STARTING OUT WITH JMRI PANEL PRO WEEKEND COURSE

19th - 21st October 2018

This course will take place at the Missenden Railway Autumn Modellers Weekend, at Missenden Abbey.

This course assumes no previous knowledge of JMRI.

Topics covered will include:

Downloading and installing JMRI

Getting JMRI connected to your layout

Monitoring messages

Overview of JMRI - the various components

Where to find help and documentation

Driving trains with JMRI throttles and wireless devices

Designing a layout diagram and control panel using the Layout Editor

Setting up control of turnouts & signals

Detecting sensors

Turnout feedback

Customising icons for your layout diagram

Using other devices, such as Ipads, tablets etc, to access the control panel

Setting up Blocks and Routes

Block detection and train tracking

Demonstration of Signal mast logic – automating the signals *

Demonstration of the dispatcher for automatic running *

* These two topics will be covered in detail in follow-on JMRI courses.

Please note that this course does NOT cover programming locomotive CVs using Decoder Pro. For that, see the Introduction to DCC - weekend course

More details here:

Starting out with Panel Pro course details

To book your place, please visit the Missenden Railway modellers website: http://www.missendenrailwaymodellers.org.uk. Bookings will be open in May.