Ok, I got it figured out. Shock pump is good, the fork is fantastic……the user however is not switched on. Having never used the shock pump before, I was not screwing it tight enough. It was tight, but apparently not tight enough. So what I was pressurizing was not the shock, but the little hose between the shock and the fork, thus giving me a false reading. Once I overcame that hurdle, smooth sailing.
Thanks guys.