Veracity Announces New POE White Paper Resources
The Benefits of POE and POE Explained
Available at: http://www.veracityusa.com/resources.php
The first White Paper, “Power Without the Struggle, The Benefits of POE Technology and How to Take Full Advantage of Them”:
“Power over Ethernet (PoE) compatibility has become commonplace as a feature of network devices in many technological fields, and thanks to the adoption of a near-universal standard, PoE is a simple and robust means to implement power distribution in networked installations. Yet despite this, the technology is still not well understood, or being used to best advantage, by those designing and installing networks. For example, many hardened IT gurus, skilled in the design of VoIP or wireless installations, may find even the basic concepts of electrical power to be alien and uninteresting. Conversely, security installers with a wealth of experience in more traditional wiring may not be able to translate this expertise to the power distribution within the newer medium of network cabling, when planning a digital video or access control system.
In order to address this, this article provides an introduction to the basic concepts of PoE technology, and presents the case for deploying PoE wherever possible, explaining the evident benefits and introducing some more subtle advantages as well. The limitations of PoE in its usual form are also considered, and recommendations are made for making best use of the technology when designing an installation.”
Both papers can be downloaded from Veracity USA
The second White Paper, “POE Explained”:
“Since its standardisation in 2003, Power over Ethernet (PoE) has found widespread application in markets such as VoIP telephony, wireless LANs, IP video security and access control. As discussed in Veracity’s earlier article, Power Without the Struggle, its benefits as a power delivery method include drastically lower installation and maintenance costs, and its technology offers a supply that is reliable, safe, efficient and robust, while being as simple as possible to install.
PoE gives network installers control over the power distribution to their equipment, however for many this is not their forté: while the concepts behind PoE are straightforward in absolute terms compared to the complexities of other IT technology, the fundamentals of electrical power and its delivery are new territory to a significant proportion of users.
This white paper, therefore, intends not only to serve as a reference to those technical features of PoE that are relevant to users of network equipment, but also to provide further explanation of the basic principles behind the technology, so that these features may be understood well enough to enable the effective design, installation and troubleshooting of PoE-enabled networks.”
Over the past 3 years, Veracity has brought innovative devices to the international marketplace that have been used to simplify and solve real-world installation problems. It is with this tradition in mind that we bring you these two White Papers, which we hope will continue to shed a clear light on what has been a confusing and poorly explained topic.
