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====== MERG related courses ====== | ====== MERG related courses ====== | ||
- | If you know about any other relevant courses not listed here, please add them. | + | If you know about any other relevant courses not listed here, in particular those in other areas, please add them. |
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- | ===== JMRI Part 2 – Blocks, Routing, Logic and Signalling ===== | + | Note that you do not have to be a MERG member to come on these courses. |
- | ** 9th to 12th November 2018 (Rushden) ** | + | These courses are organised by a group of MERG members for the benefit of other MERG members and railway modellers in general. |
- | Please note change of date to avoid a clash with the MERG AGM | + | See the [[public: |
- | This is part 2 of our three JMRI courses. | + | Watch this space for when the next courses |
- | The course will take place in the “Goods Shed” meeting room at the Rushden Transport Museum & Railway, Rushden | ||
- | Station, Northamptonshire. | ||
- | This is a weekend course for those already familiar and competent with the basics of JMRI. | ||
- | As a pre-requisite you should have attended our introduction to JMRI Panel Pro course, or be fluent with drawing a layout diagram in the Layout Editor, setting up turnouts & sensors, turnout feedback, linking from a Layout Editor Panel to the physical layout & the basics of train detection. | + | ---- |
- | [[public: | + | ===== Missenden Railway Modellers Autumn weekend - 4-6th November2022 ===== |
+ | The Missenden Autumn weekend 2022 has now been scheduled, bookings are open - last few places remaining as of 12th October. | ||
+ | See the website for more details: | ||
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+ | [[http:// | ||
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- | ===== JMRI Part 3 – Automation with scripts and the Dispatcher | + | ===== POSSIBLE COURSES FOR 2023 ===== |
- | ** PROVISIONAL DATE: 16-18th March 2019 (Rushden) ** | ||
- | This is part 3 of our three JMRI courses. | + | For 2023, we are publishing a list of our Northamptonshire |
- | This is a weekend | + | **We will not run any courses unless we have received sufficient expressions of interest** - so if you would like to come on a course, please send us an email of your interest. |
- | As a pre-requisite you should be a fluent JMRI user, having attended our Introduction and part 2 courses, | + | Here are the possible |
- | [[public: | + | * General kit building workshop weekend |
+ | * Introduction to CBUS development | ||
+ | * Programming PICs | ||
+ | * Programming Arduinos | ||
+ | * Our usual Intro and More CBUS courses | ||
+ | * Our usual 3 JMRI courses, Intro, signalling/ | ||
+ | * Introduction to DCC | ||
+ | * Decoder Pro | ||
+ | * PCB Design | ||
+ | * 3D printing ++ | ||
+ | * Introduction to airbrushing | ||
+ | * Weathering | ||
+ | * Build a MERG DCC system in a weekend | ||
+ | * Templot | ||
+ | * Automatic uncoupling | ||
+ | ++ Subject to finding a tutor | ||
- | ---- | + | The courses would take place at one of our venues in Northamptonshire. |
- | ===== 3D printing ===== | + | More details of some of the courses we could run are listed below. |
- | ** PROVISIONAL DATE: 27-29th April 2019 (Rushden) ** | + | If you are interested in one or more of the above, and would most likely come if we ran that course, please drop an email to [[eastmids@merg.org.uk]] |
- | This is a weekend | + | If you are interested in a course |
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- | Your tutor will be MERG members and 3D guru, Bob Gledhill. | ||
- | The course assumes no prior knowledge about 3D printing. | + | ===== Missenden Railway Modellers Spring weekend - 3-5th March 2023 ===== |
- | More details to follow, when this link will turn green and start working: | + | The Missenden March weekend 2022 has now been scheduled, and bookings are open. |
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- | [[public: | + | |
+ | See the website for more details: | ||
+ | [[http:// | ||
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- | ===== Introduction to DCC ===== | ||
- | ** 4-6th October 2019 (Missenden Abbey) ** | + | ===== Introduction to CBUS ===== |
- | This course is for those who are new to DCC (Digital Command Control) | + | See the list, above, |
- | The course will take place as part of the Missenden Railway Modellers autumn weekend in 2019. | + | Watch this space for when the next course is scheduled. |
- | For those just considering or starting out in DCC, this weekend course will take you from first principles through | + | For those just starting out in CBUS, this weekend course will take you from first principles through |
- | This course assumes no previous knowledge of DCC. | + | This course assumes no previous knowledge of CBUS. |
- | [[public: | + | Click below for more details: |
+ | [[public: | ||
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- | ===== Missenden Railway Modellers weekends | + | ===== JMRI Decoder Pro – Programming DCC locos and managing the roster |
- | The Missenden Railway Modellers Weekends are workshops with expert tutors from MERG on hand. The Autumn weekend every October includes electronics classes that come with expert MERG tutors, covering all aspects | + | See the list, above, of possible courses |
- | In October 2018, as well as the usual beginners | + | What this space for when the next course |
- | [[http:// | + | This is a weekend course on making use of JMRI Decoder Pro software to program your DCC locos, and how to make use of the features of the loco roster. |
+ | A familiarity with basic DCC concepts is assumed. | ||
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+ | Click below for more details: | ||
+ | |||
+ | [[public: | ||
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+ | ===== More CBUS ===== | ||
- | ===== Introduction to CBUS ===== | + | See the list, above, of possible courses for 2023, and if you are interested in this or another course next year, please let us know. |
- | ** PROVISIONAL DATE: 18th to 21st October 2019 (Rushden)** | + | Watch this space for when the next course is scheduled. |
- | By popular demand, we have arranged another weekend | + | This course |
- | The course will take place in the “Goods Shed” meeting room at the Rushden Transport Museum & Railway, Rushden | + | Particular emphasis on configuring CBUS in FLiM and using the universal CANMIO firmware. |
- | Station, Northamptonshire. | + | |
- | For those just starting out in CBUS, this weekend | + | This course |
- | This course assumes no previous knowledge of CBUS. | + | Click below for more details. |
- | [[public: | + | [[public:More CBUS Course|More CBUS weekend |
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+ | ===== JMRI Part 1 - STARTING OUT WITH JMRI PANEL PRO ===== | ||
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+ | See the list, above, of possible courses for 2023, and if you are interested in this or another course next year, please let us know. | ||
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+ | Watch this space for when the next course is scheduled. | ||
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+ | JMRI is free software that you can download to control your model railway. | ||
+ | |||
+ | The course assumes no previous knowledge of JMRI and takes you through from first principles. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Click below for more details. | ||
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+ | [[public: | ||
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- | ===== More CBUS ===== | + | ===== JMRI Part 2 – Blocks, Routing, Logic and Signalling |
- | ** Date and venue TBA ** | + | See the list, above, of possible courses for 2023, and if you are interested in this or another course next year, please let us know. |
- | The next date and venue for this course will be announced as soon as we have the information available. | + | Watch this space for when the next course is scheduled. |
- | This course if for those already familiar with the basics | + | This is part 2 of our three JMRI courses. |
- | The course | + | This is a weekend |
- | Station, Northamptonshire. | + | |
- | This course assumes that you have attended | + | As a pre-requisite |
- | [[public:More CBUS Course|More CBUS weekend | + | Click below for more details: |
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+ | [[public:jmripart2course|JMRI Part 2 – Blocks, Routing and Signalling | ||
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+ | ===== JMRI Part 3 – Automation with scripts and the Dispatcher ===== | ||
+ | See the list, above, of possible courses for 2023, and if you are interested in this or another course next year, please let us know. | ||
- | ===== STARTING OUT WITH JMRI PANEL PRO ===== | + | Watch this space for when the next course is scheduled. |
- | ** Date and venue TBA ** | + | This is part 3 of our three JMRI courses. |
- | We recently ran this course at the Missenden Abbey Railway Modellers autumn | + | This is a weekend |
- | The next date and venue for this course will be announced as soon as we have the information available. | + | As a pre-requisite you should be a fluent JMRI user, having attended our Introduction |
- | JMRI is free software that you can download to control your model railway. | + | Click below for more details: |
- | The course assumes no previous knowledge of JMRI and takes you through from first principles. For details of these courses, follow | + | [[public: |
- | [[public: | ||
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+ | ===== Missenden Railway Modellers Summer Retreat - 30th July to 5th August 2023 ===== | ||
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+ | The Missenden summer retreat is 7 days of uninterrupted modelling. Although there is not usually specific electronics content, there are generally some modellers working with electronics and experts on hand to assist with whatever you are working on. | ||
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+ | See the website for more details: | ||
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+ | [[http:// | ||
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+ | =====Links===== | ||
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