Sphere 6.5 - zend daemon unable to connect - Windows

Sphere 6.5 - zen daemon unable to connect (missing parameters) - Win 10

If your are using Sphere in full mode and find that the zen daemon cannot connect, and have reviewed the debug.log
file and determined the parameters are incomplete or missing, perform the following.

debug.log file entry

Located in: %appdata%\sphereDatadir

2020-04-01 13:37:00 Error: Cannot find the Horizen network parameters in the following directory:
"C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\ZcashParams"

Quit Sphere

Determine that no instance of zend.exe is running by using task manager and checking the detail tab, if it is running, end the task.

Firewall/Antivirus

Make sure that your firewall and/or antivirus is not blocking wget.exe

Navigate to ZcashParams Directory

Hit the windows + r key simultaneously on your keyboard to bring up the Run application.

Enter the following: %appdata%\ZcashParams

Delete any files found there.

Navigate to zend Directory

Hit the windows + r key simultaneously on your keyboard to bring up the Run application.

Enter the following: %appdata%\horizen\zend

Run the batch file named: setup_zend.bat

This will launch a terminal window to begin downloading the parameters. Once it finishes downloading, it will automatically close.

Launch Sphere by Horizen in Full Mode

The zen daemon should start and connect to blockchain