Ok… not good.
Might be a thought to test the receiver on an actual PS2 console… do you have one?
If you are able to test the receiver and it doesn’t work then getting the v2 PS2 may be your only option, plus it will tell us what the problem was…
I don’t have a console. For now I’m SOL
Thanks for your help!
We tried. 
Have you tried using the PS2 tutorial?
lynxmotion.com/images/html/build034.htm
I often will use something like this to see if the PS2 is working or not.
Kurt
Turned out that the receiver was bad. Thank you all for your help!