Fix WATCHDOG EXPIRED Status on Desire (DSR) Masternode

in desire •  7 years ago 

for Desire + Sentinel Wallet (windows + linux)

-- Desire Core version v0.12.2.1-ge537a31

Step 1: download the updated entinel-win64 for you OS
Download: https://github.com/ZonnCash/sentinel/releases/tag/v1.1.0.2

For example for Win10 64 bit
Download: sentinel-win64.exe

Step 2: Back up the local DesireCore folder
in Wn10 thats: Start\Run\ %AppData% and browse to \DesireCore ## this is for safety and you'll need to restore the "masternode.conf" before you restart your wallet. the wallet.dat holds all your key info, keep it backed up and safe.

Step 3: Close your wallet

Step 4: Go to desirecore folder and delete "mncache.dat" and "mnpayments.dat"

Step 5: Copy sentinel-win64.exe to the wallet folder with desire-qt.exe

Step 6: In that same folder with sentinel-win64.exe and desire-qt.exe make a file called "sentinel.conf" and add the path to desire.conf example: desire_conf=\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\DesireCore\desire.conf

Step 7: Run sentinel-win64.exe
Step 8: Select option 2 to fix wallet and MN

  • The program will pause - waiting for you to reopen the wallet - don't hit Enter yet, just keep it open for now waiting.

Step 8: from the backup you did of the desirecore folder, copy out the masternode.conf back in to the main desirecore folder under %AppData%

Step 9 Open the wallet (desire-qt.exe) and wait till it get all synced up - this could take a few minutes

Step 10, After the wallet is all upto date and synced, you can hit enter on the sentinel prompt this is waiting, it will run sentinel for about 15 to 30 minutes, and set the status to enabled.

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