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Description

The Quartz is a cutting-edge rugged switch designed for performance and reliability in challenging environments. This robust solution features Gigabit and 10 Gigabit Ethernet ports, with configurations supporting up to 8 copper and 2 optical ports, ensuring flexible connectivity for various network setups.

Built to endure extreme environmental conditions, it guarantees reliable and resilient operation, even in the harshest industrial or outdoor settings.Supporting both Layer 2 and Layer 3 functions, this switch offers Advanced network management capabilities and provides network advanced security features to safeguard the infrastructures.

It also includes a PTP Grandmaster Clock function for precise time synchronization and according to the need, comes with a configuration that supports Time-Sensitive Networking (TSN), ensuring high-performance and real-time data transmission for critical applications. The Quartz is perfectly suited for applications demanding strict timing accuracy and reliability.

Combining cutting-edge performance with industry-leading durability, this switch delivers a powerful solution for critical network demands.

Please do not hesitate to contact us for further information. Our sales and technical teams are at your disposal to respond to your enquiries as quickly as possible.

Specifications

Available versions
Quartz-EL
Entry Level Rugged Ethernet Switch / Router
• L2/L3 managed
• Firmware featuring basic Switch / Router functionalities
• 8x 1000Base-T Ports (MIL-DTL-38999 connectors)
Quartz-SR
Rugged Ethernet Switch / Router
• L2/L3 managed
• Firmware featuring basic Switch / Router functionalities
• 8x 1000Base-T Ports (MIL-DTL-38999 connectors)
• 2x Fiber Ports 1000Base-SR (MIL-DTL-38999 connectors)
Quartz-SSR
Rugged Ethernet Secure Switch / Router
• L2/L3 managed
• Firmware featuring basic Switch / Router functionalities + Secure Switch / Router functionalities (VPN, Firewall, ...)
• 8x 1000Base-T Ports (MIL-DTL-38999 connectors)
• 2x Fiber Ports 1000Base-SX (MIL-DTL-38999 connectors)
Quartz-SSR-GM
Rugged Ethernet Secure Switch/Router and Grand Master capabilities
• L2/L3 managed
• Firmware featuring basic Switch / Router functionalities + Secure Switch / Router functionalities (VPN, Firewall, ...) + PTP/NTP Grand Master
• 8x 1000Base-T Ports (MIL-DTL-38999 connectors)
• 2x Fiber Ports 10GBase-SR (MIL-DTL-38999 connectors)
Quartz-TSN
Rugged Ethernet Switch / Router with TSN
• L2 managed
• Firmware featuring basic Switch / Router functionalities + TSN
• 8x 1000Base-T Ports (MIL-DTL-38999 connectors)
• 2x Fiber Ports 10GBase-SR (MIL-DTL-38999 connectors)
Layer 2 features
Automatic MAC address learning and aging
EL : Yes - SR : Yes - SSR : Yes - SSR-GM: Yes - TSN : Yes
MAC Address filtering on a port-by-port basis by static way (Static M
EL : Yes - SR : Yes - SSR : Yes - SSR-GM: Yes - TSN : Yes
Port Based Virtual LANs (VLANs)
EL : Yes - SR : Yes - SSR : Yes - SSR-GM: Yes - TSN : Yes
IEEE 802.1Q for VLAN tagging
EL : Yes - SR : Yes - SSR : Yes - SSR-GM: Yes - TSN : Yes
VLAN Priority PCP (802.1P)
EL : Yes - SR : Yes - SSR : Yes - SSR-GM: Yes - TSN : Yes
QoS on all ports (4x Priority Queues)
EL : Yes - SR : Yes - SSR : Yes - SSR-GM: Yes - TSN : Yes
LLDP (Link Layer Discovery Protocol) (IEEE 802.1AB)
EL : Yes - SR : Yes - SSR : Yes - SSR-GM: Yes - TSN : Yes
Broadcast protection / Rate limiting
EL : Yes - SR : Yes - SSR : Yes - SSR-GM: Yes - TSN : Yes
Storm prevention (Storm controllers for flooded broadcast, multicast and unicast)
EL : Yes - SR : Yes - SSR : Yes - SSR-GM: Yes - TSN : Yes
Layer 2 Multicast filtering
EL : Yes - SR : Yes - SSR : Yes - SSR-GM: Yes - TSN : Yes
Activation and deactivation of IGMP Snooping on a port-by-port basis
EL : Yes - SR : Yes - SSR : Yes - SSR-GM: Yes - TSN : Yes
Transfer of one to several ports to a Port Mirroring.
EL : No - SR : Yes - SSR : Yes - SSR-GM: Yes - TSN : Yes
Spanning Tree Protocol (STP IEEE 802.1D)
EL : Yes - SR : Yes - SSR : Yes - SSR-GM: Yes - TSN : Yes
Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP IEEE 802.1s/w)
EL : Yes - SR : Yes - SSR : Yes - SSR-GM: Yes - TSN : Yes
Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol (MSTP IEEE 802.1Q-2005)
EL : Yes - SR : Yes - SSR : Yes - SSR-GM: Yes - TSN : Yes
IEEE 1588 StateLess TC (Transparent Clock)
EL : No - SR : Yes - SSR : Yes - SSR-GM: Yes - TSN : Yes
IEEE 802.1X for port-based network access control
EL : No - SR : Yes - SSR : Yes - SSR-GM: Yes - TSN : Yes
IEEE 802.1AE (MACSec) on copper and fiber ports.
EL : No - SR : Yes - SSR : Yes - SSR-GM: Yes - TSN : Yes
Jumbo frame support
EL : No - SR : No - SSR : No - SSR-GM: Yes - TSN : Yes
Layer 3 features
IPv4/IPv6 support
EL : Yes - SR : Yes - SSR : Yes - SSR-GM: Yes - TSN : No
Multicast IP Routing
EL : Yes - SR : Yes - SSR : Yes - SSR-GM: Yes - TSN : No
Static routing
EL : Yes - SR : Yes - SSR : Yes - SSR-GM: Yes - TSN : No
Dynamic routing: OSPFv2, OSPFv3, RIPv1, RIPv2, RIPng, BGPv4, EIGRP, PIM-SM (IPv4 and IPv6)
EL : Yes - SR : Yes - SSR : Yes - SSR-GM: Yes - TSN : No
Policy Based Routing (PBR)
Supported in 2026
Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP)
EL : Yes - SR : Yes - SSR : Yes - SSR-GM: Yes - TSN : No
Differentiated Services Code Point (DSCP)
EL : Yes - SR : Yes - SSR : Yes - SSR-GM: Yes - TSN : No
Network Address Translation / Port Address Translation (NAT/PAT)
EL : Yes - SR : Yes - SSR : Yes - SSR-GM: Yes - TSN : No
IGMPv2 and IGMPv3 support
EL : Yes - SR : Yes - SSR : Yes - SSR-GM: Yes - TSN : No
Proxy ARP
EL : Yes - SR : Yes - SSR : Yes - SSR-GM: Yes - TSN : No
Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP)
EL : Yes - SR : Yes - SSR : Yes - SSR-GM: Yes - TSN : No
Security - Reliability
Integrated Built In Test (pBIT)
EL : Yes - SR : Yes - SSR : Yes - SSR-GM: Yes - TSN : Yes
Trusted Platform Module (TPM) 2.0
EL : Yes - SR : Yes - SSR : Yes - SSR-GM: Yes - TSN : Yes
Selective ports / Unsecure ports disabling capability
EL : Yes - SR : Yes - SSR : Yes - SSR-GM: Yes - TSN : Yes
IEEE 802.1AE (MACSec) on copper and fiber ports.
EL : No - SR : Yes - SSR : Yes - SSR-GM: Yes - TSN : Yes
VPN tunnels. Bandwidth: TBD Mbps per VPN
EL : No - SR : No - SSR : Yes - SSR-GM: Yes - TSN : No
IPSec VPN tunnel clients and servers
EL : No - SR : No - SSR : Yes - SSR-GM: Yes - TSN : No
L2TP VPN tunnels support
EL : No - SR : No - SSR : Yes - SSR-GM: Yes - TSN : No
PPTP VPN tunnels support
EL : No - SR : No - SSR : Yes - SSR-GM: Yes - TSN : No
Gretap VPN tunnels support
EL : No - SR : No - SSR : Yes - SSR-GM: Yes - TSN : No
Secure Sockets Layer Virtual Private Network (SSL VPN)
EL : No - SR : No - SSR : Yes - SSR-GM: Yes - TSN : No
VPN client to transfer data using secured IPsec protocol in Transport and Tunnel Modes
EL : No - SR : No - SSR : Yes - SSR-GM: Yes - TSN : No
Stateful inspection firewall
EL : No - SR : No - SSR : Yes - SSR-GM: Yes - TSN : No
Access Control List (ACL) level 2, 3 , 4 for routed traffic
EL : No - SR : No - SSR : Yes - SSR-GM: Yes - TSN : No
Protection against the Denial of Service (DoS) and Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks
EL : No - SR : Yes - SSR : Yes - SSR-GM: Yes - TSN : Yes
Intrusion attempts 2, 3 & 4
EL : No - SR : Yes - SSR : Yes - SSR-GM: Yes - TSN : Yes
Time Sensitive Network
IEEE 802.1 AS – Clock synchronization protocol
TSN version only (not available on all ports)
IEEE 802.1 Qav – AVB Credit Based Shaper (CBS)
TSN version only (not available on all ports)
IEEE 802.1 Qbv – Time Aware Sharper (TAS)
TSN version only (not available on all ports)
IEEE 802.1 Qci – Per stream ingress policing 2
TSN version only (not available on all ports)
IEEE 802.1 CB – Redundancy, Frame replication
TSN version only (not available on all ports)
Time Server - Synchronisation
NTPv4 (RFC 5905)
EL : Yes - SR : Yes - SSR : Yes - SSR-GM: Yes - TSN : Yes
SNTP (RFC 4330)
EL : Yes - SR : Yes - SSR : Yes - SSR-GM: Yes - TSN : Yes
PTPv2 (IEEE 1588)
EL : No - SR : Yes - SSR : Yes - SSR-GM: Yes - TSN : No
Synchronisation from external reference clock: GNSS receiver, 1PPS
EL : No - SR : No - SSR : No - SSR-GM: Yes - TSN : Yes
Grandmaster time server: NTPv4 (RFC 5905), PTPv2 (IEEE 1588)
EL : No - SR : No - SSR : No - SSR-GM: Yes - TSN : No
Grandmaster time server: NTPv4 (RFC 5905), IEEE802.1AS-2020
EL : No - SR : No - SSR : No - SSR-GM: No - TSN : Yes
Communication interfaces
8x Ethernet 10/100/1000-BaseT
EL : Yes - SR : Yes - SSR : Yes - SSR-GM: Yes - TSN : Yes
2x 1GbE Fibre Optic ports (1000Base-SX)
EL : No - SR : No - SSR : No - SSR-GM: Yes - TSN : Yes
2x 10GbE Fibre Optic ports (10GBase-SR)
EL : No - SR : No - SSR : No - SSR-GM: Yes - TSN : Yes
2x Synchronization Output (50 ohm or RS-422)
EL : No - SR : Yes - SSR : Yes - SSR-GM: Yes - TSN : Yes
2x Synchronization Input (50 ohm RS-422)
EL : No - SR : No - SSR : No - SSR-GM: Yes - TSN : Yes
1x NMEA input (RS-232)
EL : No - SR : No - SSR : No - SSR-GM: Yes - TSN : Yes
1x PPS input (50 ohm)
EL : No - SR : No - SSR : No - SSR-GM: Yes - TSN : Yes
1x 10MHz input
EL : No - SR : No - SSR : No - SSR-GM: Yes - TSN : Yes
Internal GNSS - Antenna input
EL : No - SR : No - SSR : No - SSR-GM: Yes - TSN : Yes
1x RS-232 Service port
EL : Yes - SR : Yes - SSR : Yes - SSR-GM: Yes - TSN : Ye
Physical and electrical features
Size (WxDxH)
185mm x 160mm x 68mm
Weight
1,9kg (TBC)
Cooling types
Conduction cooled system: convection & radiation by fins, conduction by cold plate or forced air flow
Connectors
MIL-DTL-38999 connectors
Front panel customizable for specific applications
Power Input
+28VDC (+12VDC up to +36VDC)
Filtering
EMI filtering according to DO-160 / MIL-STD-461 / MIL-STD-704 / MIL-STD-1275
Power consumption
Up to 30W, 20W typical
HoldUp module
According to DO160, Section 16, Category B, 50ms
Certifications
RTCA DO-160G
Sections 4, 7, 8, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 25, 26
MIL-STD-810G
Methods 500.5, 501.5, 502.5, 506.5, 507.5, 508.6, 509.5, 510.5, 513.6, 514.6, 516.6
MIL-STD-461G
CE101, CE102, CS101, CS114, CS115, CS116, RE101, RE102, RS101, RS103
MIL-STD-1275E
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ESD
EN61000-4-2
Ingress protection
IP67
CE Certification
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Resources & documentation

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Defense, Aerospace & Security

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Space

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Transportation & Energy

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