HARTING is a connector manufacturer founded in 1945, with 33 subsidiary companies and market leadership in several product areas. The company focuses on close links with customers and provides a 'Just-in-Time' service. Products are designed and manufactured using the latest automated techniques, with quality control based on a zero-error philosophy. The organization and procedures for quality assurance are based on the EN ISO 9001 standard.
This catalog introduces HARTING’s Industrial Ethernet portfolio, describing the company’s background, quality standards and the range of connectors, active and passive network components, and system cables offered for industrial automation. It also lists part numbers and global company addresses for reference.
Technical sections cover Ethernet fundamentals, cable categories, transmission classes, and the differences between Classic, Fast and Switched Ethernet. The document explains how switches operate, the benefits of full‑duplex and deterministic networking, and provides guidance on selecting appropriate media for various industrial environments.
| Cable Category 5 bandwidth | up to 100 MHz |
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Ethernet is a well established specification for serial data transmission, originally published by Xerox in 1975.