You will need to get a basic understanding of your 12V wiring, both inside the trailer and the functions of the truck to trailer umbilical.
12 Volt side of lifeumbilical schematic diagramsI don't know how you tested your truck's umbilical socket but you will need a path from the powered pins (tail, turn, brake, etc) to truck ground to establish a complete circuit. If you connect the truck ground to trailer frame, the trailer will then have a referenced ground to the truck for testing. You don't have to rewire the trailer but will need to know which trailer connected wire supports which function when upgrading to 7 pin. If you're lucky, the trailer wiring will follow conventional standard color codes.
Prodigy 2 or 3 are good brake controllers and there are a lot of happy users on this Forum, including me.