Warren & Brown Technologies has developed a fibre wall outlet for the National Broadband Network which is intended to be installed in every household around Australia.The customer premise fibre wall outlet (FWO) houses a single A/SC connector for a single fibre service. A spring-loaded shield covers the connector’s end position, which provides dust protection when it is not in use. The unit has a full-height, clip-on cover and mounts on a standard GPO-style bracket for easy installation. The outlet is supplied in these different colours: ivory, white, light grey, beige and cream.
Generally in a FTTH network the FWO is the interconnection point between the external cable from the premise connection device (PCD) and the optical network terminal (ONT). The Warren & Brown FWO has the facility to store excess fibre, fusion splices or direct patchcord connections.
The variety of options available make the FWO a practical device for use in other fibre-optical networks where a single optical fibre port is required such as offices, data centres and other enterprise networks.
Features and benefits include: Part Number TC4025WB1SAA; removable snap-on cover; storage space for fibre with an allowable MBR of 15 mm; indoor cable can feed in from a number of directions; compatible with four types of customer premise optical cables, eg, 3.0 mm dia (polyethylene sheath), 4.8 mm dia (polyethylene sheath), 3M cable (adhesive-backed optical cable), and drop cable/indoor cable (2.0 x 3.1 mm); can be used with a field-assembled A/SC connector; holder for either a fusion splice or a mechanical splice for connecting the cable to a pigtail; mechanical splice or fusion splice sleeve 4 mm2 x 40 mm size can be stored within the wall plate; various mounting methods are available, eg, screw mount or wall mount; build-out mounting blocks (13 and 35 mm deep) allow for rear cable entry and provide some cable storage; compatible and can mount directly onto a standard HPM or Clipsal wallplate.