Now all school webstores are encrypted for free.

That’s right, we take care of securing your PushCoin-hosted school webstore at no additional charge. This means no more SSL-certificate renewals to worry about. We do this because we want to create a more secure, privacy-respecting Web. Enjoy!

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New Free/Reduced online application reaches “Beta” status.

We are happy to announce availability of the freshly designed Free/Reduced online application at https://beta.nslpapp.com/ It’s a complete overhaul of the existing online form with the following major goals: The Spanish language support together with a continually growing number of other translations. An improved user-experience aiming to ensure the highest possible rate of completed applications. […]

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Alerts are sent out whenever a student is linked.

In the past, only participating in the pilot schools had the option of notifying primary and secondary contacts of a student whenever this student was linked to an account in PushCoin. After a successful roll-out of this feature we are happy to announce its availability to all schools. Starting August 10th, all parents and guardians […]

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Internet resources used by PushCoin POS terminals

The PushCoin Point of Sale (POS) systems need access to the following web Internet resources on TCP ports 80 and 443: api.pushcoin.com (AWS cloud, see below) webdns.pushcoin.com pos.pushcoin.com fdroid.pushcoin.com fdroid.org guardianproject.info AWS cloud IP ranges PushCoin makes use of the AWS cloud to ensure high availability. The following regions are to be allowed through as […]

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How to upgrade Reggie to the latest version.

Under normal circumstances the Point-of-Sale software – Reggie – automatically receives updates over the air. However, depending on the WiFi connection quality or times of operation, the system may fall behind in updates. On another occasion there can be a problem with the system settings for the automated updates. This article shows how to check […]

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How to report a broken hardware.

To submit a request for hardware repair or replacement please follow the following steps: Send a ticket request to ask@pushcoin.com with subject “broken hardware”. In the email, explain to the best of your abilities the problem and attempts to resolve it internally. Include the shipping address and the attention-to line. Our support team will review […]

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Reggie factory reset procedure – 14″ models only

Note: The steps described here are only for the 14″ “silver-bezel” terminals. Go to Settings, Backup & reset, Factory data reset. Click on RESET DEVICE button at the bottom. When device comes back it’s wiped clean. Go to Settings and configure the WiFi so it’s functional again. Next, go to Apps, F-Droid. Make a pull-down-to-refresh gesture (slide from top-down) to kick […]

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Making adjustments to student assigned fees.

When a school uses PushCoin fee rule engine for student fees, the system automatically charges students mandatory fees such as registration, activity, course or technology fees. The automation of fees removes the burden from the school administrators and works well for the majority of the student cases. However there are situations where a school-wide rule […]

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Limiting product availability on the webstore

The PushCoin webstore supports a crude method of limiting sales of a particular product. This feature does not guarantee an exact maximum number of products sold because it’s possible for two or more parents to buy a product at the same time and exceed the limit. For this reason consider this to be a soft limit and […]

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