On the MarchWith electronics becoming an increasingly vital part of a vehicle’s composition Vaughan Freeman focuses on the impact diagnostics is having on the industry. Extract from Autotimes October 2002
The near future will link diagnostics tools with the Internet, said Steve Davies at Sykes-Pickavant: "Software can be exchanged over the Internet for our Smart tool. This is a multi-purpose hand-held tool that combines code reading, oscilloscopes, multimeter and simulator in the one device, and operators can download the operating system for it from www.spsupport.com and I can see that technology expanding in the future."With technological development speeding up, training will be ever more important he said: "Training always seems to get pushed into the background but it is critically important. Garage staff need to consider training at least once a year The rapid acceleration of electronics in vehicles is fantastic and it is not enough to go on an electronics course and think it will be OK for five years. Things change fast in 12 months." Most equipment suppliers recognise the need for continued training. Bosch, for example, offers one-day training courses at regional colleges on its diagnostic equipment for users of KTS 500/KTS 500C and a OBD/EOBD course for diagnostics users. As Steve Davies says: "With diagnostics you need to be prepared to continue to learn all they way through your professional life."
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