• Construction of electrical Industrial Ethernet line or star topologies
• Automatic data transmission rate detection (10/100/1000 Mbit/s), with autosensing and autocrossover function
• Easy network configuration and network expansion;
  no limitation on network expansion with cascading of the switches

Network topology and network configuration

The SCALANCE XB-000 switches are typically installed with the stations to be connected in a control cabinet or control box.

When configuring the network, it is necessary to observe the following boundary conditions:

• Length of the TP cable between two SCALANCE XB-000 switches:
  • max. 100 m
  • max. 10 m via patch cables with TP Cord
  • max. 100 m via Industrial Ethernet FC Outlet RJ45, IE FC Standard Cable and TP Cord
• Length of the fiber-optic cables:
  • max. 5 km with Industrial Ethernet FO cables
    Multimode
  • max. 26 km with Industrial Ethernet FO cables
    Single mode

Electrical star topology with SCALANCE XB005 or SCALANCE XB005G

Electrical line topology with SCALANCE XB005 and XB008, or SCALANCE XB005G and XB008G

Mixed star topology with SCALANCE XB004-1 or SCALANCE XB004-1G

Electrical star topology with SCALANCE XB005G and connection to a Gigabit Ethernet ring

Diagnostics

The following information is displayed by LEDs on site:

• Power
• Port status
• Data traffic