MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota — May 3, 2011—Comtrol Corporation, a leading manufacturer of industrial device connectivity products, today introduced the RocketLinx™ ES7528, a rack mount high port density PoE Plus switch. The RocketLinx ES7528 is a fully IEEE 802.3at compliant PoE Plus rack mount switch that features 24 10/100BASE-TX PoE Plus Ethernet ports and four Gigabit uplink/SFP combo ports.

The RocketLinx ES7528 is designed exclusively to meet the expanding installations and power requirements of high power PoE surveillance and wireless networking devices being used for communications and security in large-scale applications such as airports, buildings, and campuses. Supporting advanced management and redundancy capabilities, convenient 1U rack mount design, and full 802.3at PoE Plus conformance, the RocketLinx ES7528 delivers a high-power single-cable connectivity solution for control room to edge of network device connectivity.

“As we continue to pursue business in the security market with a focus on video surveillance and wireless access points, our PoE product offerings have become extremely important and we are now excited to be introducing a 28-port PoE switch,” said Bradford Beale, President of Comtrol. “The RocketLinx ES7528 switch helps complement Comtrol’s lower-port density RocketLinx Ethernet switch family, filling the need for a flexible, high-port density enterprise-class switch perfectly suited to large-scale PoE installations.”

With 24 PoE 802.3at-compliant Ethernet ports, four Gigabit uplink ports, fiber communication via SFP, and complete layer 2+ management capabilities, the RocketLinx ES7528 offers Comtrol customers an industry-leading rack mount switch capable of forming the backbone of the most demanding and complex PoE installations. 
 

About Comtrol Corporation

Comtrol Corporation is an expert network advisor in device connectivity, industrial Ethernet gateways, and intelligent embedded device connectivity products for a wide range of enterprise, industrial, security, power utility, and traffic automation applications. The company’s RocketPort multi‐port serial card, DeviceMaster Ethernet device server, and RocketLinx industrial grade Ethernet and Power over Ethernet switch product lines are sold through regional, national and international distributors and by thousands of resellers and integrators worldwide. For more information, contact Comtrol Corporation at 800‐926‐6876 or visit www.comtrol.com.

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