https://www.flexoptix.net/en/ will give you a programmer on your first order if you post something about it on social media. They also send some candy with every order :)
I’ve had very good luck with Flexoptics for SFP, SFP+ & XFP, Juniper, Cisco, HP all work perfectly. — Matthew Crocker President - Crocker Communications, Inc. Managing Partner - Crocker Telecommunications, LLC E: matt...@corp.crocker.com E: matt...@crocker.com > On Jan 22, 2016, at 5:55 PM, Colton Conor <colton.co...@gmail.com> wrote: > > 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 >> >