Patent ID: 7317743

Claim:
A test and configuration system, comprising: a temperature control device configured for thermal communication with one or more optoelectronic transceivers; an optical signal analyzer configured and arranged to communicate with an optoelectronic transceiver that is thermally coupled with the temperature control device and receive at least one optical test output signal; a host system configured for communication with the temperature control device, any optoelectronic transceivers that are thermally coupled with the temperature control device, and with the optical signal analyzer, wherein the optical signal analyzer is configured to transmit results of an analysis on the at least one optical test output signal to the host system and the host system is further configured to adjust one or more control parameters of the one or more optoelectronic transceivers, the host system comprising: a central processing unit; a user interface; and a memory that is configured to communicate with the central processing unit and the user interface, where the memory stores: an operating system; control parameter setup procedures; operational requirement settings; and temperature compensation values; a data bus configured to couple the host system with any optoelectronic transceivers thermally coupled with the temperature control device; and a control bus configured to couple the host system with any optoelectronic transceivers thermally coupled with the temperature control device.