The portfolio of Lean Managed Switches from Phoenix Contact’s Factory Line range of products has been expanded to include several types of switches that are preset for Ethernet/IP.

The new versions of these compact switches feature IGMP snooping and multicast detection functions that are activated upon shipment, enabling the switches to be integrated with minimal configuration into Ethernet/IP applications.

With the new 3.40 firmware, the switches have the Auto Query Port expansion, which allows fast forwarding of Ethernet/IP telegrams after a redundancy toggle. The Lean Managed Switch’s configuration can also now be saved on an external PC.