Method of Monitoring an Optoelectronic Transceiver with Multiple Flag Values for a Respective Operating Condition
First Claim
1. A method of monitoring an optoelectronic transceiver that includes an optoelectronic transmitter, an optoelectronic receiver, and memory;
- comparing sensor values representative of operating conditions of the optoelectronic transceiver with corresponding limit values to generate flag values;
storing the flag values in memory, the flag values comprising a first flag value and a second flag value associated with a respective operating condition, wherein the first flag value and a second flag value are associated with a shared memory address; and
after storing the flag values;
receiving, from a host external to the optoelectronic transceiver, a request for information associated with the respective operating condition, wherein the request includes the shared memory address; and
responding to the host by sending flag values associated with the shared memory address, wherein the flag values sent to the host include at least the first flag value and the second flag value.
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Abstract
An optoelectronic transceiver includes an optoelectronic transmitter, an optoelectronic receiver, memory, and an interface. The memory is configured to store digital values representative of operating conditions of the optoelectronic transceiver. The interface is configured to receive from a host a request for data associated with a particular memory address, and respond to the host with a specific digital value of the digital values. The specific digital value is associated with the particular memory address received from the host. The optoelectronic transceiver may further include comparison logic configured to compare the digital values with limit values to generate flag values, wherein the flag values are stored as digital values in the memory.
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1. A method of monitoring an optoelectronic transceiver that includes an optoelectronic transmitter, an optoelectronic receiver, and memory;
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comparing sensor values representative of operating conditions of the optoelectronic transceiver with corresponding limit values to generate flag values; storing the flag values in memory, the flag values comprising a first flag value and a second flag value associated with a respective operating condition, wherein the first flag value and a second flag value are associated with a shared memory address; and after storing the flag values; receiving, from a host external to the optoelectronic transceiver, a request for information associated with the respective operating condition, wherein the request includes the shared memory address; and responding to the host by sending flag values associated with the shared memory address, wherein the flag values sent to the host include at least the first flag value and the second flag value. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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