Hi Duncos. I am not an expert, I have started recently using AstroEQ and, as any newbie, I have got to fight with my own troubles.
By Tom’s leave, I write down some steps hopping they help with your issues.
1- Run astroEQ.exe
2- Comport led blinks
3- Select a comport
4- Click on “update Firmware”
5- If everything goes well, Status led should go ON
6- If click on “NEXT”, the "AstroEQ Configuration Setup" window should appear.
8- Click on the Folder icon and select the appropriated conf file
9- Do the changes that you need, and click on “update”. In each axis.
10- Click on “Done”, and the conf settings will upload to the AstroEQ.
11- If everything goes well. EQMOD will pop up, and you should hear some kind of noise showing that motors are connected.
I hope this can help you.
Mateo
P.S. You did not need to solder the junpers, they are already made in the other side of the board (excep for the junpers to select the motor drivers)