Re: Programmable SFP+ Transcievers

[Colton Conor <colton.conor () gmail com>]

The only downside I see to Flexoptix is that their pricing for their SFPs,
and you must use their SFPs, are much more expensive than already
programmed SFP's from low cost providers.

For example, a regualr 10GBASE-LR SFP+ 1310nm 10km from Fiberstore is $34 (
http://www.fs.com/10gbase-lr-sfp-1310nm-10km-dom-transceiver-p-11591.html).
The same type of SFP+ from Flexoptics is $136.80
https://www.flexoptix.net/en/produkte/transceiver/sfp-plus-lr-transceiver-10-gigabit-stm64-sm-1310nm-10km-8db-ddm-dom.html

I know there should be a littler premium for using FlexOptics are you can
program on your own, but not 4X the amount.

How does Solid Optics compare on pricing? They don't list them on their
website.



On Wed, Jan 20, 2016 at 4:02 AM, tim () pelican org <tim () pelican org> wrote:

> On Monday, 18 January, 2016 19:02, "Colton Conor" <colton.conor () gmail com>
> said:
>
> > What options are out there for re-programmable SFP and SFP+ transceivers?
> > So far I have found both
> > https://www.flexoptix.net/en/flexbox-v3-transceiver-programmer.html and
> http://solid-optics.com/tools/multi-fiber-tool/so-multi-fiber-tool-id1768.html
> > Is there anything else out there? Any opinions on these two companies?
>
> Satisfied customer of Flexoptix, largely for pre-coded transceivers,
> although my team have used their programmer in anger and are happy with
> it.  No issues to date with C or J kit refusing to believe in the resulting
> transceivers - and obviously at a fraction of the price of blessed optics.
>
> Regards,
> Tim.