
Equipment Issue A
030‐101374 Rev. A, November 2012
Section BXM‐161‐4HE‐20A
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is a trademark of Westell, Inc.
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Westell
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Boxer
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BXM1619‐4HE
Outdoor Cabinet with ‐48VDC Heat Exchanger
CONTENTS
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1. GENERAL
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2. FEATURES 3
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3. INSTALLATION
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4. MAINTENANCE
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5. SERVICE & REPAIRS
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6. CUSTOMER & TECHNICAL SERVICES
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7. WARRANTY & RETURNS
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8. SPECIFICATIONS
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9. APPENDIX A ‐ Product Views
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1.
GENERAL
1.1
Document Purpose
This document provides general, installation, and specifica
tion information for the Westell
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Boxer
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BXM1619‐4HE
Outdoor Cabinet with Heat Exchanger (shown in Figure 1).
This product is designed to provide Network equipment
protection in outdoor environments while providing a quick
and easy customer hand‐off. The intended audience for this
document is engineering, operations, and installation person
nel of MSO, Telco, and utility companies. See Table 4 for
product ordering information and available options, as well as
information on the companion but optional battery box or skirt
that can be mounted under the Boxer cabinet.
‐ NOTE ‐
Hereafter, the BXM1619‐4HE 16‐RU Boxer cabinet may be re
ferred to as the “Boxer‐16” or “cabinet.”
1.2
Document Status
Whenever this practice is updated, the reason will be stated in
this paragraph.
1.3
Product Purpose and Description
Boxer‐16 is a compact, actively‐cooled, NEMA 4 outdoor cabi
net that can house and protect a wide range of electronic
equipment. Up to 16 vertical RUs (28”) of 19‐inch wide inter
nal rack space is available to house Network equipment such as
(but not limited to) multiplexers, copper bonding solutions,
Ethernet switches and media converters, xDSL boxes, and DS3
hand‐offs. Protectively mounted on the Boxer front door, sepa
rate from the interior rack space, is a heat exchanger and fan
unit.
Boxer‐16 supports rapid equipment installation and wiring
through the use of adjustable and removable 19” rack channels.
An access panel is located at the rear of Boxer‐16 to allow easy
access to the rear of the installed equipment. To ensure easy ac
Figure 1.
Isometric Closed View of Boxer‐16 Cabinet
cess for input and out cabling, Boxer‐16 includes ample room
below the rack space as well as various sized conduit knock‐
outs.
1.4
Product Mounting
The Boxer‐16 cabinet is typically mounted outdoors, above
ground on an H‐frame, a wall, square pedestal or post (minimum
8” wide), or a round pole (from 8” to 20” in diameter). Floor or
concrete pad mounting is supported when used with an optional
Boxer battery box or skirt. All mounting hardware must be capa
ble of supporting the weight of the Boxer‐16 cabinet plus the
weight of any equipment mounted in it. The Boxer‐16 cabinet is
typically located at the customer premises but can be located
anywhere a compact, weather‐tight, outdoor cabinet is required.
1.5
Product Features
Each Boxer‐16 cabinet comes fully assembled, pre‐wired, tested,
and ready for field‐provided customer equipment installation,
and includes the following features and capabilities.
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NEMA 4 compliant
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Actively cooled with heat exchanger
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Dissipates up to 400 watts
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Field‐replaceable door‐mounted fans