The SMS data exchange project allows data to be exchanged between school management systems (SMS), such as Synergetic, and the New Zealand Ministry of Education (NZ MOE).
Web Service
The web service is provided by the NZ MOE. To locate and connect to the web service, the following items are required:
Wrapper
For electronic roll returns (eReturns), the wrapper:
When managing New Zealand student NSNs and identity details, the wrapper:
Optionally, the Wrapper can check the status of connectivity to the web service.
Installation of WSS Wrapper
Before commencing you must first install the Wrapper application on a computer. These instructions assume that you are installing the Wrapper on the same machine that the Synergetic database runs on.
Install the wrapper as distributed with Synergetic:
WssWrapper_windows_1.exe
This will install the application as a service (WssWrapper_Java5) which is configured to auto start. See Checking, disabling and restarting Wrapper.
In the folder where the Wrapper is installed, there is a simple application testInstall.exe which you can run to test if the Wrapper can communicate with the Web Service.
Possible causes for the test application to fail to connect to the web service:
Note: It is also important to note that the Wrapper is not using standard HTML content, even though it’s communicating through HTTP protocol. Therefore it is advisable to configure the firewall to allow these contents as well.
Wrapper certificates
For new installations, the Wrapper comes with:
From time to time, the NZ MOE issues new certificates. See Renewing certificates for eReturns.
Last modified: 21/01/2013 12:04:40 PM
See Also Electronic roll returns (eReturns) Connecting to the NZ MOE web service |
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