Mastodawn

I've stumbled on the SFPTotal Whistle, and I've got some questions:

- Would it be possible to program fs.com #SFP optics with that? Or do they really require the FSBox?
- Assuming that the SFPTotal Whistle is essentialy just a USB to I²C adapter with an SFP-shaped hole, are there any OSHW/FLOSS projects out there I should now about instead? I don't mind tinkering. Can't I just slap an I²C interface IC on an SFP frame?

#networking #fiberoptics

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tnt

@thunfisch All the magic is in the software. AFAICT from a quick look at their website, they seem to support only basic eeprom read/write. Not sure if the fs.com stuff supports standard eeprom r/w or if they have a custom protocol for "protection".

And yes, you can slap an i2c interface to an SFP. I've been using SFP breakout and I2C interface to access ddm stuff from sfp.