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 ====== 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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 These courses are organised by a group of MERG members for the benefit of other MERG members and railway modellers in general.  Your booking is directly with the course organisers, not with MERG itself.
-**PLEASE NOTE** that all course dates are provisional and dependent on the Covid situation, and will not take place until it is safe to run them again. You will see that some dates for spring 2021 have already been put back by a month or two.  However, with the Government's lockdown timetable appearing to be on schedule, there is perhaps light at the end of the tunnel and we hope to be able to welcome you back on face to face courses before too long.
+All bookings for courses that were postponed over the last couple of years will be honoured for future courses.
-All bookings for courses that have been postponed with be honoured for the re-scheduled course, or any other course if you prefer to come on a different one at that time.
 If you already have a booking for any course, you will be contacted directly by email about the arrangements and dates.
-The dates below are all confirmed for 2021, with the venue already booked, but may be postponed if it is still not considered safe.
+The dates for 2022 are now confirmed with the venues.
+See also the [[public:courses#possible_courses_for_2023|list of possible courses for 2023]].
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+===== JMRI Part 3 – Automation with scripts and the Dispatcher =====
-===== Introduction to CBUS =====
+** 22-24th October 2022 (Rushden) **
-** 26th to 28th June 2021 (Rushden) **
+**A few places still available!**
-** (Postponed from March 2021 and again from May 2021) **
+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.
 The course will take place in the “Goods Shed” meeting room at the Rushden Transport Museum & Railway, Rushden
 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 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.
-This course assumes no previous knowledge of CBUS.
 Click below for more details:
-[[public:CBUS Intro Course|Introduction to CBUS weekend course details]]
+[[public:jmripart3course|JMRI Part 3 – Automation with scripts and the Dispatcher course details]]
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+===== Missenden Railway Modellers Autumn weekend - 4-6th November2022 =====
-===== More CBUS =====
+The Missenden Autumn weekend 2022 has now been scheduled, bookings are open - last few places remaining as of 12th October.
-** 17th-19th July 2021 (Rushden) **
+See the website for more details:
-** (Postponed from April 2021 and again from early June 2021) **
+[[http://www.missendenrailwaymodellers.org.uk/|Missenden Railway Modellers weekend]]
+----
-This course is for those already familiar with the basics of CBUS, who would like to take it further.
-Particular emphasis on configuring CBUS in FLiM and using the universal CANMIO firmware.
+===== POSSIBLE COURSES FOR 2023 =====
-The course will take place in the “Goods Shed” meeting room at the Rushden Transport Museum & Railway, Rushden
-Station, Northamptonshire.
-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.
+For 2023, we are publishing a list of our Northamptonshire courses and inviting expressions of interest.  We will then run a selection of those courses for which there is most interest.
-Bookings are now open.
+**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.
-Click below for more details.
+Here are the possible courses we have thought of so far, we could run up to 6 courses that generate sufficient interest:
-[[public:More CBUS Course|More CBUS weekend course details]]
+  * 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/logic & automation
+  * Introduction to DCC
+  * Decoder Pro
+  * PCB Design
+  * 3D printing ++
+  * Weathering
+  * Build a MERG DCC system in a weekend
+  * Templot
+++ Subject to finding a tutor
+The courses would take place at one of our venues in Northamptonshire.
+More details of some of the courses we could run are listed below.
+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]]
+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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-===== STARTING OUT WITH JMRI PANEL PRO =====
-**  24th to 26th July 2021 (Rushden) **
+===== Missenden Railway Modellers Spring weekend - 3-5th March 2023 =====
-** (Postponed from June 2021) **
+The Missenden March weekend 2022 has now been scheduled, and bookings are open.
-The course will take place in the “Goods Shed” meeting room at the Rushden Transport Museum & Railway, Rushden
+See the website for more details:
-Station, Northamptonshire.
-JMRI is free software that you can download to control your model railway.
+[[http://www.missendenrailwaymodellers.org.uk/|Missenden Railway Modellers weekend]]
+----
-The course assumes no previous knowledge of JMRI and takes you through from first principles.
-Bookings are now open
+===== Introduction to CBUS =====
-Click below for more details.
+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.
-[[public:introtojmricourse|Starting out with JMRI Panel Pro course details]]
+Watch this space for when the next course is scheduled.
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+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.
-===== Weathering =====
+This course assumes no previous knowledge of CBUS.
-** 14th - 16th August 2021 (Rushden) **
+Click below for more details:
-Although weathering is not really a MERG/Electronics subject, it is included here because it is one of this series of courses being offered at Rushden. It is being offered simply because lots of people want it, and it always gets overbooked when offered at Missenden.
+[[public:CBUS Intro Course|Introduction to CBUS weekend course details]]
-The course will take place in the main “Goods Shed” area at the Rushden Transport Museum & Railway, Rushden
+----
-Station, Northamptonshire. This is a large area with good ventilation for the use of airbrushes.
-This is a weekend course for those at any skill level with weathering, including complete beginners.
+===== JMRI Decoder Pro – Programming DCC locos and managing the roster =====
-Bookings are now open.
+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.
-Click below for more details:
+What this space for when the next course is scheduled.
-[[public:weatheringcourse|Weathering course details]]
+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:
-===== JMRI Part 2 – Blocks, Routing, Logic and Signalling =====
+[[public:decoderprocourse|Decoder Pro course details]]
-** 4th-6th September 2021 (Rushden) **
+----
-This is part 2 of our three JMRI courses.
+===== More CBUS =====
-The course will take place in the “Goods Shed” meeting room at the Rushden Transport Museum & Railway, 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.
-Station, Northamptonshire.
-This is a weekend course for those already familiar and competent with the basics of JMRI.
+Watch this space for when the next course is scheduled.
-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.
+This course is for those already familiar with the basics of CBUS, who would like to take it further.
-Bookings are now open.
+Particular emphasis on configuring CBUS in FLiM and using the universal CANMIO firmware.
-Click below for more details:
+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.
-[[public:jmripart2course|JMRI Part 2 – Blocks, Routing and Signalling course details]]
+Click below for more details.
+[[public:More CBUS Course|More CBUS weekend course details]]
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-===== JMRI Part 3 – Automation with scripts and the Dispatcher =====
+===== JMRI Part 1 - STARTING OUT WITH JMRI PANEL PRO =====
-** 6th-8th November 2021 (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.
-This is part 3 of our three JMRI courses.
+Watch this space for when the next course is scheduled.
-This is a weekend course for JMRI power users who want to take it on to partial or full automation.
+JMRI is free software that you can download to control your model railway.
-The course will take place in the “Goods Shed” meeting room at the Rushden Transport Museum & Railway, Rushden
+The course assumes no previous knowledge of JMRI and takes you through from first principles.
-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.
+Click below for more details.
-Click below for more details:
+[[public:introtojmricourse|Starting out with JMRI Panel Pro course details]]
-[[public:jmripart3course|JMRI Part 3 – Automation with scripts and the Dispatcher course details]]
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-=====3D Printing courses=====
-[[public:3dprintingcourse|3D Printing]]
+===== JMRI Part 2 – Blocks, Routing, Logic and Signalling =====
-None currently scheduled.
+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.
+This is part 2 of our three JMRI courses.
-===== Missenden Railway Modellers Autumn weekend - 8-10th October 2021 =====
+This is a weekend course for those already familiar and competent with the basics of JMRI.
-The Autumn Missenden Railway Modellers Weekend is back as a face to face training weekend.
+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.
-The weekend this year includes courses on Locomotive kit construction, detailing ready to run rolling stock, track building and laying, weathering and "Al about DCC", the latter course taught by MERG member Pete Brownlow.
+Click below for more details:
-Bookings are open, see the website for more details and to book:
+[[public:jmripart2course|JMRI Part 2 – Blocks, Routing and Signalling course details]]
-[[http://www.missendenrailwaymodellers.org.uk/|Missenden Railway Modellers weekend]]
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+===== Missenden Railway Modellers Summer Retreat - 30th July to 5th August 2023 =====
+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.
+See the website for more details:
+[[http://www.missendenrailwaymodellers.org.uk/|Missenden Railway Modellers]]
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