The SCALANCE XR-300 is ideal for use in plant networks and for integrating the industrial network into an existing corporate network. Both at the field level and the control level, the switch performs the network with the distributed field devices and ensures high plant availability with extensive diagnostics options and high transmission speeds. The modularity permits perfect adaptation to the respective application through the use of electrical and also optical media modules

The SCALANCE XR-300 switch is suitable for establishing electrical and optical Industrial Ethernet line, star or ring topologies with 24 ports that can be optionally equipped with electrical and/or optical 2-port media modules. It can also be used as a hub in the plant bus (redundant connection is possible).

The SCALANCE XR324-12M TS (TS = Transportation Systems) is suitable for use in railway applications due to its specification according to EN 50155.

Integration of control cabinets with SCALANCE X-300 in an optical Gigabit ring

The use of media modules in partly and fully modular versions of the SCALANCE X-300 switches supports:

• The extension of networks by subsequent insertion of additional media modules in unused media module slots
• The changing of cabling technology, e.g. conversion from copper to fiber-optic cables, or from multimode to single-mode FOC