ok…
finally had a chance to get back to this.

just re-downloaded and installed from GitHub.
it was still giving me the error init thing on multiple norns.
just did a re-install on norns #1 and it loads and goes to the Read Me page and then it just jumps back to the primary OS screen that has SELECT> SYSTEM> SLEEP>.
here is the report from maiden:
Summary
script load: /home/we/dust/code/awake/awake-mod.lua
cleanup
script clear
including /home/we/dust/code/awake/lib/halfsecond.lua
including /home/we/dust/code/awake/lib/keyboard.lua
including /home/we/dust/code/awake/lib/fndtn.lua
including /home/we/dust/code/awake/lib/xplsn.lua
including /home/we/dust/code/awake/lib/mod.lua
script run
loading engine: PolyPerc
reading PMAP /home/we/dust/data/awake/awake-mod/awake-mod.pmap
m.read: /home/we/dust/data/awake/awake-mod/awake-mod.pmap not read.
Engine.register_commands; count: 6
___ engine commands ___
amp f
cutoff f
gain f
hz f
pw f
release f
___ polls ___
amp_in_l
amp_in_r
amp_out_l
amp_out_r
cpu_avg
cpu_peak
pitch_in_l
pitch_in_r
script init
starting halfsecond
pset >> read: /home/we/dust/data/awake/awake-mod/awake-mod-01.pset
pset :: /home/we/dust/data/awake/awake-mod/awake-mod-01.pset not read.
SCRIPT ERROR: init
/home/we/dust/code/awake/awake-mod.lua:337: attempt to call a nil value (field ‘pan’)
stack traceback:
/home/we/norns/lua/core/norns.lua:138: in field ‘pan’
/home/we/dust/code/awake/awake-mod.lua:337: in field ‘action’
/home/we/norns/lua/core/params/control.lua:104: in function ‘core/params/control.bang’
/home/we/norns/lua/core/paramset.lua:437: in function ‘core/paramset.bang’
/home/we/norns/lua/core/paramset.lua:430: in function ‘core/paramset.default’
/home/we/dust/code/awake/awake-mod.lua:351: in global ‘init’
/home/we/norns/lua/core/script.lua:105: in function ‘core/script.init’
[C]: in function ‘xpcall’
/home/we/norns/lua/core/norns.lua:139: in field ‘try’
/home/we/norns/lua/core/engine.lua:91: in function </home/we/norns/lua/core/engine.lua:89>