Tks. However, the shader node for node input is correct and references the right control. I checked that first. Again, the animation palette shows the animation keyframes but the MAT shows it off.  Something is getting clobbered. It works when Poser is open. It corrupts when I save it.  Weird.

Windows 10 - Poser Pro 2012 - 64Bit - 24GB RAM - 4 x 3.40 GHZ processor