Patent ID: 8086100

Claim:
An optoelectronic transceiver comprising: an optoelectronic transmitter; an optoelectronic receiver; memory configured to store digital values representative of a plurality of operating conditions of the optoelectronic transceiver; comparison logic configured to compare respective digital values of said digital values with corresponding limit values to generate flag values, wherein the flag values are stored in memory; and an interface configured to: receive, from a host external to the optoelectronic transceiver, a first request for a first plurality of flag values associated with a particular operating condition, wherein: the first request includes a first specified memory address; each respective flag value in the first plurality of flag values is indicative of a comparison between a digital value for the particular operating condition and a different corresponding limit value from a first set of limit values for the particular operating condition; and the digital value for the particular operating condition comprises one of said digital values; and respond to the host with the first plurality of flag values associated with the first specified memory address.