User`s guide

DC 900-1339H 11
Preface
Purpose of Document
This document describes the operation and programming interface required to use
Simpact’s Financial Market Protocols (FMP) product for Simpact’s Freeway communi-
cations server or embedded ICP. It is written for subscribers who receive broadcast mar-
ket feeds from various stock exchanges.
Note
In this document, the term “Freeway” can mean either a Freeway
server or an embedded ICP. For the embedded ICP, also refer to
the user’s guide for your ICP and operating system (for example,
the ICP2432 User’s Guide for Windows NT ).
Intended Audience
This document should be read by programmers who are interfacing an application pro-
gram (such as a ticker plant) to one or more of the primary U.S. or international market
feeds. You should understand the Freeway data link interface (DLI), as explained in the
Freeway Data Link Interface Reference Guide , and be familiar with the message formats
of the market feeds you are receiving.
Required Equipment
The FMP product requires the following two major hardware components to operate: