Power Over Ethernet Overview; What Is Poe; Mid-Span; End-Span - Interlogix IFS ES2001-4P-4T User Manual

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4. Power OVER Ethernet Overview

Based on the global standard IEEE 802.3af, PoE is a technology for wired Ethernet, the most widely installed local

area network technology adopted today. PoE allows the electrical power necessary for the operation of each

end-device to be carried by data cables rather than by separate power cords. New network applications, such as IP

Cameras, VoIP Phones, and Wireless Networking, can help enterprises improve productivity. It minimizes wires that

must be used to install the network for offering lower cost, and less power failures.

IEEE 802.3af also called Data Terminal equipment (DTE) power via Media dependent interface (MDI) is an

international standard to define the transmission for power over Ethernet. The 802.3af is delivering 48V power over

RJ-45 wiring. Besides 802.3af also define two types of source equipment: Mid-Span and End-Span.

Mid-Span device is placed between legacy switch and the powered device. Mid-Span is tap the unused wire pairs

4/5 and 7/8 to carry power, the other four is for data transmit.

End-Span device is direct connecting with power device. End-Span could also tap the wire 1/2 and 3/6.

The specification of PoE typically requires two devices: the Powered Source Equipment (PSE) and the Powered

Device (PD). The PSE is either an End-Span or a Mid-Span, while the PD is a PoE-enabled terminal, such as IP

Phones, Wireless LAN, etc. Power can be delivered over data pairs or spare pairs of standard CAT-5 cabling.

A standard CAT5 Ethernet cable has four twisted pairs, but only two of these are used for 10BASE-T and

100BASE-T. The specification allows two options for using these cables for power, shown in Figure 2 and Figure 3:

The spare pairs are used. Figure 2 shows the pair on pins 4 and 5 connected together and forming the positive

supply, and the pair on pins 7 and 8 connected and forming the negative supply. (In fact, a late change to the spec

allows either polarity to be used).

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