FTP participant file server addresses

Environment	MarketNet Address
Pre-production	ftp://146.178.211.25
Production	ftp://146.178.211.63

FTP submission rules

• The Dispatch Bid See National Electricity Rules/Offer Energy, Dispatch, FCAS Offer, MNSP, MTPASA Bid or Offer submission Submission A Bid/Offer submission can have: 1. Multiple Trading Days 2. Multiple DUIDs/LinkIDs 3. All Service Types in the same Submission is a JSON JavaScript Object Notification schema submitted in compressed file format. For help, see FTP compressed file format.
• The Participant ID Registered participant identifier; A company can have more than one Participant ID. must be valid.

FTP processing order for multiple files

If there is more than one file in your Participant ID \Export\Bids\ folder, the Participant File Server The publishing point from AEMO systems to participant systems. Each participant is allocated an account and access to private and public areas. Participants are responsible for interfacing with the participant file server. processes files in ascending order according to the file modified date.

FTP Bid filename

The Dispatch See National Electricity Rules Bid/Offer The term Bid relates to the following Dispatch Bids: Energy (Scheduled Loads or Wholesale Demand Response Units). The term Offer relates to the following Dispatch Offers: 1. Energy (Generation Dispatch Offer) 2. Frequency Control Ancillary Service (FCAS) 3. Market Network Service Provider (MNSP - Network Dispatch Offer) Submission filename identifies the participant, the date and time of Dispatch Bid See Relevant Rules or Procedures/Offer Submission submission. Each Dispatch Bid/Offer Submission file has BID in the filename matching the windows search string BID.json or BID.zip.

An acceptable filename is <= 60 characters including the extension.

A filename must be unique. You cannot submit a file with the same filename twice. Resubmission of a file with the same name results in an error.

FTP Bid filename example:

PART1_FCASBIDFTP_20180101231145.zip

FTP Bid filename components

Field	Description
PART1	An assigned ID for the participant submitting the Dispatch Bid/Offer Submission file.
BID	Identifies it as a Dispatch Bid/Offer Submission. It may have additional characters before or after this fixed part, such as the submission interface used.
Date and time of Dispatch Bid/Offer Submission	A date reference for participants to relate to the settlement or Bid date/time. The date is in the form YYYYMMDD or YYYYMMDDhhmmss (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day, 2 digit hour in 24-hour count, 2 digit minute and 2 digit second). There is no validation of file contents with this date.
Extension	zip Included in the filename size of <= 60 characters

FTP compressed file format

Compressed FTP files conform to the following rules:

• They must contain only one JSON schema.
• The compressed filename must be zip.