The Hirschmann BOBCAT BRS42-8TX/4SFP-EEC is the Extended Environmental Class variant of the 12-port all-Gigabit PoE+ BOBCAT switch with SFP uplinks, delivering eight 10/100/1000BASE-TX RJ45 ports with full IEEE 802.3at PoE+ on all copper ports and four SFP slots for 100 or 1000 Mbit/s fiber connectivity, housed in a hardened metal DIN Rail enclosure rated from -40 to +70°C. Part number 942170050, it provides up to 240 W total PoE budget from dual redundant 48/54 VDC inputs at a maximum power draw of 252 W, allowing engineers to power IP cameras, wireless access points, and industrial field devices in outdoor substations, railway cabinets, and cold climate installations where standard PoE switches would fail. The SFP slots accept single-mode, long-haul, and multimode fiber transceivers, providing flexible backbone connectivity even in temperature-extreme environments. As part of the Hirschmann BOBCAT TSN platform, the BRS42-8TX/4SFP-EEC supports IEEE 802.1Qbv for deterministic real-time Ethernet alongside PoE Fast Startup and per-port manual power management. The full switching stack includes HIPER-Ring and MRP (IEC62439-2) redundancy, RSTP, LACP, IGMP snooping, QoS, and VLAN management. Industrial protocols cover PROFINET, EtherNet/IP, IEC61850 MMS Server, and Modbus TCP. Security features include 802.1X, RADIUS, secure boot, signed firmware, and DoS prevention. Management is via USB-C, HTML5, CLI, and SNMP v1/v2/v3. Available from Recab, your Nordic partner for Hirschmann industrial switch solutions.
