So I have been getting WATCHDOG_EXPIRED when trying to start masternode on Windows.

I read that I need sentinel (it's very hard to find any windows instructions for it.)

I setup Sentinel the best I could figure out, when I run the shortcut that links to the vivo.conf file I'm getting this error:

[Errno 10061] No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it
Cannot connect to desired. Please ensure desired is running and the JSONRPC port is open to Sentinel.

How do I fix this?

My vivo.conf looks like this:

rpcuser=USER
rpcpassword=PASS
rpcallowip=127.0.0.1
listen=1
server=1
daemon=1
txindex=1
logtimestamps=1
maxconnections=256
masternode=1
masternodeprivkey=PRIVATE_KEY_HERE
externalip=PUBLIC_IP_HERE


What am I doing wrong?

If anyone would like to walk me through it on Telegram I could toss some ETH your way, message me.

I am really excited about it.