximum Ethernet segment limit imposed by the standard.

VDS Rail's Backbone Repeater is specifically intended to be placed between two (2) Ethernet Train Backbone Nodes to extend the Ethernet Train Backbone (ETB) links.

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The Backbone Repeater has two (2) + two (2) 100BASE-TX ports.

Highest Reliability ensured

• Two (2) protected independent Ethernet lines
• Independent power supply unit on each line 
• Fault relay, triggerable by loss of power or Ethernet physical error detection
  

• IEEE 802.3 Standard Physical layer: 10BASE-T, 100BASE-TX

• Connector type: M12 
• Power supply: 24 Vdc ÷ 110 Vdc
• Interruption voltage supply class: S2, according to EN 50155
• Power consumption: 7 W max
• Overall dimensions: 165 x 133 x 47 mm
• Weight: 1.0 Kg
• Operating temperature: -25 °C ÷ +70 °C (+85°C for 10 min. according to EN 50155 class OT3 with extended operating temperature ST1) or -40 °C ÷ +70 °C (+85°C for 10 min. according to EN 50155 class OT4 with extended operating temperature ST1)
• Storage temperature: -40 °C ÷ +85 °C
• Degree of protection: IP65

• EN 50155: Railway Applications (Electronic equipment used on rolling stock)
• EN 61373: Shock & Vibration
• EN 45545: Fire & Smoke
• IEEE 802.3: Ethernet Network Standard 
• REACH Regulation and Waste Framework Directive (WFD)
• RoHS Directive