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CMS Technologies is the
innovator in putting a DC current signal to the 802.3 connection. In April of 1995
CMS received a US Patent for impressing power onto associated
current loops™ which comprise xBaseT network wiring, without
distrupting the Ethernet data communications. The IEEE 802.3af
Standards Committee now refers to this important technique as Powered
Ethernet.
Powered
Ethernet enables the delivery of power (together with
data) without disruption of the ethernet data signal. The EtherLock® equipment panel, or power
Hub, connected to a LAN Switch, sends power over the existing data
communication lines, thereby eliminating the need to locally power
remote devices. Thus, the CMS EtherLock equipment panel provides an
efficient, effective and economical way to remotely power, identify,
monitor and physically manage ethernet devices
and their connecting infrastructure.
Powered Ethernet applications
cover a broad range of communication devices and connecting
infrastructure. Communication devices include IP telephones, wireless
LAN access points, web cams, building sensors, personal identification
devices, and more. Connecting infrastructure includes intelligent or
self-identifying patch panels, cross-connects, walljacks, etc.
CMS provides a common web-based interface called inControl®, which interfaces Powered
Ethernet applications to virtually any management
application including, asset management, cable management, facility
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