setting external dispatcher url for to use ssl

[vtk96]

So I want to set external dispatcher url to use ssl on port 9343.  so when I change the url to:
https://<server domain name>:9343/p2pd/servlet/dispatch and start the service I get the error below:
I have turned off the firewall on the windows 2008 box and netstat confirms that the port 9343 is not in use by another servicr


08:56:02, 'ContentManagerService', 'StartService', 'Success'.
08:56:04, 'ContentManager', 'getActiveContentManager', 'Failure'.
DPR-CMI-4006 Unable to determine the active Content Manager. Will retry periodically.
08:56:05, 'com.cognos.pogo.contentmanager.coordinator.ActiveCMControl', 'pogo', 'Failure'.
DPR-DPR-1035 Dispatcher detected an error.
Failed to send HTTP request or read HTTP response
[ ERROR ] CFG-ERR-0106 IBM Cognos Configuration did not receive a response from the IBM Cognos 8 service in the time allotted.
Check that IBM Cognos 8 service is available and properly configured.