Allstar ASLv3 / Raspberry Pi5 / Shari Pi Hat build

Hello all,
Been working on an Pi5 / with a Shari Pi-hat build and have run into a problem I haven’t been able to solve. The main problem is when I try to make changes to the pi-hat radio using " sa818-menu " I get “connection error” and none of the changes take.
I set up the node following Ham Radio Crusader’s you tube video and the node works with the Shari pi-hat default sa818 settings, I just can’t make changes to the sa818.
Has anyone built an node with this hardware?
Does anyone have any ideas of what to try to solve this issue?

Thanks
Phil (KF4WLA)