March 2009

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New Product Information:
Build maximum flexibility and optimum functionality into your Ethernet controls …with ConneXium from Schneider Electric!

When your customers need Ethernet-ready systems to monitor their networks, access information and increase productivity…all at high speed and with maximum transparency in tough industrial environments…ConneXium Managed Ethernet Switches are the winning solution.

Schneider Electric’s family of ConneXium Switches allows you to build a truly complete Ethernet –ready solution that provides more value for your customers, including:

  • Easy to install – you can mount the switch modules on a standard DIN rail
  • Increased functionality – with extensive web-based diagnostic / configuration management, high availability redundancy, better filtering options, and enhanced security features for building your most comprehensive systems.
  • Long distance capacity – these switches are excellent options for your customers’ applications where the distance between nodes is over 100M:
  • High durability – your critical agency certifications and approvals include:
    − UL508, UL1604 Class 1 Div 2, and UL60950
  • Improved security and reliability – unauthorized access to your clients’ systems are  limited through new SNMP V3 security features such as limited password transmission, complex calculations of keys, and encrypted SNMP packets

ConneXium hubs and switches support a high level of resilience. Their scalable redundant features – from single to double ring structure – make it easy for you to build the kind of fault-tolerant network that fits your customer’s specific requirements.

Learn more about ConneXium Managed Ethernet Switches…

Your Business:
Schneider Electric Sensor Competency Center introduces New Sensor Product Selection Tool!

Schneider Electric’s Sensor Competency Center (SCC) – the company’s center of excellence for ultrasonic technology – has introduced a product selection tool to help guide Control Panel Builders in selecting the right sensor for their application.
The Sensor Product Selection Tool allows the user to select the most common sensing features using numerous drop-down lists for ultrasonic, photoelectric, inductive and capacitive sensors.  The more specific features the user selects, the narrower the selection in the result box becomes.  Once the user is satisfied with the features they've selected, they can click the part number in the results box for a full description of the sensor.

Look for the Sensor Product Selection Tool on the SCC's microsite, www.sesensors.com, under the Products tab. Then click on the Sensors Builder link.  Updates to this tool will be made as necessary, when new products are released. 

To learn more about this dynamic, new tool, please contact Erin Weckesser at the Schneider Electric Sensor Competency Center by calling 937-514-7205 or emailing erin.weckesser@us.schneider-electric.com.

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