Belden Inc., a global leader in signal transmission solutions for mission-critical applications, is offering a new, free software version that - for the first time - has routing functionality for the Hirschmann switches in the Rail Switch Power , Rail Switch Power Expandable and MICE Switch Power families. The Hirschmann Operating System 4.0 supports various security mechanisms, comprehensive management and diagnostic methods, precise time synchronization, and redundancy protocols, thus ensuring maximum network availability.