This is a third coin in the last two days that I have successfully setup with Sentinel and Two-Windows-Wallets setup. It's not a straightforward process and has some peculiar steps you have to make to make it work.
The guide outlined here http://innovacoin.info/masternode-guides/sentinel-guide-windows/ has some problems and may not allow you to setup correctly. Also, Sentinel release that was made for DESIRE coin has to be setup a bit differently for other coins. Here is how I do it.
This guide assumes that you already have had a running masternode before the Sentinel. This guide also assumes that you have the same directory structure as I do. If you have a different structure, change the paths where appropriate.
I have two Windows wallets. A VPS Windows Wallet and a Home PC Windows Wallet.
1. Close both VPS and Home PC wallets.
2. Download the latest wallet release to both you VPS and Home PC and put it in any folder. I use
C:\COIN-INNOVA3. Backup you data directories on both VPS and PC by simply copy/paste of your
C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Roaming\InnovaCore directory. Forget about the
C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Roaming\InnovaCore - Copy directory for now. If all goes well, you can simply delete it at the end. If you fail, you will need it to start over again.
4. Delete all the files in the
C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Roaming\InnovaCore EXCEPT for three files, i.e.
innova.conf,
masternode.conf and
wallet.dat on
both VPS and Home PC!
5. Edit your VPS
innova.conf to make sure you have these and only these lines.
rpcuser=SomeHardToGuessLogin
rpcpassword=SomeEvenHarderToGuessPassword
masternode=1
server=1
rpcport=9920
rpcconnect=127.0.0.1
masternodeprivkey=yourmasternodeprivkey
9920 will be your port for this coin. If you have multiple coins on the same VPS and will follow this guide to set them up MAKE SURE you choose another port for the other coin.
6. Start your VPS wallet
innova-qt.exe and let it sync everything until you see a blue check mark in the right bottom corner.
7. Close your VPS wallet! Believe it or not, this is an important step!
8. Start your VPS wallet
innova-qt.exe again and let it sync everything until you see a blue check mark in the right bottom corner again.
9. Download
sentinel-win64.exe to your VPS from
https://github.com/ZonnCash/sentinel/releases/tag/v1.1.0-win64 and thank
mninfo https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=1303916 for creating the Windows based Sentinel release! Put it in any folder. I use
C:\SENTINEL_INNOVA10.
!!! IMPORTANT STEP Create a shortcut for sentinel-win64.exe in the same folder and rename it to something meaningful and related to this coin. I use
Sentinel-Innova-Start. Right click -> Properties on that shortcut and edit Target field to contain
C:\SENTINEL_INNOVA\sentinel-win64.exe "--config=C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Roaming\InnovaCore\innova.conf"
11. Run your
Sentinel-Innova-Start shortcut, making sure the first lines in the poped up CMD windows display this:
Using desire.conf: C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Roaming\InnovaCore\innova.conf
2017-11-16 04:34 Running sentinel
12. Start your Home PC wallet
innova-qt.exe and let it sync everything until you see a blue check mark in the right bottom corner.
13. Go to Masternodes tab of your PC wallet and
Start alias your masternode(s) regardless of what status other than ENABLED you see for each! If at this point you may already see your masternode ENABLED and thus you don't need to start it!
14. In the Debug console of your VPS wallet type
masternode status and you should see:
"status": "Masternode successfully started"
in the output.
From that point you should wait. It may be a little but it could be a while, but after some time your masternodes should turn ENABLED. You may restart you PC Wallet any time while you're waiting. It may update the statuses faster for you.
