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Feature overview
FIX Edge FIXEdge is a server application that provides FIX connectivity for standalone client applications. Client applications (hereinafter Clients) communicate with FIX Edge FIXEdge via FIX or via one of the supported transport protocols (e.g. Simple Sockets, TIBCO, CORBA).
FIX Edge FIXEdge can also be customized to use other connectivity bridges like CMS, ISE, INET etc.
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| Object message middleware | |
| IBM MQ | Session is a set of queues: for incoming messages, for outgoing messages and for errors. Raw FIX message is packed into MQ message as blob. In case of conversion to FIXML, a corresponding XML is packed into MQ message as blob. See IBM MQ Series Adaptor for details. |
| TIB RV | Session is a TIBRV session, raw FIX message is packed into TIB message as blob. See /wiki/spaces/EPMBFIXA/pages/6117099for details. |
| JMS | Topic and queue modes are supported, raw FIX messages is packed into JMS message. See /wiki/spaces/EPMBFIXA/pages/6117104for details. |
| COM/DCOM | FIX engine, FIX session and FIX message are COM objects. See /wiki/spaces/EPMBFIXA/pages/6117345for details. |
| CORBA | FIX engine, FIX session and FIX message are CORBA objects. See /wiki/spaces/EPMBFIXA/pages/6117131for details. |
| Raw message middleware | |
| Domain Socket | Raw FIX messages are sent via domain sockets. |
| UDP | Raw FIX messages are sent via UDP. See /wiki/spaces/EPMBFIXA/pages/6117061for details. |
| Named Pipes | Raw FIX messages are sent via named pipes. |
| HTTPS | Raw FIX messages are sent via HTTP. See /wiki/spaces/EPMBFIXA/pages/6116937for details. |
| Simple Sockets | Raw FIX message are sent via TCP sockets; several XML messages form light-weight session level protocol for identification and heart-beating. |
| SMTP | Raw FIX messages are sent via SMTP (to email); FIX email message can be automatically converted to a standard email message. |
| Non-FIX protocols | |
| OTCH, ITCH | |
Platforms
FIXEdge could be deployed on the following platforms:
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The sequence and peculiarity of installation are described in part FIXEdge Installation Guide.
Deployment schemas
Simple installation
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It is possible to install more than one instance of FIX Edge FIXEdge on a single machine. All instances work independently (i.e. have separate list of sessions, independent configuration and log files), however they can be managed using common FIXICC control application. Of course, several instances of FIXEdge can be started on different machines.
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