Antaira LNX-1600G 16-Port Gigabit Unmanaged DIN Rail Ethernet Switches with Extended Temperature Options

Camera systems and GigE vision cells soon need more gigabit ports than a small switch offers, and splitting them across two units adds wiring, power feeds and another box to fault-find. The Antaira LNX-1600G series puts 16 gigabit ports on one DIN rail, as industrial gigabit unmanaged Ethernet switches in an IP30 metal case. There is no management interface and nothing to configure, so the switch forwards traffic as soon as it is powered, and every port runs at full gigabit for camera and vision traffic.

Every LNX-1600G shares the same design. The 16 RJ45 ports at 10/100/1000Base-T support auto negotiation, full or half duplex and auto MDI/MDI-X, and switching is unmanaged and store-and-forward on a 32 Gbps fabric, enough for all 16 ports at gigabit line rate. An 8K MAC table, a 4 Mbit buffer and 9.6 KB jumbo frames suit vision and video streams. Power arrives on 12 to 48 V DC redundant inputs on a 6-pin terminal block with reverse polarity protection and a slow-blow fuse, the switch draws 14.4 W, and a relay rated 24 V DC, 1 A warns of a power redundancy failure.

The series has two builds. The LNX-1600G is the standard temperature model, rated -10 °C to 65 °C for heated or indoor cabinets. The LNX-1600G-T is the extended temperature model, rated -40 °C to 75 °C for unheated and outdoor enclosures. Both share ports, power and approvals. Where the cabinet also needs fibre, the LNX-1604G-SFP series swaps four copper ports for four SFP slots. Choose the -T build for unheated or outdoor enclosures, and the standard build where the cabinet is heated or sits indoors.

Both LNX-1600G models come in an IP30 metal case for DIN-rail or wall mounting, and follow IEC 60068-2-27 shock and IEC 60068-2-6 vibration testing. Antaira lists UL 61010-1 certification, with FCC and CE marks and RoHS compliance, and covers the series with its 5-year warranty. Antaira names security video surveillance, GigE machine vision, process control automation and intelligent transportation as applications where the LNX-1600G series works well. In practice, one 16-port gigabit switch in place of two smaller ones means one redundant power feed, one relay alarm and fewer patch leads to trace during a fault.