Key Sequence Completely In-op

Describe the bug
I have this Key Sequence successfully set up on 3 other Macs, but it's not working on my 2009 iMac/High Sierra, Magic Track Pad, wired Apple keyboard, BTT 2.641.

  1. I cannot even create the sequence natively, when I hit "record" and type, nothing happens.
  2. To try to address this, I exported the BTT presets from the machine where it worked and imported them into the BTT installation in question. No luck.

I have 5 different sequences set up, basically abbreviations to type phrases. None of them work, all worked elsewhere. The one in particular here is used for my sign off:
Seq:
c h s
Result:
Cheers,
Suzanne

So....
chs

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weird, that should be working.
If you click the BetterTouchTool menubar icon, does it maybe say "secure input enabled" on the top of the menu?