Hello, I was wondering if it is possible to have (2) 2 channel scopes running at the same time on the same screen? A guy at the shop next door to us thought that if he bought a 2 channel pico and I had a 2 channel we could share them to make a 4 channel? I don"t think that will work because of driver problems inside my pc.

magicmatt wrote on Nov 2^nd, 2012 at 11:46am:

Hello, I was wondering if it is possible to have (2) 2 channel scopes running at the same time on the same screen? A guy at the shop next door to us thought that if he bought a 2 channel pico and I had a 2 channel we could share them to make a 4 channel? I don"t think that will work because of driver problems inside my pc.

Why don't you both buy identical laptops and share the laptop at the same time as the scope then get good at pressing the start button simultaneously and your all set.

Wait what if you need your laptop for something, let me think for a while.

Sorry couldn't resist. [smiley=arrrr.gif]

The cheapest way to do it would be to buy one 4 channel kit from Tom and get access to the Pico group then get you buddy to buy just a 4 channel start up kit and share your leads with him.

Don't tell him about the Pico group, learn from all the great stuff Tom and Brian have put together along with the other group members input, then you will be the go to guy because you will know so much about how to use the the Pico.

Your competition next door want, he will think your an ace and end up sending you all his diagnosing.

magicmatt wrote on Nov 2^nd, 2012 at 11:46am:

Hello, I was wondering if it is possible to have (2) 2 channel scopes running at the same time on the same screen?

Nope.  Not on the same screen. You can run two scopes simultaneously using two instances of PicoScope but they would obviously not have the same time reference.  It's also a much bigger load on the PC resources.

Thanks for the input. I'm still saving up for my autonerdz 4 channel kit, but I have been using my wps500 and firstlook sensor as much as I can.

Runnig 2 2ch Pico's is more like having a 3ch scope since one ch from both to sync and that will only be timed perfecrtly on single trigger. It is possible but should only be used as a last resort since there are some technical obstacles to overcome. Sam