guide for accessing meff using terminal server

Guide for Accessing MEFF using Terminal

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Date: 15th March 2011 Version: 1.02

Meff Access guide through Terminal Server

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Reviews History Version Date Description

1.00 03/07/2009 First version 1.01 13/08/2009 New logon assignment 1.02 15/03/2011 New Raw Data files Directory


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Contents 1 Access system general description. ........................................................................................... 1 2 System access requests. .............................................................................................................. 1 3 VPN client installation. .................................................................................................................. 1 4 Remote Desktop installation. ....................................................................................................... 2 5 Terminal Server connection. ........................................................................................................ 6 5.1 VPN activation. ............................................................................................................................................ 6 5.2 Remote desktop set up. ............................................................................................................................... 7 6 MEFFStation connexio and disconnexion .................................................................................. 9 7 Print from MEFFStation on Terminal Server. ............................................................................10 8 How to get Raw Date Files. .........................................................................................................10 9 Terminal Server contingency. ....................................................................................................11


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1 Access system general description.

This connection method to Meff through a Terminal Server is designed to provide and easy access to some areas of the trading system. To use the access system to Meff through a Terminal Server, an Internet connection and a Windows based PC are needed. When the contacts to access Meff through this system begin, an email address must be provided to Market Services to allow Technical Helpdesk to contact the client with the aim to support him over the installation of a secure VPN tunnel through Internet. This VPN tunnel will be set up from a PC owned by the client, which minimum requests are specified in this guide. Once the VPN tunnel is installed, the client must open a remote desktop according as well to the instructions in this guide. When these items working proper, system access will be able to be used in the following way: The client will activate the VPN tunnel with MEFF from the PC. Once the tunnel is on, the client will activate the remote desktop from the PC too. A new window will be opened with several icons, one form MEFFStation work station among them. The client will activate MEFFStation and a connection to the central Host will be established automatically, allowing screens to manage different operations into the trading system.

2 System access requests.

� PC with the following minimum requests:

� Operating System Windows XP SP2 � Processor 1,5 GHz � 1 GB RAM � 80 GB hard disk

� Local printer connection.

� 3 Mbps ADSL/Cable connection to Internet

� A VPN client installed.

� A Microsoft Remote Desktop application installed, which usually is included in Windows

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3 VPN client installation.

This installation will be supported by Meff Technical Helpdesk, so it’s only necessary to given an email address to Market Services to start the process, Phone +34 91 709 53 00. Meff Technical Helpdesk will receive an email with the first instructions to install the VPN client.


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4 Remote Desktop installation.

To install the remote desktop in the PC, next steps must be followed: From the main desktop, chose the following option:

Start Menu � All Programs � Accesories � Communications �Remote Desktop Connection

We will get a screen like this (it may vary depending on the software version):

Before begining the configuration, click on Options and the next screen will be shown:

General tab: In Computer combo, write the prime Server IP address given by Meff’s Technical Helpdesk. En User name textbox, write the user assigned by Meff.


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Display tab:

We will choose Full Screen and High Color (16 Bit).

Local Resources tab:


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Choose Do not play in Remote computer sound area and let Keyboard as it appears as default. In Local devices and resources, unselect Printers and activate Clipboard clicking it. Click on More… and unselect all choices except for C: Drive as next image shows:

Then click OK Experience tab:


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Into Experience tab, let’s click the choices as shown in the above image, Show contents of window while dragging, Bitmap caching and Reconnect if connection is dropped.

Once the configuration is arranged, go back to General tab where it has to be saved clicking Save As.

It is convenient to save this configuration in the PC desktop to be easily reachable as an icon.


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5 Terminal Server connection.

Every time the user wants to initiate a session to connect to Meff trading system, next steps must be followed.

5.1 VPN tunnel activation.

Click in the VPN Access icon to launch the VPN client application.

The following screen will be shown. This same screen will be used later to close VPN connection once the session is ended.

Clicking it, it will begin a tunnel set up protocol and after a time it will appear a screen to log in with the user and password previously supplied by Meff Technical Helpdesk


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After a time, it will appear a confirmation screen to show VPN tunnel has been established correctly.

This step must be done before initiating the remote desktop in the Terminal Server.

5.2 Remote desktop set up.

Once the safe VPN tunnel is on, click the remote desktop icon. The following screen will be shown:

In this screen, user and password assigned by Meff must be typed. Password should be changed in the first Access. It must be composed by 8 characters, mixing capital letters, lowercases and numbers, with a six month validity. After filling the requested data and clicking OK, a screen as following will be shown:


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This screen is the confirmation that the Terminal Server connection is correctly established, and that everything is ready to connect to Meff trading system. The icons shown in remote desk are:

MEFFStation: Double click activate Trading system connection. MEFFStation Initialization: Rarely used and just by Meff Technical Helpdesk indication. Manually generated Raw Files: Shorcut to the raw files folder. This folder is populated whenever the user manually generates the raw files. Automatic End of Session Raw Files Axxxx: Shortcut to the end of session raw files folder. This folder is populated automatically after the end of session and the files remain there until the next session ends. Shortcut to your Computer: Access to client PC from Terminal Server to Exchange files and documents between both computers.


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6 MEFFStation connexion and disconnexion

It is possible to choose the MEFFStation language pressing simultaneously Shift and Control keys, and double clicking MEFFStation icon while those keys are still pressed. Then, this screen will be shown:

Choose the language and click Aceptar. To initiate a trading session with MEFFStation, double click that icon. As answer, this screen will appear:

Then click connection button market by the arrow in the previous screen. To disconnect MEFFStation, click the button marked in the following screen:


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7 Print from MEFFStation on Terminal Server.

The method used to print implies the PDF files creation. Every printing option allowed by MEFFStation will generate a file with PDF extension and no name in the user desktop. It is important to add a name to the recent printed file. Otherwise, two consecutive files could overwrite each other. Once the PDF file has a name in desktop, it can be dragged to “Shortcut To Your Computer” icon, in that moment the PDF file will be downloaded to client computer drive C:\, where it can be printed in paper.

8 How to get Raw Date Files.

There are two ways to get the Raw Data Files, in real time and at the end of the session when the terminal has just received the end of the market. The Raw Data Files are already prepared to automatically be generated at the end of the session. To see and to copy the Raw Data Files once generated the client need to click the “Shortcut to Automatic End of Session Raw Files” icon. To obtain the Raw Data Files during the session, click on “Actions” in the MEFFStation menu and the following screen will be shown:


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Just mark the relevant files and click the option “Generate Now”. The marked Raw Data Files will be generated in the directory “Shortcut to Manually generated Raw Files”. Both the files and the printed reports included in “Shortcut to your Computer” will be sent to the client PC. Depending on the size of the file, this operation can impact response time.

9 Terminal Server contingency.

During the installation process, the Meff Technical Helpdesk will provide to each client with two IP addresses corresponding to the main Terminal Server and to the alternative Terminal Server. In a normal situation each client can connect to its main Terminal Server but it cannot connect the alternative one. The purpose of the alternative Terminal Server is only as a backup just in case there is a problem with the main one. In those cases the client will establish the Remote Desktop with the address of the alternative Terminal Server.

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