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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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Note that you do not have to be a MERG member to come on these courses. | Note that you do not have to be a MERG member to come on these courses. | ||
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- | ===== JMRI Part 2 – Blocks, Routing, Logic and Signalling ===== | + | These courses are organised by a group of MERG members for the benefit of other MERG members and railway modellers in general. |
- | ** 9th to 12th November 2018 (Rushden) ** | + | All bookings for courses that were postponed over the last couple of years will be honoured for future courses. |
- | Please note change of date to avoid a clash with the MERG AGM | + | If you already have a booking for any course, you will be contacted directly by email about the arrangements and dates. |
- | This is part 2 of our three JMRI courses. | + | The dates for 2022 are now confirmed |
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- | The course will take place in the “Goods Shed” meeting room at the Rushden Transport Museum & Railway, Rushden | + | |
- | Station, Northamptonshire. | + | |
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- | This is a weekend course | + | |
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- | 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. | + | |
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===== JMRI Part 3 – Automation with scripts and the Dispatcher ===== | ===== JMRI Part 3 – Automation with scripts and the Dispatcher ===== | ||
- | ** 16-18th March 2019 (Rushden) ** | + | ** 22-24th October 2022 (Rushden) ** |
- | ** Date now confirmed | + | **A few places still available!** |
This is part 3 of our three JMRI courses. | This is part 3 of our three JMRI courses. | ||
This is a weekend course for JMRI power users who want to take it on to partial or full automation. | This is a weekend course for JMRI power users who want to take it on to partial or full automation. | ||
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+ | The course will take place in the “Goods Shed” meeting room at the Rushden Transport Museum & Railway, Rushden | ||
+ | Station, Northamptonshire. | ||
As a pre-requisite you should be a fluent JMRI user, having attended our Introduction and part 2 courses, or be comfortable with setting up panels in the Layout Editor, blocks and train detection, pathing and signalling. | As a pre-requisite you should be a fluent JMRI user, having attended our Introduction and part 2 courses, or be comfortable with setting up panels in the Layout Editor, blocks and train detection, pathing and signalling. | ||
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+ | Click below for more details: | ||
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- | ===== 3D printing | + | ===== Missenden Railway Modellers Autumn weekend - 4-6th November2022 |
- | ** 27-29th April 2019 (Rushden) ** | + | The Missenden Autumn weekend 2022 has now been scheduled, bookings are open - last few places remaining as of 12th October. |
- | ** Date now confirmed - bookings are open ** | + | See the website for more details: |
- | This is a weekend course to enable those with little or no experience of CAD to draw and 3D print their first models. The course is ‘hands on’ and you will work at your own pace through a structured introduction to Sketchup Make, the free CAD program we will be using. 3D printers will be available so that you can experience the whole process from design to print. | + | [[http:// |
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- | Your tutor will be MERG 3D guru, Bob Gledhill. | ||
- | The course assumes no prior knowledge about 3D printing. | + | ===== POSSIBLE COURSES FOR 2023 ===== |
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+ | For 2023, we are publishing a list of our Northamptonshire courses and inviting expressions of interest. | ||
- | ---- | + | **We will not run any courses unless we have received sufficient expressions of interest** |
- | ===== More CBUS ===== | + | Here are the possible courses we have thought of so far, we could run up to 6 courses that generate sufficient interest: |
- | ** PROVISIONAL DETAILS | + | |
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+ | * Our usual Intro and More CBUS courses | ||
+ | * Our usual 3 JMRI courses, Intro, signalling/ | ||
+ | * Introduction to DCC | ||
+ | * Decoder Pro | ||
+ | * PCB Design | ||
+ | * 3D printing ++ | ||
+ | * Weathering | ||
+ | * Build a MERG DCC system in a weekend | ||
+ | * Templot | ||
- | ** 9-10th July 2019 ** | + | ++ Subject to finding a tutor |
- | ** Strode College, Somerset ** | + | The courses would take place at one of our venues in Northamptonshire. |
- | This course is for those already familiar with the basics | + | More details |
- | The course will take place at Strode College | + | If you are interested |
- | This course | + | If you are interested in a course that is not on the above list, please also send us an email, we may well add it to the list. |
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- | Booking will be direct with Strode College, bookings are expected to open in April before Easter and details of how to do so will be posted here when available. | ||
- | [[public: | + | ===== Missenden Railway Modellers Spring |
+ | The Missenden March weekend 2022 has now been scheduled, and bookings are open. | ||
+ | See the website for more details: | ||
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+ | [[http:// | ||
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- | ===== STARTING OUT WITH JMRI PANEL PRO ===== | ||
- | ** PROVISIONAL DETAILS ** | + | ===== Introduction to CBUS ===== |
- | ** 11-12th July 2019 ** | + | 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. |
- | ** Strode College, Somerset ** | + | Watch this space for when the next course is scheduled. |
- | The course will take place at Strode College in Somerset, as part of their Summer Workshops. | + | For those just starting out in CBUS, this weekend |
- | JMRI is free software that you can download to control your model railway. | + | This course assumes no previous knowledge of CBUS. |
- | The course assumes no previous knowledge of JMRI and takes you through from first principles. | + | Click below for more details: |
- | Booking will be direct with Strode College, details of how to do so will be posted here when available. | + | [[public: |
- | For details of these courses, follow the link below: | + | ---- |
- | [[public: | + | ===== JMRI Decoder |
- | ---- | + | 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. |
+ | What this space for when the next course is scheduled. | ||
- | ===== Introduction | + | This is a weekend course on making use of JMRI Decoder Pro software |
- | ** 4-6th October 2019 (Missenden Abbey) ** | + | A familiarity with basic DCC concepts is assumed. |
- | This course is for those who are new to DCC (Digital Command Control) of model railways, and assumes no prior knowledge. | + | Click below for more details: |
- | The course | + | [[public: |
- | For those just considering or starting out in DCC, this weekend course will take you from first principles through fitting decoders to DCC operations, including the use of Decoder Pro for setting up your decoders. | + | ---- |
- | This course assumes no previous knowledge of DCC. | + | ===== More CBUS ===== |
- | Bookings | + | See the list, above, of possible courses for 2023, and if you are interested |
- | [[public: | + | Watch this space for when the next course |
+ | This course is for those already familiar with the basics of CBUS, who would like to take it further. | ||
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+ | Particular emphasis on configuring CBUS in FLiM and using the universal CANMIO firmware. | ||
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+ | This course assumes that you have attended the Introduction to CBUS course, or that you already have a good understanding of the basics of CBUS, building modules and getting them working. | ||
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+ | Click below for more details. | ||
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+ | [[public: | ||
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- | ===== Missenden Railway Modellers weekends | + | ===== JMRI Part 1 - STARTING OUT WITH JMRI PANEL PRO ===== |
- | 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, we will be running a beginners group with John Gowers integrated with a general workshop group with Mike Bolton. The beginners group will have breakout sessions on specific subjects. We are also running | + | Watch this space for when the next course |
- | Bookings are expected | + | JMRI is free software that you can download |
- | [[http:// | + | The course assumes no previous knowledge of JMRI and takes you through from first principles. |
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+ | Click below for more details. | ||
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+ | [[public:introtojmricourse|Starting out with JMRI Panel Pro course details]] | ||
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- | ===== Introduction to CBUS ===== | + | ===== JMRI Part 2 – Blocks, Routing, Logic and Signalling |
- | ** 13th to 16th September 2019 (Rushden)** | + | 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. |
- | ** Please note revised date form original one announced provisionally. | + | Watch this space for when the next course |
- | ** This revised date is now confirmed ** | + | |
- | By popular demand, we have arranged another weekend course for those who want to learn about CBUS. | + | This is part 2 of our three JMRI courses. |
- | The course | + | This is a weekend |
- | Station, Northamptonshire. | + | |
- | For those just starting out in CBUS, this weekend course will take you from first principles through building CBUS kits to setting up CBUS operations. | + | As a pre-requisite |
- | This course assumes no previous knowledge of CBUS. | + | Click below for more details: |
- | [[public:CBUS Intro Course|Introduction to CBUS weekend | + | [[public:jmripart2course|JMRI Part 2 – Blocks, Routing and Signalling |
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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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+ | =====Links===== | ||
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