FAST Feed Handler configuration dialog 1

FAST Feed Handler listens for FAST messages sent by a FAST feed. This dialog prompts you for the FAST feed parameters.

Fast Feed Handler configuration dialog 1
Table B-3: FAST Feed Handler dialog 1 configuration options

Field Name

Default value

Description

Listen Host IP Address

None

Identifies the IP address for a network interface to which the incoming feed's UDP channel will be bound. This allows optimization of network resources, by allowing various channel loads to be spread out among multiple physical network adapters.

Listen Port

3170

Identifies the UDP Local listening port for incoming messages.

Multicast Host IP Address

224.0.255.0

Identifies the class D (multicast) IP address on which this data channel will operate.

A publisher can multicast messages to a subscriber on multiple channels, and the combination of the Broadcast IP Address and Broadcast Port must be unique for each channel. All multicast IP addresses must range from 224.0.2.0 through 224.0.255.0.