Thanks guys for the replies. Following the advice given above, I finally got it working. But after messing around with other tracks for awhile, I go back to the bus compressor and the ratio knob isn't working again. A reboot of Sonar gets it up and working. This is only happening on sidechained tracks. I'm also using X3d. Not a big deal but a minor annoyance. When it decides not to work, it doesn't work with the mouse or my MPK49 controller.
Thanks again for the replies.