Experimental Physics and
Industrial Control System

Hi Emmanuel,
We've been using POE for webcam's and gigE cameras for
several years now and find it very useful, particularly
at our experimental chambers where we often need to move
cameras around.    Most of these devices are class 2, < 3.8W,
and we power them by adding POE modules to our Foundry
switches.   There's also available POE injectors which can be
added inline if your switch doesn't support POE.

We haven't used POE+, so I have no direct experience, but with
the small gauge of the wires in the ethernet cables you may
need to limit your cable lengths for higher power devices.

Regards,
- Bruce

Hello,

 

After pushing for it, I was 'authorized' to investigate and test power over ethernet.

PoE is basically 48 V DC / 400 mA over CAT5/6, i.e. for <13Watt devices.

Is anyone of you using PoE? or PoE+ (<25W) ?

If so, any comment?

 

My long term goal is to have, with a minimum hassle,  embedded linux/EPICS in each of my chassis.

--

Emmanuel

 

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Bruce Hill

Member Technical Staff

SLAC National Accelerator Lab

2575 Sand Hill Road M/S 10

Menlo Park, CA  94025