Patton Highlights Ethernet Extenders for Traffic-Control at Secured Cities11.5.2014 Patton’s Muti-Drop-Ethernet technology leverages legacy cabling infrastructure to interconnect traffic signals, cameras, sensors, and controllers with Maryland SHA’s centrally-managed IP network. CopperLink™... Going the Distance!
BALTIMORE, MD: This week at Secured Cities in the Baltimore Convention Center, Patton Electronics—US-manufacturer of award-winning CopperLink™ Ethernet Extenders, BODI rS™ high-availability fixed & mobile routers, and SmartNode™ VoIP solutions—is highlighting an IP-networked traffic-control solution the company devised for the Maryland State Highway Administration (SHA). Designed to keep traffic moving at an optimized rate, the system employs Patton’s Muti-Drop-Ethernet (MDE) technology to interconnect traffic signals, cameras, sensors, and controllers over the SHA’s centrally-managed IP network. In order to meet Department of Homeland Security requirements, the State of Maryland had to convert their legacy closed-loop traffic-control system to a modernized, centrally-managed IP network. Patton’s Ethernet-extension technology enabled the SHA to leverage Maryland’s existing copper-twisted-pair cabling infrastructure, which has been installed and working for years. By selecting and installing Patton’s CopperLink Ethernet Extenders, the SHA was able to avoid the untenable cost of installing of fiber-optic cable. Running new cable would require road closings, demolitions, trenching, and re-construction—causing unacceptable project delays. In order to stimulate the state’s local economy and support job creation within Maryland, the SHA sought an in-state manufacturer for the traffic-control project. Patton, whose world headquarters and manufacturing facility is located in Gaithersburg, Maryland, was a perfect fit for the in-state requirement. Maryland’s traffic-control project employs Patton’s CopperLink™ CL1314MDE Multi-Drop Ethernet and CopperLink™ CL1314R ruggedized long-range Ethernet extenders. Featuring an integrated 4-port Ethernet switch, the CL1314MDE can interconnect IP-enabled cameras, controllers and sensors with an IP router, installed in the equipment cabinet at each central-intersection. The entire system can be managed remotely from SHA headquarters over the administration’s IP network. Offering network infrastructure solutions for transit, healthcare and campus security, Patton is showcasing at Secured Cities 2014 in booth 502. In related news, last week Patton announced general availability for the compact, US-manufactured CopperLink™ CL1212 168-Mbps copper Ethernet Extender that leverages common copper cabling to transport such bandwidth-intensive applications as large file transfers, data backhaul, IP telephony, streaming music and IP video. Media Contact: Glendon Flowers Patton Electronics +1 301 975 1000 press@patton.com ### About CopperLink™ Ethernet Extenders Patton has built Ethernet extenders in the USA ever since bringing the first Ethernet extender to market in the 1990s. Branded LAN-Xtend™, the Model 2111 achieved 2.3 Mbps over single twisted-pair. In 2002, Patton released the award-winning CopperLink™ 2158 that achieved speeds over 10 Mbps and reached up to 4656 feet (1372 meters). Announcing the CopperLink™ 2172 in 2006, Patton achieved full-duplex speeds up to 50 Mbps and distances reaching up to 6000 feet (1,820 meters). In 2010, Patton introduced the industry’s most versatile Ethernet Extender, the CopperLink™ 2160, capable of delivering 45 Mbps broadband Ethernet services and reaching distances up to 5.2 miles (8.3 kilometers) or more. Now, Patton introduces the industry’s fastest Ethernet Extender ever, the CopperLink™ 1212, capable of delivering 168 Mbps broadband Ethernet services and reaching distances up to 10,000 feet (3 km) away. Today CopperLink™ Ethernet Extenders are installed and operating in a vast diversity of environments, including nuclear power plants  ,
submarines, sports arenas, election systems, and a
rock 'n' roll celebrity museum .CopperLink™ Hardened Industrial Solutions Most CopperLink™ models are available in Patton's EnviroNET™ NEMA4-compliant, environmentally hardened enclosures. Suitable for installation in offshore oil rigs, pit mines, railway beds, and other harsh environments, EnviroNET™ enclosures protect network equipment against high wind, precipitation, salt spray, sand, oil, corrosive chemicals, and ice. EnviroNET™ solutions deliver communications services (Ethernet-over-copper, commercial/outdoor VoIP, T1/E1 extension, and others) in temperatures ranging from -40 to +185°F (-40 to +85°C). About Patton Patton is all about connections. It is our joy and mission to connect real-world customer challenges with high-quality, right-priced solutions—complemented by unrivaled customer service and technical support. Incorporated 1984, Patton has built everything from micro-sized widgets that connect "this-with-that," to carrier-grade Telecom gear that connects subscribers to service-providers. Patton's specialty is interconnecting legacy TDM and serial systems with new-generation IP-based voice, data, and multi-media technologies. Headquartered in Gaithersburg, MD, USA, Patton equipment—including VoIP, Ethernet extension, and wireless router technologies—is up-and-running in carrier, enterprise and industrial networks worldwide. Patton works in connection with a growing network of technology, business, and sales-channel partners. To connect with local-market requirements, Patton operates training and support centers in Switzerland, Hungary, Lebanon, India and the USA. Patton… Let's Connect! |
