Joel,
4DSP did verify the functionality of the boards with the reference design you can download. The required changes we made are highlighted in the Technical Note. Can you follow this approach; take the latest reference design and make the changes? We are looking into making the modified reference design available. This normally takes a longer amount of time because it needs to be released in our BSP.
The AD9517 does indeed need the charge pump voltage. On the board this is sources from the same power supply as the VCO. There reference design is enabling that voltage. There is no need to modify the board in this regard. 4DSP never placed a green wire and it should not be there.
Best Regards,
Peter