1. Install FIXEdge (Simple Installation)
   
   

2. Add new Session to FIXEdge.properties ( FIXEdge1\conf\FIXEdge.properties )
   Add a session TestEchoAcceptor to the list of sessions (multiple sessions should be separated by a comma):
   

   Code Block
   language text title FIXEdge.properties
   FixLayer.FixEngine.Sessions = TestEchoAcceptor

   And configure session parameters:

   Code Block
   language text title FIXEdge.properties
   FixLayer.FixEngine.Session.TestEchoAcceptor.Version = FIX44 FixLayer.FixEngine.Session.TestEchoAcceptor.StorageType = persistentMM FixLayer.FixEngine.Session.TestEchoAcceptor.Role = Acceptor FixLayer.FixEngine.Session.TestEchoAcceptor.SenderCompID = FIXEDGE FixLayer.FixEngine.Session.TestEchoAcceptor.TargetCompID = FIXECHOCLIENT FixLayer.FixEngine.Session.TestEchoAcceptor.Description = FIX session for echo testing FixLayer.FixEngine.Session.TestEchoAcceptor.StartTime = 08:00 FixLayer.FixEngine.Session.TestEchoAcceptor.TerminateTime = 23:59 FixLayer.FixEngine.Session.TestEchoAcceptor.RecreateOnLogout = true FixLayer.FixEngine.Session.TestEchoAcceptor.IntradayLogoutTolerance = true

3. Configure BL rules ( FIXEdge1\conf\BL_Config.xml )

   Code Block
   language xml title BL_Config.xml
   <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <FIXEdge> <BusinessLayer>  <!-- Rule messages from Simple Client send back switching SenderCompID and TargetCompID -->  <Rule> <Source>  <FixSession SenderCompID="FIXECHOCLIENT" TargetCompID="FIXEDGE"/> </Source>  <Action> <Send> <FixSession SenderCompID="FIXEDGE" TargetCompID="FIXECHOCLIENT"/> </Send> </Action> </Rule> <DefaultRule> <Action> <DoNothing/> </Action> </DefaultRule>  </BusinessLayer>  </FIXEdge>

   
   

4.  Run FIXEdge.
   E.g. via run script:

   • Windows: <FIXEdge installation dir>\FIXEdge\bin\FixEdge1.run.cmd

   • Linux: <FIXEdge installation dir>/FIXEdge/bin/FixEdge1.run.sh

     
     

5.  Open FIX Client Simulator. (It can be found in the FIX Antenna .NET Wrapper package).
   And create a new session (select Session menu -> Create New ...) as Initiator with the following parameters:

   Info
   Session type: Initiator SenderCompID = FIXECHOCLIENT TargetCompID = FIXEDGE FIX Version = 4.4 Remote Port = 8901 ( ListenPort parameter in FIXEdge's engine.properties ) Remote Host = localhost (or IP address/hostname of the FIXEdge server)

   Please note that SenderCompID on the FIX Client Simulator side should have the same value as TargetCompId on the FIXEdge side
   And TargetCompId on the FCS side should be the same as SenderCompID on FIXEdge's side.

6. Send message from FIX Client Simulator ( Pipe character is used to represent SOH character )

   Code Block
   language text title New Order - Echo test.msg
   8=FIX.4.4|9=175|35=D|49=FIXECHOCLIENT|56=FIXEDGE|34=2|52=20131125-09:37:09.680|11=Order#1|21=1|100=1|55=TESTSMBL|54=1|60=20131124-04:11:46.768|38=20000|40=2|44=34.7|10=203|

    The file with FIX message example and SOH delimiters: NewOrderEchoTestMessage.txt

7. Echo message from FIXEdge is received:
   

   Code Block
   language text title Receive.msg
   Incoming message: 8=FIX.4.49=14935=D49=FIXEDGE56=FIXECHOCLIENT34=352=20140228-14:43:19.01811=Order#121=1100=155=TESTSMBL54=160=20131124-04:11:46.76838=2000040=244=34.710=074

Troubleshooting:

• FIXEdge should be up and running state after step 4.
• There are [ERROR] or [FATAL] error records in FIXEdge logs FIXEdge1\log\FIXEdge.log.
• The FCS and FIXEdge have up-to-date licenses.
• If a session can't be established due to sequence number issues this can be resolved by cleaning logs on both sides.

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