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FieldSmart Fiber Scalability Center (FSC) Below Grade Cabinet
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Description
The FieldSmart Fiber Scalability Center (FSC) Below Grade Cabinet provides below grade connectivity in an outside plant environment when deployed in a Clearfield specified below-grade vault. The FSC Below Grade Cabinet provides for up to 72 hours of water intrusion protection when fully submerged below grade. The Cabinet can be configured to support a variety of deployment strategies from distributed split to cross-connect configurations from 288 to 432 ports. The Cabinet provides a swing-up and locking mechanism for easy and quick dual-door access to the Clearview Cassette building blocks and traditional FSC cabinet splitters.
Application Scenarios
PON
The FieldSmart FSC PON cabinet serves up to 288 homes, when environmental conditions exists as well as the need to distribute FTTH in urban or dense neighborhood from a single distribution port, providing an interconnect environment from the feeder network through the optical passive splitter to the distribution network in a below grade FTTH PON OSP cabinet. Through the incremental design of the Clearview Cassette, user capacity can be scaled from as few as 12 ports to the maximum configuration of the cabinet, allowing the service provider to align the investment in capital equipment to the turn-up of revenue-generating circuits. Further, labor and other field costs are minimized through its craft-friendly layout.
Cross-Connect
The FieldSmart FSC Cross-Connect cabinet is the complete solution for managing up to 432 fibers in most any feeder/distribution ratio for an outside plant FTTx application. This solution provides an interconnect environment from the feeder network and the distribution field in a FTTH network. With the Clearview Cassette as its foundation, the FieldSmart FSC Cross-Connect Cabinet uses the same components as the FieldSmart Crossover Distribution System (FxDS) deployed in the central office. This enables service providers to standardize on a single building block, allowing you to stock a single fiber management component for either environment. Technicians also have the ease of working with a single fiber central office or OSP deployment – saving training and installation time. Using Clearview, FieldSmart changes the rules of fiber management. Optimal access is ensured to all ports and superior fiber protection is integrated within the patent-pending Clearview Cassette technology.
Hub Collapse
Hub collapse environments allow passive architecture to be placed in the most craft-friendly place for circuit and wavelength allocation and associated moves, adds, and changes (MAC) work and separate the critical active components protected in the node such as Cisco’s O-Hub platform or Aurora’s V-Hub. Clearfield’s Hub Collapse Cabinet provides a centralized location that will accommodate both optical components and fiber terminations, making it an ideal solution for service providers looking to maximize the existing fibers within their network. Fiber management is centralized and protected from environmental concerns. Designed to accommodate up to 120 fiber terminations using the Clearfield Cassette, the HCC cabinet also allows for up to 32 LGX compatible CWDM/DWDM modules to utilized existing optical components in the network. Fiber management and designation has been designed into the HCC cabinet for ease of use and accessibility.
Features and Benefits
Integrity
- NEMA 6 complaint
- 100% tested GR-326 compliant terminations
- GR-20, GR-409, GR-487, GR-1221 and GR-1209 complaint
- All cabinets are constructed with 0.125 aluminum
- All cabinet parts are powder coated for additional protection
- 300 series stainless steel fasteners used on all cabinets
Protection
- Provides up to 72 hours of water intrusion protection when fully submerged below grade
- 12-fiber Clearview Cassette houses each 12-fiber increment of patch only or patch and & splice, protecting fiber from the environment and human factors
- Rugged cable clamps protect against twisting/pistoning of the critical breakout or buffer tube access point of the OSP cable
- Patch only buffer tubes fully protected with ruggedized bend limiting tubing
- Snakeskin sleeving provides additional buffer tube slack storage
Access
- Clearview Cassette allows for quick visual troubleshooting with opening cassette
- Front access to pre-terminated assemblies with Clearview removable adapter plate
- Easy two captive fasteners for quick removal of individual cassettes for troubleshooting, splicing, and hot swapping
- Front and rear access doors
Investment
- Express ports allow for extensions or parallel networks through the cabinet cabling, hand holes, and splice cases
Mounting Frame
- Stainless steel mounting frame
- Height adjustable by 12 inches
- 316 series stainless steel hardware
- Designed to fit 3’ x 5’ x 4’ pre-cast vault
Technical Specifications
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288-Port PON |
432-Port Cross-Connect |
Hub Collapse |
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Dimensions |
32”H x 16” W x 16” D |
32”H x 16” W x 16” D |
32”H x 16” W x 16” D |
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Riser Base |
8.5” |
8.5” |
8.5” |
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Splicing |
Within Clearview Cassette |
Within Clearview Cassette |
Within Clearview Cassette |
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Maximum Ports Served |
288 |
432 |
120 * |
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Feeder Express Ports |
48 |
N/A |
N/A |
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LGX Compatible Bulkhead Slots |
N/A |
N/A |
32 |
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Cable Entry |
6 |
6 |
6 |
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Splitter Slots |
9 |
N/A |
N/A |
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Dual 1 x 16, Quad 1 x 8 |
Yes |
N/A |
N/A |
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Jumper Length |
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2 Meters |
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Note: * An additional 60 terminations (5 cassettes) can be added per LGX slot using adapter plates