On March 1st, the Department of Education released an updated version of Edconnect 8.6.1, which is available on the Knowledge Center’s “Software and Other Tools” website. The upgraded software is required to receive Institutional Student Information Records (ISIRs) in the new FTI-SAIG mailbox for the 2024–25 award year and beyond.
What’s changed?
Important Update on March 11, 2024: Earlier today, we identified an issue with the tdclient.ini file that was preventing EDconnect from stripping the Network Headers and Trailers as expected. This issue has now been fixed. EDconnect users that downloaded the tdclient.ini file prior to 4 p.m. ET on March 11, 2024 must select one of the two options described below and complete the required steps.
Option 1: Download the new tdclient.ini file from the FTI-TDCM
Log in to FTI-TDCM (http://ftisaigportal.ed.gov) and navigate to the “Participant” tab. Under the “Security” sub-tab, select the “Export INI” button.
Once the tdclient.ini file has been downloaded, users must place it in the folder under C:\IAM\SAIG_temp\ that corresponds to the FT number for the user. Refer to the Option 1 section in this Issue Description document for an example.
With this option, there is no need to make any changes to the tdclient.ini file. The instructions in Section 5.2 of the EDconnect 8.6.1 Installation and User Guide to manually update the file are not needed.
Option 2: Manually update the previously downloaded tdclient.ini file
If you would like to use the tdclient.ini file you previously downloaded, follow the instructions in the Option 2 section for manually updating the file.
We apologize for the inconvenience this issue has caused.
If you need assistance with this process, please contact the FPS Help Desk (formerly CPS/SAIG Technical Support) at 1-800-330-5947 or by email at support@fps.ed.gov.
SOURCE:
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES: