@dc42 well, here's the odd thing. I read that link and thought I understood it. I was running 3.5rc1 on Github and it would always just move 1 axis and sit there.
Today, I saw you linked a newer RC1+ build. I installed that, went back to read the input shapping page and put in two movements and I got both movements.
So perhaps, i was hitting a bug in 3.5. Now things make a lot more sense - i thought i was missing a step or needed to click the play button that the second movement had next to it.
Now it complete more than 1 axis and it says motion profile #2 is complete.
Now its time for me to see the data and see what to do next đ may have more questions but at least this latest build unblocked me.