Freddy, So are you saying if you order enough from Fiberstore.com they will give you a programmer? That seems like the best solution.
On Fri, Jan 22, 2016 at 6:03 AM, Frederik Kriewitz <frede...@kriewitz.eu> wrote: > On Mon, Jan 18, 2016 at 8:02 PM, Colton Conor <colton.co...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > 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? > > > > > > I believe they both require you to use their SFPs in order to program > them, > > but I could be wrong. > > You're right, both companies programmers only work with their own > transceiver. > We've some transceivers from FlexOptix including the FlexBoxv3. We > never had a problem with them. They have very good engineers. > From the pricing SolidOptics list prices are better than FlexOptics, > but just talk to them and see if they can meet your pricing > requirements. > In our case we ended up with FlexOptix but we're only ordering there > when we need something urgent (same/next day). > Otherwise we're buying directly from China (Fiberstore). Neither Solid > Optics or FlexOptix could beat their prices. We're buying all the > expensive stuff stuff and larger quantities from them. So far we never > had a problem with them either. After reaching a sales volume of 30000 > USD they will give you a programmer for their transceivers too. > > Best Regards, > Freddy >
