BF4 PC slots unavailable

I have a 32 slot server fromNFO and can verify slots by using the max.Players rcon command to return 32 slots are on the server.

The problem is the maximum number of available slots shown on Battlelog is 24, with 0 commanders & spectators selected.

If I add 2 spectators or commanders the available slots goes down by 2 each.

If I join the game server in Battlelog I see the player goes from 0/24 to 1/24.

I have tried both Procon and Rconnet to try to change the parameters with no success.

I used a Plugin in rconnet to manage slots and all it did was lower my BF4 slot count down to 16!! no matter what I changed to get the slots up to 32.

How do I get all of my 32 slots to be available on BF4?

Thank you