FieldSmart Makwa

Product Details

The FieldSmart Makwa^® incorporates all of the features found in our above ground cabinets and adds the ability to deploy the FieldSmart Fiber Distribution Hub in a below grade application. Roughly 50% smaller than existing above grade cabinets, Makwa reduces real estate costs and improves density without compromising critical design elements of accessibility, bend-radius protection, physical fiber protection and route path diversity.

The FieldSmart Makwa consists of four basic elements: a top cover (dome), a base plate, an internal backplane and the Clearview^® Black Cassettes. All components are pre-assembled and loaded into the Makwa – making it field ready for deployment. The Makwa is scalable to meet customer requirements and can be configured to accept 12 to 48 feeder ports and 12 to 288 distribution ports in a PON application. It will accept up to nine 1 x 32 ruggedized splitters and provides staging plates for PON networks.

Patch and splice versions are shipped with the Clearview Black Cassette preloaded. Patch only configurations are shipped complete with pre-terminated lengths of OSP cables that are terminated into the Clearview Black Cassettes. They come fully installed into the Makwa, making it ready for deployment right out of the package. 

Features & Benefits

Integrity

• Designed, tested and certified to Telcordia GR-3125
• Terminations designed, tested and certified to Telcordia GR-326
• Clearfield^® FiberDeep^® Guarantee: 0.2 dB insertion loss or less, exceeding industry standards
• Fiber cable certified to Telcordia GR-20 and GR-409
• Splitters designed to comply with Telcordia GR1209/GR-1221
• Designed to comply with NEMA 4
• Constructed out of UV resistant plastic
• Stainless steel fasteners and hardware

Protection

• Provides protection from water intrusion if fully submerged
• Single molded cover with double o-ring sealing technology for additional protection
• Water-tight cable entrance fittings
• Each 12-fiber Clearview Black houses a 12-fiber sub-unit of patch and splice or patch only, protecting fiber from both environmental and human factors

Access

• Pole mount or in vault
• Vault mount option allows unit to be hidden from site and accessed only when service needs to be performed
• Removable/resealable dome allows service technicians to access fiber without damaging fiber or disrupting existing service
• Cable management integrated into the Makwa unit – including slack storage and staging plates for splitters

Investment

• All fiber is deployed in increments of 12, providing the users the ability to scale from 12 ports to full capacity, aligning capital investment with network layout and subscriber revenue
• User defined feeder to distribution ratios for PON applications
• MFS patch and splice configurations provide maximum flexibility for customer designed networks