@Conrad Preen I was able to solve this issue, we are using custom params as an organization in our workgroup folder but I also had a custom params file in my own Application Support folder on my machine. This was causing a conflict because the two did not match.
I do have a follow-up question though, I think for our workflow using Custom Parameters is a preferred method because it does not require the action of attaching a record to every new device as we build out our ConnectCAD device library.
Is this feature being considered for removal or no longer supported? I would suggest Custom Parameters features offer a valuable data field for reports and project data.