ORing and AXIS Communications together offer the very best in railway IP video surveillance and railway industrial-grade networking. ORing has full range industrial grade EN50155 Transporter Series networking products for railway applications, including Ethernet switch, PoE+ switch, 802.11 wireless access point, and cellular VPN router . All ORing products can be used in harsh and outdoor environment. ORing EN50155 Transporter Series Ethernet switches and PoE+ switches have been tested with AXIS new generation EN50155 IP Camera including wide temperature, shock vibration, stability testing…etc.  ORing EN50155 switches provide EN50155 compliance, high power PoE+, port lock functions to provide best performance and secure railway IP surveillance networking. 

There are many benefits for AXIS IP camera using ORing Ethernet switch, POE switches in IP surveillance applications:

1.     Video privacy and security: ORing’s port lock technology prevents access from unauthorized MAC address. Additionally, ORing's EN50155 Ethernet switches support RADIUS centralized password management, VLAN, Q-in-Q VLAN, and SNMP v1/v2c/v3. Further, all of ORing's wireless access points and routers are fully encrypted (SSL VPN, IPSec VPN, SSL Data Encryption) with comprehensive authentication options for fully private and secure networking experience even in the wireless domain.

2.     Network stability: All connectors (network and power) of ORing's EN50155 Ethernet switches are either M12 or M23 type to withstand high shock and vibration associated with the fast-moving railcar. Additionally, ORing's EN50155 Ethernet switches with -BP suffix support   hardware network bypass features, as well as redundant power inputs, to make sure that the critical surveillance video traffic stays uninterrupted. Moreover, ORing's managed and lite-managed EN50155 Ethernet switches have plenty of advanced network redundancy technologies to offer. The O-Chain technology provides add-on swift network redundancy topology with multi-vendor compatibility. For the core network ring topology, the O-Ring technology provides swift network redundancy protection, while the Open Ringtechnology guarantees compatibility with other vendors' network devices.

3.     Network management: With many railway IP surveillance devices onboard the train, their maintenance can be a major headache. Fortunately, ORing has the solution to alleviate such headache -- Open-Vision, the powerful network management software utility suite offering advantages of visualized management (with Google Map feature!), centralized management, complete monitor, and early warning.

4.     Power consumption and management: For maximum wiring efficiency and minimal wiring costs, PoE IP surveillance devices are widely used for railway applications. However, as these devices become more advanced, they also have become more power-hungry. We are pleased to announce that ORing EN50155 Transporter Series now includes EN50155 PoE+ (P.S.E.) Ethernet switches that support the latest IEEE802.3at standard, supplying up to 30W per PoE+ Ethernet port, which is about twice as much as that of the older PoE standard (IEEE802.3af, supplying only up to 15W per port). Further, ORing's EN50155 PoE+ products feature green power schedulingtechnology to supply electricity only when needed, plus the alive-checking feature to automatically reboot the PoE or PoE+ device upon encountering abnormal responses.

At press time, ORing and AXIS together have already written outstanding railway IP surveillance success stories.

TRA's Railway Train EMU800 System
Taiwan (Taiwan Railways Administration, MOTC)

TRA's EMU800 electric rail cars are the new Japan-made rail cars imported by Taiwan Railways Administration, MOTC. Due to the recent opening of Liujia Line  and Shalun Line , the electrification of Taitung Line , plus the metro-rail operation style of the Western Taiwan Main Trunk Line , along with rapid growth of mid-range and short-range railway commutes, the current number of railcars are becoming more and more insufficient for commuting demand. Therefore TRA would import hundreds of EMU800 Series railcars to fulfill the rising demand of railway transportation.

What comes with such railway transportation surge is the dramatically increased demand for railway surveillance, calling for the need of top-notch IP cameras for most detailed and useful visual information, plus industrial-grade networking products to carry such important visual information uninterrupted and well-protected (against hacker attacks). Therefore ORing and AXIS have teamed up to provide the best solution in railway surveillance. Overall, the TRA EMU800 project calls for AXIS IP cameras along with ORing TES-250-M12 EN50155 Ethernet switches as the robust yet space-saving railway networking switch solution. Moreover, ORing's TES-250-M12 features ORing's advanced redundancy protection technologies, such as O-Ring, O-Chain, Open Ring, and more, with recovery time as fast as 10 ms or less, plus centralized and visualized management with Open-Vision v3.0. Besides, ORing EN50155 Transporter Series Ethernet switches with -BP suffix hashardware bypass technology, effectively letting network traffic go through in case of power failure -- to prevent network deadlock.

With ORing's EN50155 Transporter Series Ethernet switches, whenever the EMU (electrical multiple unit) reverses direction, or when individual carriages are repositioned or substituted, ORing's new Auto-IP technology automatically reassigns IP addresses to switches in all train cars, preparing the train networking infrastructure to be ready for use in no time.
 

Project Overview
•ORing TES-250-M12 -- EN50155 5-port lite-managed Ethernet switch with 5x10/100Base-T(X), M12 connector
•AXIS M31-R high-definition IP cameras

Application Requirements
•EN50155 certification
•Constant high-speed connectivity and fast redundancy
•Real-time video stream over IP surveillance system
•Vibration-proof feature supported
•Industrial design to sustain harsh environment
•Withstand temperature variations

TRA's Taroko Express
Taiwan (Taiwan Railways Administration, MOTC) 
The Train of Taroko Express , known as the famous "tilting train", is the Japan-made TEMU1000 series train (based on the JR Kyushu 885 series) imported by the Taiwan Railway Administration to handle massive railway transportaion from Taipei City to Hualien City and from Taipei City to Changhwa City, with emphasis on reducing commuting time between Taipei City and Hualien City. The train series is named after the 19 kilometer long Taroko Gorge in Hualien County, one of Taiwan's most attractive and popular tourist spots.

The Taroko Express TEMU1000 series trains are imported to Taiwan for its tilting capability upon running on the curvy Yilan line. Traditionally, trains without tilting capability have to slow down upon encountering curvy turns on the railway track to avoid tipping over. The TEMU1000 series trains, however, can tilt upon encountering the same curvy turns, allowing the train to pass through the same curvy turns at up to 25 km/h faster. With such advantage plus maximum cruising speed of 130 km/h (maximum operational speed is 150 km/h), Taroko Express has shortened railway commute between Taipei City and Hualien City from 3 hours to 2 hours.

Implementation of IP surveillance systems on the Taroko Express can be challenging due to the curvy and other terrain natures of Yilan line. The surveillance system components and their connectors not only need to withstand high vibrations of the train but also have to endure centripetal force while Taroko Express is tilting to make fast-speed turns. To overcome these difficulties, AXIS EN50155 railway IP cameras and ORing EN50155 Transporter Series products together are chosen to bring reliable and secure IP surveillance and railway networking solution to Taroko Express.

For video capture, AXIS M31-R series IP cameras reliably bring outstanding HD surveillance video in many situations, while ORing's TPS-3082GT-M12 supplies IEEE 802.3at PoE+ power (30W) to AXIS M31-R Series IP cameras. Additionally, ORing's TDS-5041-I-M12 provides networking access for all serial devices onboard the Taroko Express. All network connections are made with M12 (D-coding) connectors so they are rugged against vibrations and centripetal forces. Moreover, ORing's TPS-3082GT-M12 features ORing's advanced redundancy protection technologies, such as O-Ring, O-Chain, Open Ring, and more, with recovery time as fast as 10 ms or less, plus full, centralized, and visualized management with Open-Vision v3.0. Besides, ORing EN50155 Transporter Series Ethernet switches with -BP suffix has hardware bypass technology, effectively letting network traffic go through in case of power failure -- to prevent network deadlock.

With ORing's EN50155 Transporter Series Ethernet switches, whenever the EMU (electrical multiple unit) reverses direction, or when individual carriages are repositioned or substituted, ORing's new Auto-IP technology automatically reassigns IP addresses to switches in all train cars, preparing the train networking infrastructure to be ready for use in no time.

Project Overview
•ORing TPS-3082GT-M12 -- EN50155 5-port lite-managed Ethernet switch with 5x10/100Base-T(X), M12 connector
•AXIS M31-R high-definition IP cameras 

Application Requirements
•EN50155 certification
•Constant high-speed connectivity and fast redundancy
•Real-time video stream over IP surveillance system
•Vibration-proof feature supported
•Industrial design to sustain harsh environment
•Withstand temperature variations
•Withstand centripetal force when the train makes turns at fast speed

About ORing :

ORing Industrial Networking Corp., founded in 2005 with ICP Group membership since 2008, is the leader in providing a wide range of user-friendly industrial-grade networking products -- Ethernet switches (including Gigabit and PoE types), media converters, device servers, wireless access points, routers, USB-over-IP servers, easy-to-use network management utility, etc. -- with superb performance and reliability. Because ORing products offer ruggedized high-end networking features -- ORing’s advanced redundancy technologies [O-Chain for add-on redundant chain with multi-brand compatibility and industry-leading recovery time, O-Ring for redundant ring with industry-leading recovery time, Device Binding for fortified network security, Open-Ring for maximum compatibility with other vendors, and O-RSTP for optimized handling of complex network topologies) along with powerful network management utility (Open-Vision)] -- at affordable prices, ORing products are being used worldwide for critical industrial applications: factory automation, surveillance, intelligent transportation system, retail/POS system, military, marine, mining, etc. Thanks to its own well-experienced R&D team, ORing also can offer customized design to fulfill specific needs of each client. For more information about ORing, please visit http://www.oring-networking.com .

About AXIS:   

AXIS Communications is an IT company offering network video solutions for professional installations. The company is the global market leader in network video, driving the ongoing shift from analog to digital video surveillance. AXIS develops and markets innovative network video products i.e. surveillance cameras for installations in schools, in retail, on buses and trains, and for public surveillance. Founded in 1984, AXIS has worldwide presence in more than 30 countries with 914 employees. AXIS has cooperation with distributors in 70 countries, plus global presence through resellers and system integrators in more than 179 countries.

For more information about AXIS, please visit http://www.axis.com/