barox Kommunikation AG has partnered with Raytec to support installers and specifiers by confirming its range of PoE Ethernet switch products suitable to power Raytec’s LED illuminator products.
Assisting CCTV surveillance integrators with their specification and set-up of when installing Raytec LED illuminators, barox recently concluded a ‘proof of concept’ test. The testing involved Raytec’s VARIO 2 Hybrid VAR2-IP-hy8-1 and VAR2-IP-hy4-1 illuminators, and was performed to assess device performance and compatibility with barox’s range of PoE Ethernet switches and media converters.
In the test, the range of barox PoE switches and media converters were assessed for their reliable delivery of power to the VAR2-IP-hy8-1 and VAR2-IP-hy4-1 LED illuminators. In addition, the ability to remotely switch the illuminators On and Off via the barox Smart functionality was also tested.
“The device test yielded excellent results, with PoE being supplied to the Raytec illuminators and sustained by the barox switches,” says Rudolf Rohr, barox Co-founder and managing partner. “The certified barox/Raytec PoE integration now enables new LED lighting solutions to be configured and installed with complete confidence. barox switches, which cater for the demands of any PoE device, supply their 30, 60 or 95 Watts PoE in compliance with IEEE802.3af/at/bt.”
The use of barox switches to supply PoE also allows remote on and off powering to the Raytec illuminators and surveillance cameras, for example via a Milestone VMS, whereas this can only be achieved manually with when using an injector, by having to send engineers out to site.
