Patent ID: 8837950

Claim:
A transceiver module comprising: an optical transmitter for emitting optical signals representative of electrical signals received from a host onto an optical medium; an optical receiver for receiving optical signals from an optical medium and converting the optical signals into electrical signals that can be provided to the host; an out-of-band data detector coupled to the optical receiver for extracting out-of-band data from the incoming optical signal, wherein the out-of-band data is at least partially original remote transceiver controller data including original remote transceiver operational parameters and original remote module setup values; a processor coupled to the out-of-band data detector, the processor configured to receive the remote transceiver controller data; and a diagnostic port assembly coupled to the processor for interfacing with an external user device, wherein the diagnostic port is configured to transmit the original remote transceiver controller data to the external user device and to receive adjusted remote transceiver controller data, including adjusted remote transceiver operational parameters and adjusted remote module setup values, from the external user device for transmission to the remote transceiver.