CSP Fiber Shear Direct Connect Technology protects cabling infrastructure by preventing stress applied to the cable in a typical hard wired connection. CSP allows the cable to be control sheared at the base of the cabinet or structure, preventing stress on both the cable in the ground and the cable connecting to the electrical device. This innovative technology guarantees that all cabling infrastructure remains intact during an accident and enables cabinet or device restoration to take place within minutes of the equipment being reset. This Patent pending, made in the USA, innovative device was designed to eliminate patch cords, redundant maintenance and additional failure points, ultimately saving cost.

1. Patent Pending
The Next Generation of
Traffic Cabinet Connectivity
Manufactured & Distributed by:
FNT Fiber Network Tools
4401 E. Baseline Rd., Suite #110
Phoenix, AZ 85042
PH: 866-818-8050
Website: www.FNTTools.com

2. Patent Pending
Traffic Control Cabinet Real Estate
• Real estate along the inner mounting
rails is growing increasingly smaller.
• Consider mounting your fiber optic
interface module to the cabinet pad
instead.

3. Patent Pending
• Pulling CSP-1 drop cable from cabinet
back to backbone tie-in location.
Drop Cable to Backbone Tie-In

4. Patent Pending
• Excessive slack cable stored in
the cabinet or elsewhere is not
necessary when using CSP
Fiber Shear technology as the
fiber will shear on impact,
inside the CSP body where
there is sufficient slack to re-
splice the fibers.
Excessive Slack Cable

5. Patent Pending
• Conduit stubs and fittings should be
kept as low to the pad surface as
possible.
• This keeps infrastructure at a low
profile in the event of a cabinet strike
and allows cable to maintain an
appropriate radius no matter where
it is going within the cabinet.
Conduit Stubs and Fittings

6. Patent Pending
• Conventional cross-connect boxes and
termination strips require patch cables in
order to interface to cabinet equipment.
• It should be noted that patch cables and
the additional coupled connection within
the cabinet creates unnecessary failure and
maintenance points.
Legacy Fiber Optic Termination Devices

7. Patent Pending
Direct Connection to Equipment
A trick used by engineers and technicians who deal with
fiber terminations in dusty or harsh environments, is to
slide a piece of heat shrink tubing over the connection.
Here we used clear heat shrink to allow viewing of the
covered termination.
Heat does not need to be applied to the shrink tube, as
it is only used to prevent airborne dust from dropping
directly onto the connection.
This simple trick can cut your fiber optic maintenance
costs in half.

8. Patent Pending
• CSP employs patch cables that are
specially treated for exposure to
harsh environments and high heat
within the cabinet.
• The specification for CSP patch
cables is similar to the hardened
electronics that they connect to.
Harsh Environment Treated Patch Cables

9. Patent Pending
• Most termination strips do not
effectively allow for clean and bend
free cable dressing.
• In time, the combination of excessive
heat in the cabinet, combined with
the weight of the patch cables will
require a maintenance call to relieve
mechanically induced bend radius
violations that hamper transmissions.
Required Maintenance

10. Patent Pending
• The incoming and outgoing cable
from the CSP is comprised of D-Series
Hazardous Duty Fiber, which will not
be affected by cabinet temperatures
or weight induced bending.
D-Series Hazardous Duty Fiber

11. Patent Pending
• The CSP module can either be
wall mounted or concrete pad
mounted.
• The pad mount units come with
a convenient drill template and
anchor holes in the pad can be
drilled in just a few minutes.
Mounting Options

12. Patent Pending
CSP Installation Video

13. Patent Pending
• Replacing old cross-connect technology
with CSP Fiber Shear has a two-fold
benefit.
1. It reduces cabinet maintenance points
by eliminating patch cables
2. Protects all fiber in the event of a
cabinet strike. Shown here, the
technician is removing
Benefits of Replacing Old Technology

14. Patent Pending
• The CSP design is dedicated to the
principles of minimizing the effects
of a cabinet strike.
• Providing rapid restoration in order
to prevent secondary accidents is a
primary design consideration of
CSP.
Traffic Incident Management (TIM)

15. Patent Pending
Cabling Infrastructure Protection Video

16. Patent Pending
• CSP is adaptable to any 12
fiber drop cable whether
supplied with or spliced
onto pre-installed loose
tube or tight buffered fiber.
• CSP offers a self-contained
sealed splice chamber that
holds up to 12 splices.
Up to 12 Fibers

17. Patent Pending
• CSP Packaged for shipment
shows harsh environment
treated spider fan-out
assembly transitioning from
harsh environment rated
drop cable.
Harsh Environment Spider Fan out

18. Patent Pending
• We can not prevent the cabinet
from being struck but we can
prevent the catastrophic effects
of cable being ripped from the
ground and from cabinet
termination points.
Prevention of Catastrophic Effects

19. Patent Pending
Protecting Cabling Infrastructure
• A slightly dented cabinet can be
temporarily reset if the cables
have not been ripped away from
the equipment inside or out of
the ground.
• CSP is designed to control shear
the cable before it gets violently
torn from its termination points.
This ensure rapid splicing of
undamaged cables.

20. Patent Pending
• Notice the cabinet cables wrapped
around the front of this vehicle.
• With CSP installed, the cable would
have been cut at a designated
point and the cabinet replacement
cost would have been significantly
less.
Cabinet Replacement Cost Savings

21. Patent Pending
• Autonomous vehicles will help
minimize cars plowing into traffic
cabinets someday, but how far off is
someday?
• Some transportation industry
experts and autonomous timeline
indicators believe that nearly 30
years from now is a pretty safe
bet!*
Autonomous Vehicles
*https://www.recode.net/2016/5/16/11635628/self-driving-autonomous-cars-timeline

22. Patent Pending
Photo from: Office of Research, Development, and Technology, Office
of Corporate Research, Technology, and Innovation Management –
FHWA FL Division
• This signal light was one of the more
than 3,000 signalized intersections
damaged during a single hurricane
season.
• CSP Fiber Shear is not only dust proof, it
also provides a waterproof connection,
should a cabinet become flooded.
Waterproofed Connection