BRS40-24TX-EEC – All-Gigabit TSN Managed DIN Rail Switch by Hirschmann

The Hirschmann BOBCAT BRS40-24TX-EEC is the Extended Environmental Class variant of the 24-port all-copper BOBCAT Gigabit switch, providing 24 x 10/100/1000BASE-TX RJ45 ports in a hardened metal DIN Rail housing rated for continuous operation from -40 to +70°C. Part number 942170092, it is built for applications where the highest copper port density must be combined with wide temperature tolerance, making it the preferred choice for railway cabinets, outdoor substations, cold storage automation, and heavy process industries operating in extreme ambient conditions. The BRS40-24TX-EEC supports IEEE 802.1Qbv Time-Sensitive Networking as part of the Hirschmann BOBCAT platform, delivering deterministic real-time Ethernet communication without hardware changes. Its feature set includes HIPER-Ring and MRP (IEC62439-2) redundancy, RSTP, LACP, IGMP snooping, QoS prioritization, and comprehensive VLAN management. Industrial protocol support covers PROFINET, EtherNet/IP, IEC61850, and Modbus TCP. Security capabilities include 802.1X port-based access control, RADIUS authentication, secure boot, signed firmware, and VLAN-based ACL. Dual redundant 12–24 VDC inputs power the switch at 19 W, and management is available via USB-C, HTML5 web GUI, CLI, and SNMP v1/v2/v3. For engineers specifying all-copper Gigabit switches in environments where standard operating temperature ranges are simply insufficient, the BRS40-24TX-EEC offers the reliability and density of the BOBCAT platform with full EEC hardening. Available from Recab, your Nordic partner for Hirschmann industrial switch solutions.