Thanks for the response John. Yes, The NINA discord approach does not appeal to me either. For anyone interested in trying it, CN had a link to joining which seems to work:
https://discord.com/invite/rWRbVbw
Based on John's suggested troubleshooting approach, 'further rummaging around in the TPPA options page in NINA', I stumbled upon the FAQ link there, midway through the Description section, and voila! all my questions were addressed there:
https://tinyl.io/70Mb. Pity the dark text colour makes the link easy to miss. (Tradesman / tools excuse)
Anyway, will try again tonight with the CEM60.