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Normally MQ adaptor is distributed as a zip-archive with the name MQAdaptor-xx.zip, where xx stands for MQ adaptor version. The distribution package consists of:
| File | Description |
BIN\MQTAAddin-xx.dll or BIN\MQTAAddin.so | MQ Transport Adaptor dynamic library for WindowsorMQ Transport Adaptor shared library for Linux |
| DOC\MQTA_InstallationGuide.pdf | MQ Transport Adaptor - Installation Guide. This document |
| DOC\VersionHistory.txt | MQ Transport Adaptor Version History |
| DOC\FIXEdge.properties | Sample FIX Edge configuration file. |
To install MQ adaptor:
- For MQ Adaptor works currently it is needed to have IBM IBM MQ Client libraries is must be installed on the FIX Edge machine . 3rd party dlls like these aren't incuded in MQ TA package. You can download software fromhere.where MQ Adaptor is ran. Third-party libraries are not incuded into TA package. They can be downloaded from here
- Unpack the package and copy MQTAAddin-xx.dll/MQTAAddin-xx.so into the FIX Edge /bin folder. Configure adaptor according to the instructions below
Restart FIX Edge
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IBM MQ Transport Adaptor can be configured using FIXICC or directly by editing the FIXEdge.properties file of the correspondent FIX Edge instance. All properties to be set up are described in the table below. You can also useuse FIXEdge.properties file from the package as an example.
Make sure that configuration of the adaptor correlates with the MQ Series Server parameters.
| Property Name | Default Value | Description |
| TransportLayer.MQAdaptor.Description | MQ Transport Adaptor DLL | Description of the transport adaptor |
| TransportLayer.MQAdaptor.DllName | bin/MQTAAddin.dll | Path to the transport adaptor module |
| TransportLayer.MQAdaptor.TimeIntervalBeforeReconnect | 1000 | Time interval in milliseconds between reconnect attempts |
| TransportLayer.MQAdaptor.StorageDirectory | FixEdge1/log | Logging directory for storage of outgoing messages. Required. |
| TransportLayer.MQAdaptor.BufferSizeForMessage | 65536 | Message buffer size. Max value is 4194304. 0 means a default value 64 * 1024 |
| TransportLayer.MQAdaptor.MQ_HOSTNAME | localhost | MS Series Server host name |
| TransportLayer.MQAdaptor.MQ_PORT | 1414 | MS Series Server port |
| TransportLayer.MQAdaptor.MQ_MANAGER_NAME | TestMQ | MS Series manager name |
| TransportLayer.MQAdaptor.MQ_CHANNEL_NAME | TestConnection | MS Series Channel name |
| TransportLayer.MQAdaptor.MQ_CCSID | 437 | MS Series Server CCSID. The coded character set identifier to use with the WebSphere MQ queue |
| TransportLayer.MQAdaptor.WaitIntervalForGet | 1000 | Time interval in milliseconds to wait between polling message on MQ Series Server |
| TransportLayer.MQAdaptor.NumAttemptReconnect | 10 | Number of reconnect attempts to MQ Series Server |
| TransportLayer.MQAdaptor.SessionNumber | 1 | Number of sessions with MQ Series. Each session is a set of MQ Series queues. |
| TransportLayer.MQAdaptor.Session.1.ClientID | MQClient | MQ session ID. |
| TransportLayer.MQAdaptor.Session.1.SmartXMLProcessor | true | Enables mode of processing XML/FIXML messages:
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| TransportLayer.MQAdaptor.Session.1.ToClientQueue | MQClient_to | The name for Queue, dedicated for message coming from client to MQ via FIX Edge |
| TransportLayer.MQAdaptor.Session.1.FromClientQueue | MQClient_from | The name for Queue, dedicated for message coming from MQ to client via FIX Edge |
| TransportLayer.MQAdaptor.Session.1.ErrorQueue | MQClient_error | The name for Queue dedicated for message, which cannot be handled because of error. |
| TransportLayer.MQAdaptor.Session.1.SenderID | - | Not required. SenderCompID (Tag = 49) in the received message is set to the property value. |
| TransportLayer.MQAdaptor.Session.1.TargetID | - | Not required. TargetCompID (Tag = 56) in the received message is set to the property value. |
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