Posted to News on 14th Oct 2010, 21:48
New Power over Ethernet (PoE) GigE Vision frame grabber
Stemmer Imaging is introducing the new ADLink GIE62+ Power over Ethernet (PoE) GigE Vision frame grabber that the company believes will boost the use of PoE cameras in machine vision applications. Since few PCs have direct PoE interfaces, this new frame grabber provides a simple and cost-effective way of utilising the space-reducing and cost-saving benefits of PoE cameras.
ADLink's GIE62+ PoE frame grabber enables power and data to be sent over a single Ethernet cable to a PoE camera, thereby eliminating the need for separate cables for power and data, as well as the power supply. This saves space, reduces costs and simplifies installation. The GIE62+ is a PCI Express x4 frame grabber that supports two independent GigE ports. The GIE62+ PoE frame grabber can also be used with non-PoE GigE Vision cameras.
The GIE62+ combines the benefits of PoE technology with GigE data transmission rates of up to 1000Mb/s over maximum cable lengths of 100m. The two independent GigE ports are also compatible with Link Aggregation-enabled cameras in which two Ethernet ports are linked to double the data transmission rate.
Stemmer Imaging says the PoE GigE Vision frame grabber automatically detects both PoE and non-PoE devices connected to it to prevent power being sent to non-PoE cameras. It contains a power-management IC to provide short-circuit, inrush current, and current-limit protection to protect the connection between the GIE62+ and PoE or non-PoE cameras. PoE cameras may be hot-plugged, thereby avoiding the need to restart the computer.
