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LME Technical Documentation

This area is intended to be the first point of contact for members wishing to find out more about the technology used by LCH.Clearnet Limited. It contains technical documentation and references.

Other LME documentation is available in London SPAN for Exchanges - Technical Specifications.

There are 4 files in this folder.

Application Guide
*Author:*	Bernard Puckett
*Subject:*	LME External Interface
*Comments:*	Specifies the message protocol which allows subscribers to the LME External Interface to exchange information with the LME Matching and Clearing Systems. This is the underlying protocol with which the PC Bridge product communicates with the LME Matching and Clearing Systems.
*Last Saved:*	01 July 2008, 16:30:00
*Size:*	720 Kb

Change Control Version 4.00-05 to Version 4.01-00
*Author:*	Simon Davies
*Subject:*	LME External Interface
*Comments:*	Based on IT Document Wizard
*Last Saved:*	14 September 2000, 17:46:00
*Size:*	24 Kb

PC-Bridge Help File - Version 4.x
*Subject:*	A copy of the online help for PC-Bridge
*Comments:*	PC-Bridge provides access to the LCH.Clearnet based LME Matching and Clearing system via TCP/IP. For the submission of Trades and the dissemination of Matching and Clearing data. Including Interest and Exchange Rates, Prices, Open Positions, Market Open Interest, Summary Margins and SPAN Arrays.
*Last Saved:*	28 June 2005, 15:33:00
*Size:*	1.04 Mb

SWORD File Interface Specification
*Author:*	Neil Sissons
*Subject:*	SWORD
*Comments:*	Incorporating changes for plastics and steel
*Last Saved:*	30 April 2008, 12:20:00
*Size:*	0.5 Mb