You are the 2nd person to have this issue. Did you place a timing bit into the totem that lit up? It won't play without a timing bit as the timing bit states how fast an energy pulse will travel. I'm actually interested in finding out what is the miscommunication here. Are you down to do a quick discord video call so I can observe and learn what I need to clearify?
Here's my discord server, I would really appreciate a quick call on this issue. :D