Just thought I would introduce myself. My name is Paul Danner and I have been a pico user for probably 8+ years now. Jim Linder's guru classes was where I was first exposed to this awesome scope. I learned about you guys from iATN and the pico forums and thought that it would be fun to be a part of this as well.
Anyway I am looking forward to meeting you guys and hope to learn as well as hoping to help.

hell yea scannerdanners in the house :o this is awesome :)

brandonb wrote on Jun 26^th, 2012 at 8:06pm:

hell yea scannerdanners in the house :o this is awesome :)

lol thanks

hiya, paul  :).  welcome to pico anonymous, step 1 is admitting you're addicted to waveforms.  [smiley=dance.gif]
step 2 is letting us all borrow your wall sized pico.  [smiley=evilgrin.gif]

crackerclicker wrote on Jun 26^th, 2012 at 8:43pm:

hiya, paul  :).  welcome to pico anonymous, step 1 is admitting you're addicted to waveforms.  [smiley=dance.gif] step 2 is letting us all borrow your wall sized pico.  [smiley=evilgrin.gif]

lol thanks and you can borrow it any time u want  :P

crackerclicker wrote on Jun 26^th, 2012 at 8:43pm:

step 2 is letting us all borrow your wall sized pico.

  X2!!!

  It's hard to watch some of your videos because I want that soooo bad!


ScannerDanner wrote on Jun 26^th, 2012 at 9:09pm:

lol thanks and you can borrow it any time u want

  careful with comments like that, we may take them seriously  ;)

Hey Paul, you were right...(forum-north west )
Its great to have another awsome tech in here to help with some newbies like me to the LSD. welcome aboard. :)

X3+ Good to have you with us. I'm with Preston, too what an awesome setup.

Welcome aboard Paul.
I like your screen setup to. :)

Hi Paul, welcome aboard.

Hi Paul,

I am glad to see you join the pico nerdz group. I bought your electronic book a few months ago after I saw a link to your site that was posted one of our members here. i have really enjoyed it and we're all looking forward to your contributions here.....and as the others have stated....on the big screen.... :o
That smart screen setup you have is awsome.. :)

welcome aboard paul  :o

Danny Berry, Sr. wrote on Jun 27^th, 2012 at 6:58pm:

Hi Paul, I am glad to see you join the pico nerdz group. I bought your electronic book a few months ago after I saw a link to your site that was posted one of our members here. i have really enjoyed it and we're all looking forward to your contributions here.....and as the others have stated....on the big screen.... :o That smart screen setup you have is awsome.. :)

Thank you very much! I am glad you like it and appreciate you giving me a chance.

Thank you all for the warm welcome! I will continue to shoot some more videos with the pico and smartboard since you guys like it so much. :) Great to meet all of you

I will continue like the rest of the guys welcome and please continue your hard work. All the work you put into your book and videos is great appreciated. Your students are dam lucky.

Thanks Scanner Danner.  I really thank You for the time you take to video Labscope Diagnostic Procedures.  It has been a great help to me when using the Pico Scope 4000 series scope.  Thanks.

mikeynorman wrote on Jun 28^th, 2012 at 6:43pm:

Thanks Scanner Danner.  I really thank You for the time you take to video Labscope Diagnostic Procedures.  It has been a great help to me when using the Pico Scope 4000 series scope.  Thanks.

No problem at all. I actually plan on doing a demo on each of the pico preset tests. I only have two so far, but when I get time I am going to do as many as I can. I've just been too busy with my live work and case studies to get them done. Good to meet you and thanks for the comment!

ScannerDanner wrote on Jun 28^th, 2012 at 6:52pm:

I actually plan on doing a demo on each of the pico preset tests

  Any particular reason?  Sometimes, depending on which ones you are referring to, it is better to avoid the presets if possible.  For beginners they may be okay, depending on which ones you use, but others limit the scopes true abilities, and can hinder ones utilization of the scopes features.  Just my opinion.  Either way, I'd love to see what you come up with.  I agree with the rest of the guys too, your teaching style is superb, and you make the learning process interesting and easy in your videos.  Wish more of my teachers were like you when I went to UTI, keep up the good work.

ScannerDanner wrote on Jun 28^th, 2012 at 6:52pm:

I actually plan on doing a demo on each of the pico preset tests

depending on what you have in mind, i agree with preston.  you would likely do better with a video on why to avoid the presets  ;D.

PRESTON wrote on Jun 28^th, 2012 at 7:02pm:

ScannerDanner wrote on Jun 28th, 2012 at 6:52pm: I actually plan on doing a demo on each of the pico preset tests   Any particular reason?  Sometimes, depending on which ones you are referring to, it is better to avoid the presets if possible.  For beginners they may be okay, depending on which ones you use, but others limit the scopes true abilities, and can hinder ones utilization of the scopes features.  Just my opinion.  Either way, I'd love to see what you come up with.  I agree with the rest of the guys too, your teaching style is superb, and you make the learning process interesting and easy in your videos.  Wish more of my teachers were like you when I went to UTI, keep up the good work.

I was actually asked to do it by some of the guys at pico. Of course I put my own touch to it too.
Here is a link to the two I did. Let me know what you think.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WoFt3uzQd44
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5KAHv47viw

crackerclicker wrote on Jun 28^th, 2012 at 7:17pm:

ScannerDanner wrote on Jun 28th, 2012 at 6:52pm: I actually plan on doing a demo on each of the pico preset tests depending on what you have in mind, i agree with preston.  you would likely do better with a video on why to avoid the presets  ;D.

:-X

I liked the videos, they weren't real heavy on the presets at all, plus you threw in the disclaimer of them being a good place to start, but can be modified from there.  I also watched the 2 part series of the misfire on that chevy p/u with Eric the car guy.  I like that it was pretty candid, made it feel real, as it should.  Totally real world stuff when you can tell that you weren't expecting to get the injector capture that you ended up getting, awesome.  It's a perfect example of "test don't guess", and something that I try to tell my customers all the time when they come in asking, "what do you think it could be?".  My conversation about the code I just pulled out of there PCM memory in the parking lot usually starts with, "it could be the component listed in the description of the code, it could be another component that the PCM thinks is correct but isn't, it could be in the PCM, or it could be simply a poor connection or bad wire somewhere.  Do you want me to throw parts at it because you think it would be cheaper than spending $100 to know EXACTLY what it will need, PLUS the guarantee that would come with that diagnosis?".  If that truck had rolled into my shop, it would have been 1 hour diag., plus like .5 for a wiring repair.  Now the shop down the street may have said it's not getting fuel, must be the injector.  How much do you think that bill would have been?  PLUS it still wouldn't have been fixed.
  I look forward to your contributions, I might even buy your book for all your hard work and efforts  ;)
  Oh yeah, if you ever save waveforms you would have noticed that the file extension at the end is psd,

Paul
Scanner
Danner

  It's like it was meant to be or something.  Wow, I need to go to bed,  [smiley=bloodshot.gif] [smiley=dance.gif] [smiley=beer2.gif]

I would highly recommend the book to anyone. Probably one of the best training / reference books I have even read. 

Paul,
Keep it up and someone will learn something.
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Charlie.S. wrote on Jun 29^th, 2012 at 6:33am:

I would highly recommend the book to anyone. Probably one of the best training / reference books I have even read.

Thanks man. I really appreciate that.

Welcome to the forums.  On the YouTube links there is (or at least used to be) a way to actually imbed it in the post.  I believe it is using the insert media icon in reply box.  I have not been on YouTube in a while I will have to check out your videos.  It might give the motivation to put another one together. It is amazing what can be found on YouTube.

Sam

Paul, Could you be persuaded to post a link to the vendor used to market your book?  I have asked Tom, but you should verify for your own piece of mind, that it's OK to promote (sort of) your work for our (MY ;)) collective betterment in our chosen craft.

Belay My Last, I found ya, Man that is a good read Thank you.

http://autocomputerstroubleshooting.com/

Lew Winegardner
RtOne

ScannerDanner wrote on Jun 26^th, 2012 at 7:59pm:

Just thought I would introduce myself. My name is Paul Danner and I have been a pico user for probably 8+ years now. Jim Linder's guru classes was where I was first exposed to this awesome scope. I learned about you guys from iATN and the pico forums and thought that it would be fun to be a part of this as well. Anyway I am looking forward to meeting you guys and hope to learn as well as hoping to help.

Hi Paul and welcome aboard!

Welcome scannerdanner
I wondered what everyone here was going on about with the board,  I had a look at the videos posted, yer I'm sold, I want one too. :)

I have also subscribed to your utube channel

Regards

  Paul welcome in I have your book it is great top shelf stuff. I also like your vids. very good also. But I live in Pgh. area (beaver co.) every time I go to but T pins thay tell me some guy named scanner has bought them all! Give the rest of us a break! Any way a safety pin will work also Good luck to ya Joe

Hey Paul, Great first name. I've watched quite a few of your videos, haven't got the book yet but will. I've been trying to play catch up. Just got into this about a month ago and went way past my budget to get a new scanner, scope and the like, of course it's been 10 plus years since i've purchased electronic shop equipment. Been using the red brick which was almost worthless, that's another story. Needless to say I've learned more in a month of watching your videos then i have in the last 30 years. You Da Man. Thank You!! I've worked around people who didn't want to share their knowledge and i think it's awesome you take your valuable time to teach total strangers on the web your knowledge. God Bless You. Keep up the good work, glad to see your part of the team.
Welcome Aboard.

Paul Mayner

cisco-red wrote on Sep 23^rd, 2012 at 5:45pm:

Hey Paul, Great first name. I've watched quite a few of your videos, haven't got the book yet but will. I've been trying to play catch up. Just got into this about a month ago and went way past my budget to get a new scanner, scope and the like, of course it's been 10 plus years since i've purchased electronic shop equipment. Been using the red brick which was almost worthless, that's another story. Needless to say I've learned more in a month of watching your videos then i have in the last 30 years. You Da Man. Thank You!! I've worked around people who didn't want to share their knowledge and i think it's awesome you take your valuable time to teach total strangers on the web your knowledge. God Bless You. Keep up the good work, glad to see your part of the team. Welcome Aboard. Paul Mayner

thank you Paul for your kind words. God bless you too my friend

welcome aboard, i watched some of your videos and thought you did good explaining the diag steps and theroy, i have used fluke scope back in the early 90s and got a pico about 3 yrs ago and works well on automotive and i am going to upgrade to a quad kit from the nerdz soon