It’s extremely easy take advantage of PoE technology: simply replace all of your non-PoE devices to PoE-enabled devices… But what if you do not require a complete infrastructure conversion or are only looking for small-scale of expansions? The answer is simple: PoE injectors and splitters. With PoE injectors and splitters you can upgrade your existing infrastructure to support PoE.

Use a PoE injector to enable non-PoE switches to transmit digital data and electricity to PoE devices over an Ethernet cable. Use PoE splitters to separate data and electricity from a PoE switch into two different outputs for non-PoE devices. With Poe injectors and splitters, you need not replace all existing non-PoE devices with PoE devices to achieve PoE capability.

Currently, PoE devices only provide 48 V power input, making it difficult for them to be used in existing industrial automation applications where 24 VDC is the only available power source. Users must then purchase additional 48 V power adaptors to change the voltage of their PoE devices. Adding additional power adaptors translates to higher costs, installation and maintenance efforts, and the need for additional space.

Moxa offers PoE devices with 24/48 VDC power inputs; these devices automatically adjust to a suitable voltage that is consistent with the application’s requirements—eliminating unnecessary costs and efforts. These PoE devices are highly space-efficient and are perfect for cabinets, which do not allocate additional room for supplementary devices. Most significantly, dual power inputs also provide excellent redundancy capability and thus improve system reliability. When one of the power input fails, the device is able to continue working by obtaining power from the other input.