Hi,

When ever I attempt to craft something, (can be easy to normal) I always end up with some element, like cole or a cluster. It never creates the weapon that I want it to. Also it doesn't start countering until about five to six seconds from start. I am on Win 7x64 bit. How does one set it up to counter correctly? It alarms more than it shows positive as well... Most of the time stats like 8/2 ect....

Hey there. 9/10 times the auto calibrate works perfectly and you are crafting within 5 minutes but every now and then a system comes along that just will not cooperate.  At that point the custom ui settings always work if you have the patience. The pause at the beginning of crafting is intentional. There is also some screen lag there for a few seconds and it just waits for the crafting system to get underway. 

In normal use, I rarely worry about the counters anymore. They used to be crucial but EQ2 has toned them down time after time.  First, concentrate on getting a pristine item, then later worry about the counters.

For an example try this:
* Set it to send one progress buff: the one with -success chance.
* Set up all 3 durability buffs so that when the durability drops it will send all 3 to bring it back up.
* Set up your -wait till full power- and possibly the health.

I get pristine 100% of the time on anything that I can successfully craft by hand.

As for the icon confusion read this:

http://www.pcgametools.com/wiki/wiki/if-ultimate-crafting-assistant-clicks-wrong-counter