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US 9,793,997 B2Granted
Tuning device for pluggable optical transceivers
AssigneeChampion Optical Network Engineering, LLC
InventorsKeith Lewis, Paul A. Hospodar, Charles S. Weinberger
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Abstract
A tuning device for a pluggable XFP and SFP+ and DWDM transceiver devices. Also provided are applications for CWDM XFP, and SFP+ and future form factors as well as DWDM and CWDM SFP. This tuning device is for use with tunable DWDM and CWDM transceivers, and provides the ability to lock the tune of the transceiver to prevent a host device from automatically retuning the transceiver.
Claims24
A system for tuning a pluggable transceiver device comprising:
- an input interface for inputting desired tuning settings;
- a transceiver interface that receives the transceiver device;
- and
- a tuner configured to tune the transceiver device received by said transceiver interface according to said desired tuning settings, wherein
- the optical transceiver device is locked at the tuned setting to retain the desired settings when said transceiver device is removed from said transceiver interface.
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A system for tuning a pluggable transceiver device comprising:
- an input interface for inputting desired tuning settings;
- a transceiver interface that receives the transceiver device that is provided in a default setting mode;
- and
- a tuner configured to tune the transceiver device received by said transceiver interface according to said desired tuning settings to override said default setting mode, wherein
- said system directs the optical transceiver device to lock the transceiver device at the tuned setting to retain the desired settings when said transceiver device is removed from said apparatus and inserted into a separate host device for using the optical transceiver device thereby overriding the transceiver device from returning to the default setting upon being removed, and wherein
- said system does not operate as a host device for using said transceiver device while said transceiver device is received by the transceiver interface, and further wherein
- said transceiver device is a DWDM or CWDM optical transceiver device.
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A system for tuning a pluggable transceiver device comprising:
- an input interface for inputting desired tuning settings;
- a transceiver interface that receives the transceiver device that is provided in a default setting mode;
- and
- a tuner configured to tune the transceiver device received by said transceiver interface according to said desired tuning settings to override said default setting mode, wherein
- said system sets a lock bit in an EEPROM of the transceiver device to lock the transceiver device at the tuned setting to retain the desired settings when said transceiver device is removed from said apparatus and inserted into a separate host device for using the optical transceiver device thereby overriding the transceiver device from returning to the default setting upon being removed, and wherein
- said apparatus does not operate as a host device for using said transceiver device.
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A system for tuning a pluggable transceiver device, said system including an apparatus comprising:
- an input interface for inputting desired tuning settings;
- a transceiver interface that receives the transceiver device that is provided in a default setting mode;
- and
- a controller configured to tune the transceiver device received by said transceiver interface according to said desired tuning settings to override said default setting mode, wherein
- said controller sets a lock bit in an EEPROM of the transceiver device to lock the transceiver device at the tuned setting to retain the desired settings when said transceiver device is removed from said apparatus and inserted into a separate host device for using the optical transceiver device thereby overriding the transceiver device from returning to the default setting upon being removed, and wherein
- said apparatus does not operate as a host device for using said transceiver device, and further wherein
- said transceiver device is a DWDM or CWDM optical transceiver device.
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A method for tuning a pluggable transceiver device using a tuning apparatus, said method comprising the steps of:
- inserting the transceiver device into the tuning apparatus;
- accepting desired settings into the tuning apparatus for tuning the transceiver device;
- tuning the transceiver device according to the desired settings resulting in a tuned transceiver device;
- locking the desired settings in the transceiver device to retain the tune;
- and
- removing the tuned transceiver device from the apparatus such that the desired settings are retained in the transceiver device after said removing.
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A method for tuning a pluggable transceiver device using a tuning apparatus, said method comprising the steps of:
- providing the transceiver device that is a DWDM or CWDM optical transceiver;
- inserting the transceiver device that is provided with default settings into the tuning apparatus;
- accepting desired settings into the tuning apparatus for tuning the transceiver device;
- tuning the transceiver device according to the desired settings resulting in a tuned transceiver device;
- locking the desired settings in the transceiver device to retain the tune by setting a lock bit in the transceiver device;
- removing the tuned transceiver device from the apparatus such that the desired settings are retained in the transceiver device after said removing;
- inserting the tuned transceiver into a host device;
- and
- operating the host device using the tuned transceiver tuned at the desired settings.
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