[Plugin: Smooth Slider] Broken numerical links, only 2 posts show, can only have 1 slideshow

Not sure what the problem is, but I have a bunch of problems with the slideshow:

1. Can only have 1 slideshow, multiple slideshows appear in the admin, but can only show 1 on the frontend (different pages have different code) using the following:

<?php if ( function_exists( 'get_smooth_slider' ) ) {
  get_smooth_slider(2); }
?>

2. Cannot use the code to get sliders in a specific category, nothing shows on the frontend, just blank.

3. Cannot use the numerical links anymore, they’re not ‘hot’, just static numbers, and sometimes the slider advances, then other times, it’s static on the first slide.

4. Only 2 slides appear, even though I have 3 set in the slider Settings, and 3 posts are Added to the slider. (I can see 3 in the admin).

I read somewhere that there were problems after the Upgrade, so I Deactivated the Smooth Slider, then Activated again, and was able to see it there. But now, I can’t control it…

Anyone have any luck getting this to work in 3.0? It’s the only slider I know of that allows for multiple sliders in the site, and I need several for different category pages (with an image, post excerpt and Read More link)…

Or does anyone know of another slider that allows for more than 1?

*thanks!*