So I was actually on the PNPUTIL track right before reading your reply.
Interestingly enough the device does not show up at all in device manager. My initial information is incorrect, the device is not there, the second pointing device I was seeing is the expected framework trackpad that I am not using.
However I do have it working satisfactorily with two cables now. The weirdest part is I have to have the second cable as a USB2 only cable. I snipped the blue SSTX wire in one of the 90degree cables I have and it has worked reliably through a few restarts as well as some cold shutdown/boot cycles. Such an interesting deal.