Well ..... Have an update here. Just finished my third LE and when I first powered it up, all was behaving properly. I could set the address, run through test mode, run some tests with xLights and Vixen.
Then, stupid me decides to flash the PIC with what is in the WIKI making sure all is at it's latest and greatest and now nothing. When I power cycle the new board, no address and LED6 is on dim. I reflashed yet again and the same outcome. So, with that said, it is obviously something that I am doing here and not the electronics (like that was ever in question!!).
In flashing the PIC (guessing I never did the first one, just left it alone) I am using a Pickit 3 which I have used on (2) MR16's, my USB dongle and Bobcat Servo Controller and have had no problems thus far. I am selecting PIC24FJ32GA002 from the drop down, importing the LE hex file from the WIKI and all looks like it is working just fine in the Pickit 3 program. What am I doing wrong?