Sorry, my comment posted before I finished the code and that typo in "DmaMasterTransferBlocking isn't in the actual code. Everything builds without error.
Also here are the settings I'm using in PE:

uint8_t spiTest[2]={0x80, 0x00};
uint8_t spiReadTest[2]={0x00, 0x00};
uint8_t spiTestBuffer[2]={0};
GPIO_DRV_WritePinOutput(J2_6,0);
spi_status_t spiReturnValue0=SPI_DRV_DmaMasterTransferBlocking(
SPI1_IDX,
&spiSensor2_MasterConfig0,
spiTest,
NULL,
2,
1000
);
GPIO_DRV_WritePinOutput(J2_6,1);
GPIO_DRV_WritePinOutput(J2_6,0);
spi_status_t spiReturnValuea=SPI_DRV_DmaMasterTransferBlocking(
SPI1_IDX,
&spiSensor2_MasterConfig0,
spiReadTest,
spiTestBuffer,
2,
1000
);
GPIO_DRV_WritePinOutput(J2_6,1);