public:eastmids
Differences
This shows you the differences between two versions of the page.
Both sides previous revisionPrevious revisionNext revision | Previous revisionLast revisionBoth sides next revision | ||
public:eastmids [2022/04/12 11:02] – Add April 22 meeting PeteB | public:eastmids [2024/03/03 07:45] – Add March 24 meeting PeteB | ||
---|---|---|---|
Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
- | :-)====== MERG East Midlands Area Group News ====== | + | :-) |
- | [[:public:areagroups|Return to Area Groups | + | ====== MERG East Midlands Area Group News ====== |
- | [[:public: | + | [[https:// |
+ | [[https:// | ||
+ | **This is the public page, members please check here for the latest news | ||
+ | [[areagroups: | ||
- | Joint area group coordinators - Pete Brownlow and John Gowers | ||
+ | Joint area group coordinators - Pete Brownlow and John Gowers | ||
- | To send us an email, use the [[https:// | ||
+ | To contact us, use **[[https:// | ||
For MERG members, you might also like to look at our [[https:// | For MERG members, you might also like to look at our [[https:// | ||
---- | ---- | ||
- | ====== APRIL 2022 East Midlands MERG Area Group FACE to FACE meeting ====== | ||
- | **Saturday | + | ====== March 2024 East Midlands face to face area group meeting ====== |
- | This meeting | + | Here is the agenda for our March 2024 area group meeting. |
- | We will ask for a donation of £5 per head to cover the venue hire and teas/ | + | **Saturday 16th March 2024 from 10:00** |
- | The venue has level step free access and good parking. If you need a disabled space reserved, please let us know. | + | This meeting is Kindly hosted by the The Bassetlaw (North Notts) Railway Society at their clubrooms on Retford Railway Station. |
- | You can either bring a packed lunch or nip out to somewhere locally, | + | Thanks |
- | We will have a Zoom connection | + | The Bassetlaw Railway Society are not charging us for the use of the room, but we will ask for a donation of £2 per head to cover the cost of teas & coffees and biscuits, and make a donation to the Society. |
- | More details of parking and how to find the venue will be included in your confirmation email when you book your place. | + | Access is step free, but the entry door to the clubrooms is probably not wide enough for a powered wheelchair. |
- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | + | For those coming by train, there are reasonable arrivals from east (9:50), west (9:20) and north (9:38). From the south, there is one from Peterborough and Newark arriving at (8:45) and one from Kings Cross and Grantham arriving at (8:51), so you will be waiting a while before the meeting starts, but as railway enthusiasts you can of course enjoy watching the trains pass by during your wait. :) |
+ | |||
+ | Parking is now: £6.25 at the station, £4.95 at [[https:// | ||
+ | |||
+ | There is a Costa Coffee on the station, a convenience store 2 minutes walk away and Retford has many excellent eating places, just 12 minutes walk away, or you may bring a packed lunch. | ||
+ | |||
+ | There is no Wi-Fi at the venue, so a Zoom connection will not be possible. If presenters need to access something online, we may be able to use mobile phone hotspots, 4G coverage permitting. | ||
+ | |||
+ | More details of parking and how to find the clubrooms will be included in your confirmation email when you book your place. | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | ---- | ||
**AGENDA** | **AGENDA** | ||
Line 37: | Line 50: | ||
* 10:00 - Arrival, Informal chat and get to know the other members | * 10:00 - Arrival, Informal chat and get to know the other members | ||
* 10:30 - Welcome, group news and Introductions | * 10:30 - Welcome, group news and Introductions | ||
- | * 10:35 - Introduction to the Kingsway Model Railway Society - Roger barker | + | * 10:40 - The Bassetlaw (North Notts) |
- | * 10:45 - My CBUS & JMRI journey | + | * 10:50 - MERG news - John Gowers |
- | * 11:30 - Tea/coffee break | + | * 11:00 - The CANXIO - Pete Brownlow |
- | * 11:45 - Kit locker update | + | * 11:45 - Tea/coffee break |
- | * 12:15 - CBUS update | + | * 12:00 - The Raspberry Pi Pico - David Jones |
+ | * 12:45 - Kit locker update - Judi Rastall | ||
+ | * 13:15 - LUNCH BREAK | ||
+ | * | ||
+ | * 14:00 - 16:30 ish - Demonstrations and practical problems help clinic. | ||
- | * 13:00 - LUNCH BREAK | + | During the afternoon our chairman, John Gowers, will be on hand to answer any questions you may have about MERG committee matters etc. |
- | * 14:00 - 16:30 ish - Demonstrations | + | The Bassetlaw Railway Society modelling rooms will be open, where the main 00 gauge layout will be operated by society members |
- | The Kingsway Model Railway Society 00 gauge layout | + | We will of course have our usual problem clinic providing General help on problems with kits or other electronic projects, building, testing, problem solving etc. |
- | We will of course have our usual problem clinic providing General help on problems with kits or other electronic projects, building, testing, problem solving etc. There will also be the chance to operate the Kingsway 00 gauge layout using the MERG DCC system. | + | ---- |
- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ||
- | If you would like to come, please send an email to eastmids@merg.org.uk or post a message in the East Midlands Area group section of the MERG forum. I will add you to the list and, in a day or two, you will get a reply with full details, directions to the venue and parking information. Even if you are not sure yet whether you can get along, please let us know anyway so we can plan for likely numbers. | + | If you would like to come, please send an email to eastmids@merg.org.uk or post a message in the East Midlands Area group section of the MERG forum. I will add you to the list and, a week or so before the meeting, you will get a reply with full details, directions to the venue and parking information. Even if you are not sure yet whether you can get along, please let us know anyway so we can plan for likely numbers. |
- | (Those who have already let me know that you are coming, I will be sending out confirmation emails in the next day or two). | + | (Those who have already let me know that you are coming, I will be sending out confirmation emails in the week before the meeting). |
- | ---- | + | |
- | ====== FEBRUARY 2022 East Midlands MERG Area Group FACE to FACE meeting ====== | + | |
- | **Saturday 26th February 2022 from 10:00** | ||
- | This meeting is Kindly hosted by the The Bassetlaw (North Notts) Railway Society at their clubrooms on Retford Railway Station. | + | ---- |
- | Thanks to MERG and Bassetlaw Railway Society member Julian Pratt for arranging the venue for us. | + | ====== January 2024 East Midlands ONLINE area group meeting ====== |
- | The Bassetlaw Railway Society are not charging us for the use of the room, but we will ask for a donation of £2 per head to cover the cost of teas & coffees and make a donation to the Society. | + | Here is the agenda |
- | Parking is available in the station car park at a cost of £5. You can of course come by train to Retford Station. | + | **Saturday 20th January 2024 from 10:00** |
- | If we can get a Wi-Fi connection at the venue, we will have a Zoom connection for the morning | + | This meeting will be online using Zoom. |
- | Numbers will be limited | + | As before, we have found that regular breaks of roughly 10-15 mins worked well, to avoid people getting fatigued from staring at their screens, so we will plan to do the same again. |
- | + | ||
- | + | ||
- | ---- | + | |
+ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ||
**AGENDA** | **AGENDA** | ||
Line 81: | Line 92: | ||
The meeting will be informal and flexible, so these are approximate times: | The meeting will be informal and flexible, so these are approximate times: | ||
- | * 10:00 - Arrival, Informal chat and get to know the other members | + | * 10:00 - Get connected, Informal chat |
- | * 10:30 - Welcome, group news and Introductions | + | * 10:30 - Welcome, group news and Introductions |
- | * 10:40 - The Bassetlaw (North Notts) Railway Society - Julian Pratt | + | * 10:45 - Essex Brick part 2 - getting into using YAAT for automation |
- | * 10:50 - Different cabs for the MERG DCC system | + | * 11:30 - Tea/coffee break (make your own!) |
- | * 11:30 - Tea/coffee break | + | * 11:45 - My initial exploration of the Hornby HM7000 |
- | * 11:45 - Different cabs for the MERG DCC system - continued | + | * 12:15 - QnA on the above talks |
- | * 12:15 - Kit locker update - Judi Rastall | + | * 12:30 - Kit and other news |
- | * 12:30 - My CBUS & JMRI journey | + | * 13:00 - LUNCH BREAK |
+ | * 14:00 on - General QnA and help clinic | ||
- | * 13:00 - LUNCH BREAK | + | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
- | * 14:00 - 16:30 ish - Demonstrations, | + | For the help clinic |
+ | If you would like to join in, please go to the MERG website, select the menu option MEMBER LINKS-> | ||
- | The cabs session will cover basic how to use the MERG DCC system, circuit designs, the standard MERG CANCAB and other variations designed by members. | + | Please don't share the Zoom links with anyone outside |
- | During | + | If you cannot see the details for East Midlands area group meetings, go to https:// |
- | We will of course have our usual problem clinic providing General help on problems with kits or other electronic projects, building, testing, problem solving etc. | + | If you still can't get the Zoom link, send an email to eastmids@merg.org.uk and I'll email you the Zoom link. |
- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | + | I will send out the usual reminder email, it will go automatically to everyone who is subscribed to this area group. |
- | If you would like to come, please send an email to eastmids@merg.org.uk or post a message in the East Midlands Area group section of the MERG forum. I will add you to the list and, in a few days, you will get a reply with full details, directions to the venue and parking information. Even if you are not sure yet whether you can get along, please let us know anyway so we can plan for likely numbers. | + | ---- |
- | (Those who have already let me know that you are coming, I will be sending out confirmation emails in the next few days.) | ||
- | ---- | + | ====== |
- | ====== | + | |
- | Here is the agenda for our January 2022 online area group meeting. | + | Here is the agenda for our December 2023 online |
- | **Saturday | + | **Saturday |
This meeting will be online using Zoom. | This meeting will be online using Zoom. | ||
- | As before, we have found that breaks of roughly 10-15 mins per hour worked well, to avoid people getting fatigued from staring at their screens, so we will plan to do the same again. | + | As before, we have found that regular |
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ||
Line 125: | Line 136: | ||
The meeting will be informal and flexible, so these are approximate times: | The meeting will be informal and flexible, so these are approximate times: | ||
- | * 10:00 - Get connected, | + | * 10:00 - Get connected, |
- | * 10:30 - Welcome and Introductions | + | * 10:30 - Welcome, group news and Introductions |
- | * 10:45 - - CBUS miscellany - Pete Brownlow | + | * 10:45 - Essex Brick a lockdown to exhibition layout |
- | + | * 11:30 - Tea/coffee break (make your own!) | |
- | | + | * 11:45 - Update on my developments with DCC, CBUS and JMRI - Pete Brownlow |
- | * Using RFID and Railcom in JMRI | + | |
- | * CBUS control panels for Burnden Park | + | * 13:00 - LUNCH BREAK |
- | * Any other CBUS updates | + | * 14:00 on - General |
- | + | ||
- | * 11:30 - Tea/coffee break (make your own!) | + | |
- | * 11:45 - Kit locker update | + | |
- | * 12:00 - Lunch break | + | |
- | * 13:00 - QnA and anyone looking for advice | + | |
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ||
- | For the QnA sessions, if you have built something and would like any help and advice, please be ready to wave it at the camera, and we'll see what help and advice we can give from afar. | + | For the help clinic session in the afternoon, if you have built something and would like any help and advice, please be ready to wave it at the camera, and we'll see what help and advice we can give from afar. |
- | If you would like to join in, please go to the MERG website, select the menu option MEMBER LINKS-> | + | If you would like to join in, please go to the MERG website, select the menu option MEMBER LINKS-> |
Please don't share the Zoom links with anyone outside MERG, or post them on any public social media or web page. | Please don't share the Zoom links with anyone outside MERG, or post them on any public social media or web page. | ||
Line 151: | Line 157: | ||
If you still can't get the Zoom link, send an email to eastmids@merg.org.uk and I'll email you the Zoom link. | If you still can't get the Zoom link, send an email to eastmids@merg.org.uk and I'll email you the Zoom link. | ||
- | I will send out the usual reminder email to everyone subscribed to the area group soon, it will go automatically to everyone who is subscribed to this area group. | + | I will send out the usual reminder email, it will go automatically to everyone who is subscribed to this area group. |
---- | ---- | ||
- | ====== | + | ---- |
+ | ====== | ||
- | Here is the agenda for our November 2021 online area group meeting. | + | **Saturday 21st October 2023 from 10:00** |
- | **Saturday 27th November from 10:00** | + | The meeting is Kindly hosted by the Nene Valley Railway at Wansford. Thanks to MERG and NVR member Russ Jenner for arranging the venue for us. |
- | This meeting | + | We will ask for a donation of £5 per head to cover both the venue hire and teas/ |
- | As before, we have found that breaks of roughly 10-15 mins per hour worked well, to avoid people getting fatigued from staring at their screens, so we will plan to do the same again. | + | The venue has level step free access and good parking. If you need a disabled space reserved, please let us know. |
- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | + | There is a cafe on site, I will confirm arrangements, |
+ | |||
+ | If the Wifi at the venue is working well enough, we will endeavour to have a Zoom connection for the morning meeting, for those who cannot come in person. However, the meeting will be optimised for those who manage to get along, who will get the best experience. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ---- | ||
**AGENDA** | **AGENDA** | ||
Line 170: | Line 181: | ||
The meeting will be informal and flexible, so these are approximate times: | The meeting will be informal and flexible, so these are approximate times: | ||
- | * 10:00 - Get connected, sort out any microphone/ | + | * 10:00 - Arrival, Informal |
- | * 10:30 - Welcome and Introductions | + | * 10:30 - Welcome |
- | * 10:45 - Keep alive circuit - design | + | * 10:35 - Group news and Introductions |
- | * 11:30 - Tea/coffee break (make your own!) | + | * 10:45 - CBUS and JMRI at Gwynne Junction |
- | * 11:45 - Keep alive circuit | + | * 11:45 - Tea/coffee break |
- | * 12:30 - Kit locker update | + | * 12:00 - MERG & kit locker updates |
- | * 12:45 - Lunch break | + | * 12:30 - The Universal Experimenters Module |
- | * 13:45 - QnA and anyone looking for advice | + | * 13:00 - LUNCH BREAK |
+ | * | ||
+ | * 13:30 - 16:30 ish - Demonstrations | ||
- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ||
- | For the QnA sessions, if you have built something and would like any help and advice, please be ready to wave it at the camera, and we'll see what help and advice we can give from afar. | + | ---- |
- | If you would like to join in, please go to the MERG website, select the menu option MEMBER LINKS-> | + | During |
- | Please don't share the Zoom links with anyone outside MERG, or post them on any public social media or web page. | + | If he can get the 00 layout running for the afternoon he will do so. |
- | If you cannot see the details for East Midlands area group meetings, go to https:// | + | Short trips to the NVR shed will be available during |
- | If you still can't get the Zoom link, send an email to eastmids@merg.org.uk | + | It is a running day at NVR with 3 trains, pulled by W D Austerity. |
+ | |||
+ | If you would like to come, please | ||
+ | |||
+ | Let us know if you need a lift from Peterborough station. Please plan to arrive at Peterborough station no later than 9:30am, so whoever picks you up does not have to miss any of the meeting. | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Those who have already let me know that you are coming, I have noted you and I will be sending out confirmation emails in the week before | ||
- | I will send out the usual reminder email to everyone subscribed to the area group soon, it will go automatically to everyone who is subscribed to this area group. | ||
---- | ---- | ||
- | ====== | + | ====== |
- | **Saturday | + | **Saturday |
- | This meeting is Kindly hosted by the Nene Valley Railway at Wansford. Thanks | + | Due to Judi's building work not being complete in time, we have swapped |
- | We will ask for a donation of £3 per head to cover the venue hire. If we collect more than the cost of hiring the venue, we will donate the difference to the NVR. | + | This meeting |
- | The venue has level step free access and good parking. If you need a disabled space reserved, please let us know. | + | Thanks to Richard Joyce for organising the venue for us. |
- | There is a cafe on site, we will pass the menu around in the morning so you can order lunch if you wish. | + | Tea and Coffee |
- | If the Wifi at the venue is working well enough, we will have a Zoom connection | + | We will ask for a donation of £5 per head to cover the venue hire and teas/ |
- | It is a running day on the NVR, I'm not sure if it will be steam or diesel. | + | The venue has level step free access and reasonable parking. If you need a disabled space reserved, please let us know. |
- | ---- | + | |
+ | Provided the Internet connection at the venue is working well, we will have a Zoom connection for the morning meeting, for those who cannot come in person. | ||
+ | More details of parking and how to find the venue will be included in your confirmation email when you book your place. Please remember to book a place and not just turn up on spec, in case there are any changes we need to let you know about. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ||
**AGENDA** | **AGENDA** | ||
Line 218: | Line 239: | ||
* 10:00 - Arrival, Informal chat and get to know the other members | * 10:00 - Arrival, Informal chat and get to know the other members | ||
* 10:30 - Welcome, group news and Introductions | * 10:30 - Welcome, group news and Introductions | ||
- | * 10:45 - O gauge headcode module | + | * 10:45 - Introduction to the Lincoln & District Model Railway Club - Richard Joyce |
- | * 11:15 - Tea/coffee break | + | * 10:50 - The CANPROG - what it is, building one, using it to program PICs - Pete Brownlow |
- | * 11:30 - DCC basics | + | * 11:30 - Tea/coffee break |
- | * 12:00 - Introduction to Surface mount assembly using the hotplate method | + | * 11:45 - Update on FCU development (CBUS FLim Config Utility) |
+ | * 12:15 - Kit locker update - Judi Rastall | ||
+ | * 13:00 - LUNCH BREAK | ||
+ | * 14:00 - 16:00 ish - Demonstrations and practical problems help clinic | ||
- | * 12:30 - LUNCH BREAK | + | There should also be a chance to see some of the L&DMRC layouts. |
- | * 13:30 - 16:30 ish - Demonstrations, | + | We will of course have our usual problem |
+ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ||
- | During | + | If you would like to come, please send an email to eastmids@merg.org.uk or post a message in the East Midlands Area group section of the MERG forum. I will add you to the list and, in the week before the meeting, you will get a reply with full details, directions to the venue and parking information. Even if you are not sure yet whether you can get along, please let us know anyway so we can plan for likely numbers. |
- | * Duncan will give close up demonstrations | + | |
- | * John Gowers will give advice | + | |
- | * Graham Clarke with further demos of his headcode unit | + | |
- | * Colin Head will be available for digging deeper into DCC topics such as the JMRI roster | + | |
- | * General help on problems | + | |
- | * NVR now has a Railwayana shop which we hope will be open | + | |
- | ---- | + | Please book a place rather than just turning up on spec, if there are any last minute changes we need to know who is coming so that we can contact you. |
- | If you would like to come, please send an email to eastmids@merg.org.uk or post a message here in the East Midlands Area group section of the MERG forum. | + | (Those who have already let me know that you are coming, I will be sending out confirmation emails |
- | Let us know if you need a lift from Peterborough station. Please plan to arrive at Peterborough station no later than 9:30am, so whoever picks you up does not have to miss any of the meeting. | + | ====== |
- | + | ||
- | (Those who have already let me know that you are coming, I will be sending out confirmation emails in the next few days.) | + | |
- | + | ||
- | ---- | + | |
- | ====== | + | |
- | Here is the agenda for our September 2021 online area group meeting. | + | Here is the agenda for our May 2023 online |
- | **Saturday | + | **Saturday |
This meeting will be online using Zoom. | This meeting will be online using Zoom. | ||
Line 254: | Line 268: | ||
As before, we have found that breaks of roughly 10-15 mins per hour worked well, to avoid people getting fatigued from staring at their screens, so we will plan to do the same again. | As before, we have found that breaks of roughly 10-15 mins per hour worked well, to avoid people getting fatigued from staring at their screens, so we will plan to do the same again. | ||
- | + | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |
- | ---- | + | |
**AGENDA** | **AGENDA** | ||
Line 262: | Line 274: | ||
The meeting will be informal and flexible, so these are approximate times: | The meeting will be informal and flexible, so these are approximate times: | ||
- | * 10:00 - Get connected, | + | * 10:00 - Get connected, |
- | * 10:30 - Welcome and Introductions | + | * 10:30 - Welcome, group news and Introductions |
- | * 10:45 - EzyAutomation | + | * 10:45 - MERG and kit locker news |
- | * 11:30 - Tea/coffee break (make your own!) | + | * 11:00 - FCU (CBUS Config utility) - development news and status - Pete Brownlow |
- | * 11:45 - Group news and updates | + | * 11:30 - Tea/coffee break (make your own!) |
- | * 12:15 - Lunch | + | * 11:45 - WebFCU (alternative CBUS config utility) - David Ellis |
- | * 13:15 - QnA and clinic | + | * 12:15 - From the MERG chairman - John Gowers |
- | + | * 12:45 - MERG AGM event - possible East Mids Area group involvement | |
- | ---- | + | * |
+ | * 14:00 on - General | ||
+ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ||
For the QnA sessions, if you have built something and would like any help and advice, please be ready to wave it at the camera, and we'll see what help and advice we can give from afar. | For the QnA sessions, if you have built something and would like any help and advice, please be ready to wave it at the camera, and we'll see what help and advice we can give from afar. | ||
- | If you would like to join in, please go to the MERG website, select the menu option MEMBER LINKS-> | + | If you would like to join in, please go to the MERG website, select the menu option MEMBER LINKS-> |
Please don't share the Zoom links with anyone outside MERG, or post them on any public social media or web page. | Please don't share the Zoom links with anyone outside MERG, or post them on any public social media or web page. | ||
Line 282: | Line 296: | ||
If you still can't get the Zoom link, send an email to eastmids@merg.org.uk and I'll email you the Zoom link. | If you still can't get the Zoom link, send an email to eastmids@merg.org.uk and I'll email you the Zoom link. | ||
+ | |||
+ | I will send out the usual reminder email to everyone subscribed to the area group, it will go automatically to everyone who is subscribed to this area group. | ||
+ | |||
---- | ---- | ||
- | ---- | + | ====== |
- | ====== | + | |
- | **Saturday | + | **Saturday |
- | This is our first face to face meeting | + | Here is the agenda for our April meeting. |
- | This meeting is Kindly hosted | + | This meeting is Kindly hosted by the The Kingsway Model Railway Society (KMRS) |
- | We will ask for a donation of £3 per head to cover the venue hire. If we collect more than the cost of hiring the venue, we will donate the difference to KMRS. | + | We will ask for a donation of £5 per head to cover the venue hire and teas/ |
The venue has level step free access and good parking. If you need a disabled space reserved, please let us know. | The venue has level step free access and good parking. If you need a disabled space reserved, please let us know. | ||
- | You can either bring a packed lunch or nip out to somewhere locally, | + | You can either bring a packed lunch or nip out to somewhere locally, the town centre |
- | We will limit numbers to 30 to make sure that the meeting | + | Provided the Internet connection at the venue is working, we will have a Zoom connection for the morning |
- | We will have a Zoom connection for the meeting, for those who cannot come in person. However, the meeting will be optimised | + | More details of parking and how to find the venue will be included in your confirmation email when you book your place. Please remember to book a place and not just turn up on spec, in case there are any changes we need to let you know about, and so we now how many people to cater for. |
- | + | ||
- | ---- | + | |
+ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ||
**AGENDA** | **AGENDA** | ||
- | |||
- | The meeting will be informal and flexible, so these are approximate times: | ||
* 10:00 - Arrival, Informal chat and get to know the other members | * 10:00 - Arrival, Informal chat and get to know the other members | ||
* 10:30 - Welcome, group news and Introductions | * 10:30 - Welcome, group news and Introductions | ||
- | * 10:45 - Introducing my new role as MERG Education and Training | + | * 10:40 - Introduction to the Kingsway Model Railway Society |
- | * 11:00 - A demo of automation on Missenden St Mary' | + | * 10:45 - CBUS update |
* 11:30 - Tea/coffee break | * 11:30 - Tea/coffee break | ||
- | * 12:00 - Sounds for South Town - David Page | + | * 11:45 - The new improved MERG ATC system |
- | * 12:45 - A summary of the Arduino SIG (Special Interest Group) | + | * 12:30 - Kit locker update |
* 13:00 - LUNCH BREAK | * 13:00 - LUNCH BREAK | ||
+ | * 14:00 - 16:30 ish - Demonstrations and practical problems help clinic | ||
- | * 14:00 - 16:30 ish - Making it work - Practical session | + | The Kingsway Model Railway Society |
+ | Feel free if you want to bring something to run, the 00 layouts are DCC, the N gauge layout is analogue. | ||
- | ---- | + | We will of course have our usual problem clinic providing General help on problems with kits or other electronic projects, building, testing, problem solving, techniques such as soldering etc. |
+ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ||
- | For the practical sessions, as we have done before, | + | If you would like to come, please send an email to eastmids@merg.org.uk or post a message in the East Midlands Area group section of the MERG forum. I will add you to the list and, before |
- | If you already know what you want help on for this session, please email or post the details in advance | + | Please book a place rather than just turning up on spec, if there are any last minute changes we need to know who is coming |
+ | Regards, | ||
- | If you would like to come, please send an email to eastmids@merg.org.uk or post a message here in the East Midlands Area group section of the MERG forum. I will add you to the list and, in due course, you will get a reply with full address details, directions to the venue and parking information. | + | Pete |
- | Let us know if you need a lift from Wellingborough station. Please plan to arrive at Wellingborough station no later than 10am, so whoever picks you up does not have to miss any of the meeting. | ||
- | (Those who have already let me know that you are coming, I will be sending out confirmation emails in the next few days.) | ||
- | ---- | ||
- | ====== JULY 2021 East Midlands ONLINE area group meeting ====== | ||
- | Here is the agenda for our July 2021 online area group meeting. | ||
- | **Saturday 3rd July from 10:00** | + | ====== SEPTEMBER 2022 East Midlands MERG Area Group FACE to FACE meeting ====== |
- | This meeting will be online using Zoom. | + | **Saturday 3rd September 2022 from 10:00** |
- | As before, we have found that breaks of roughly 10-15 mins per hour worked well, to avoid people getting fatigued from staring at their screens, so we will plan to do the same again. | + | Here is the agenda for our September meeting. |
+ | This meeting is Kindly hosted by the The Kingsway Model Railway Society at the Kingsway Centre in Wellingborough. | ||
- | ---- | + | We will ask for a donation of £5 per head to cover the venue hire and teas/ |
+ | The venue has level step free access and good parking. If you need a disabled space reserved, please let us know. | ||
- | **AGENDA** | + | You can either bring a packed lunch or nip out to somewhere locally, the town centre is about 5 minutes drive away. There is a co-op shop a few minutes walk away. |
- | The meeting will be informal and flexible, so these are approximate times: | + | Provided the Internet connection at the venue is working, we will have a Zoom connection for the morning |
- | * 10:00 - Get connected, sort out any microphone/ | + | More details of parking |
- | * 10:30 - Welcome, group news and Introductions | + | |
- | * 11:00 - Planning for my CBUS layout - Jim Heck | + | |
- | * 11:30 - Tea/coffee break (make your own!) | + | |
- | * 11:45 - StaRFIshrail - new CBUS RFID system - Martin Snashall | + | |
- | * 12:30 - Lunch | + | |
- | * 13:30 - QnA and clinic for anyone looking for advice and help on any projects | + | |
---- | ---- | ||
+ | **AGENDA** | ||
- | For the QnA sessions, if you have built something | + | The meeting will be informal |
- | If you would like to join in, please go to the MERG website, select | + | * 10:00 - Arrival, Informal chat and get to know the other members |
+ | * 10:30 - Welcome, group news and Introductions | ||
+ | * 10:40 - Introduction to the Kingsway Model Railway Society | ||
+ | * 10:45 - Turntable Tales - My journey so far with the Peco Turntable and MERG Turntable Controller - kit John Wood\\ (Also includes using Julian' | ||
+ | * 11:15 - Tea/coffee break | ||
+ | * 11:30 - DCC and CBUS new developments | ||
+ | * 13:00 - LUNCH BREAK | ||
- | Please don't share the Zoom links with anyone outside MERG, or post them on any public social media or web page. | ||
- | If you cannot see the details for East Midlands area group meetings, go to https:// | + | * 14:00 - 16:30 ish - Demonstrations |
- | If you still can't get the Zoom link, send an email to eastmids@merg.org.uk and I'll email you the Zoom link. | ||
- | ---- | ||
- | ====== MAY 2021 East Midlands ONLINE area group meeting ====== | ||
- | Here is the agenda for our MAY 2021 online area group meeting. | + | The Kingsway Model Railway Society 00 gauge layout will be open and running, this uses the MERG DCC system and CBUS. The N gauge layout will also be set up. Pete will also have the Missenden St Mary's layout set up and running. |
- | **Saturday 29th May from 10:00** | + | Feel free if you want to bring something |
- | + | ||
- | This meeting will be online using Zoom. | + | |
- | + | ||
- | As before, we have found that breaks of roughly 10-15 mins per hour worked well, to avoid people getting fatigued from staring at their screens, so we will plan to do the same again. | + | |
+ | We will of course have our usual problem clinic providing General help on problems with kits or other electronic projects, building, testing, problem solving, techniques such as soldering etc. | ||
---- | ---- | ||
- | **AGENDA** | + | If you would like to come, please send an email to eastmids@merg.org.uk or post a message in the East Midlands Area group section of the MERG forum. I will add you to the list and, in a day or two, you will get a reply with full details, directions to the venue and parking information. Even if you are not sure yet whether you can get along, please let us know anyway so we can plan for likely numbers. |
- | The meeting will be informal and flexible, so these are approximate times: | + | Please book a place rather than just turning up on spec, if there are any last minute changes we need to know who is coming so that we can contact you. |
- | + | ||
- | * 10:00 - Get connected, sort out any microphone/ | + | |
- | * 10:30 - Welcome, group news and Introductions | + | |
- | * 10:45 - Round-up of what members have been doing - anyone and everyone | + | |
- | * 11:15 - An easier way to connect Tortoise point motors - John Gowers | + | |
- | * 11:30 - Tea/coffee break (make your own!) | + | |
- | * 11:45 - Choosing CBUS modules for a layout - Pete Brownlow | + | |
- | * 12:30 - Lunch | + | |
- | * 13:30 - QnA and clinic for anyone looking for advice and help on any projects | + | |
+ | (Those who have already let me know that you are coming, I will be sending out confirmation emails in the next few days). | ||
---- | ---- | ||
+ | ====== JULY 2022 East Midlands MERG Area Group FACE to FACE meeting ====== | ||
+ | **Saturday 9th July 2022 from 10:00** | ||
- | For the QnA sessions, if you have built something | + | The meeting is Kindly hosted by the Nene Valley Railway at Wansford. Thanks to MERG and NVR member Russ Jenner for arranging |
- | If you would like to join in, please go to the MERG website, select | + | We will ask for a donation of £5 per head to cover both the venue hire and teas/ |
- | Please don't share the Zoom links with anyone outside MERG, or post them on any public social media or web page. | + | The venue has level step free access and good parking. If you need a disabled space reserved, please let us know. |
- | If you cannot see the details for East Midlands area group meetings, go to https:// | + | There is a cafe on site, we will pass the menu around |
- | If you still can't get the Zoom link, send an email to eastmids@merg.org.uk and I'll email you the Zoom link. | + | If the Wifi at the venue is working well enough, we will endevour have a Zoom connection for the morning meeting, for those who cannot come in person. However, |
- | + | It is a running day on the NVR, purple timetable, scheduled | |
- | ---- | + | |
- | ====== APRIL 2021 East Midlands ONLINE area group meeting ====== | + | |
- | + | ||
- | Here is the agenda for our April 2021 online area group meeting. | + | |
- | + | ||
- | **Saturday 24th April from 10:00** | + | |
- | + | ||
- | This meeting will be online using Zoom. | + | |
- | + | ||
- | As before, we have found that breaks of roughly 10-15 mins per hour worked well, to avoid people getting fatigued from staring at their screens, so we will plan to do the same again. | + | |
Line 434: | Line 425: | ||
The meeting will be informal and flexible, so these are approximate times: | The meeting will be informal and flexible, so these are approximate times: | ||
- | * 10:00 - Get connected, sort out any microphone/ | + | * 10:00 - Arrival, Informal |
* 10:30 - Welcome, group news and Introductions | * 10:30 - Welcome, group news and Introductions | ||
- | * 11:00 - A design for coach lighting | + | * 10:40 - Developing FCU - progress and challenges, David Radcliffe |
- | * 11:30 - Tea/coffee break (make your own!) | + | * 11:20 - Tea/coffee break |
- | * 11:45 - Loco speed profiling with JMRI - Pete Brownlow | + | * 11:30 - Colin Head - Demo and progress report on my layout (which has no name yet!) |
- | * 12:30 - Lunch | + | * 12:10 - MERG & kit locker updates - Judi Rastall |
- | * 13:30 - QnA and clinic for anyone looking for advice and help on any projects | + | * 12:30 - LUNCH BREAK |
- | ---- | + | * 13:30 - 16:30 ish - Demonstrations and practical problems help clinic |
+ | Note: " | ||
- | For the QnA sessions, if you have built something and would like any help and advice, please be ready to wave it at the camera, and we'll see what help and advice we can give from afar. | + | ---- |
- | If you would like to join in, please | + | If you would like to come, please |
- | Please | + | Let us know if you need a lift from Peterborough station. |
- | If you cannot see the details for East Midlands area group meetings, go to https:// | + | Those who have already let us know that you are coming, you should have received |
- | + | ||
- | If you still can' | + | |
---- | ---- | ||
- | ====== | + | ====== |
- | Here is the agenda for our March 2021 online area group meeting. | + | **Saturday |
- | **Saturday 27th March from 10:00** | + | This meeting is Kindly hosted by the The Kingsway Model Railway Society at the Kingsway Centre in Wellingborough. |
- | This meeting | + | We will ask for a donation of £5 per head to cover the venue hire and teas/ |
- | As before, we have found that breaks of roughly 10-15 mins per hour worked well, to avoid people getting fatigued from staring at their screens, so we will plan to do the same again. | + | The venue has level step free access and good parking. If you need a disabled space reserved, please let us know. |
+ | You can either bring a packed lunch or nip out to somewhere locally, the town centre is about 5 minutes drive away. There is a co-op shop a few minutes walk away. | ||
- | ---- | + | We will have a Zoom connection for the morning meeting, for those who cannot come in person. I have added the Zoom link to the meeting info, so that it appears in your upcoming meetings on the MERG website. |
+ | More details of parking and how to find the venue will be included in your confirmation email when you book your place. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ||
**AGENDA** | **AGENDA** | ||
Line 474: | Line 468: | ||
The meeting will be informal and flexible, so these are approximate times: | The meeting will be informal and flexible, so these are approximate times: | ||
- | * 10:00 - Get connected, sort out any microphone/ | + | * 10:00 - Arrival, Informal |
* 10:30 - Welcome, group news and Introductions | * 10:30 - Welcome, group news and Introductions | ||
- | * 10:45 - Design process for PTP-Lite on my layout Great Shefford - Richard Wilson | + | |
- | * 11:30 - Tea/coffee break (make your own!) | + | |
- | * 11:45 - Update on my 3D designs using Sketchup | + | * 11:30 - Tea/coffee break |
- | * 12:30 - Lunch | + | * 11:45 - Kit locker update - news about MERG kits - Judi Rastall |
- | * 13:30 - QnA and clinic for anyone looking for advice and help on any projects | + | * 12:15 - CBUS update |
- | ---- | + | * 13:00 - LUNCH BREAK |
+ | * 14:00 - 16:30 ish - Demonstrations and practical problems help clinic | ||
- | For the QnA sessions, if you have built something | + | The Kingsway Model Railway Society 00 gauge layout will be open and running, this uses the MERG DCC system |
- | If you would like to join in, please go to the MERG website, select the menu option MEMBER LINKS-> | + | We will of course have our usual problem clinic providing General help on problems with kits or other electronic projects, building, testing, problem solving etc. There will also be the chance to operate the Kingsway 00 gauge layout using the MERG DCC system. |
- | Please don't share the Zoom links with anyone outside MERG, or post them on any public social media or web page. | + | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
- | If you cannot see the details for East Midlands area group meetings, go to https:// | + | If you would like to come, please send an email to eastmids@merg.org.uk |
- | If you still can't get the Zoom link, send an email to eastmids@merg.org.uk and I'll email you the Zoom link. | + | (Those who have already let me know that you are coming, I will be sending out confirmation emails in the next day or two). |
+ | ---- | ||
+ | ====== FEBRUARY 2022 East Midlands MERG Area Group FACE to FACE meeting ====== | ||
+ | **Saturday 26th February 2022 from 10:00** | ||
+ | This meeting is Kindly hosted by the The Bassetlaw (North Notts) Railway Society at their clubrooms on Retford Railway Station. | ||
- | ---- | + | Thanks to MERG and Bassetlaw Railway Society member Julian Pratt for arranging the venue for us. |
- | ====== FEBRUARY 2021 East Midlands ONLINE area group meeting ====== | + | |
- | Here is the agenda | + | The Bassetlaw Railway Society are not charging us for the use of the room, but we will ask for a donation of £2 per head to cover the cost of teas & coffees and make a donation to the Society. |
- | **Saturday 27th February from 10:00** | + | Parking is available in the station car park at a cost of £5. You can of course come by train to Retford Station. |
- | This meeting will be online using Zoom. | + | If we can get a Wi-Fi connection at the venue, we will have a Zoom connection for the morning |
- | As before, we have found that breaks of roughly 10-15 mins per hour worked well, to avoid people getting fatigued from staring at their screens, so we will plan to do the same again. | + | Numbers will be limited to 20, to ensure reasonable separation. Mask wearing is now optional, please make your own choice. We would recommend that everyone takes a lateral flow test before coming. |
Line 516: | Line 514: | ||
The meeting will be informal and flexible, so these are approximate times: | The meeting will be informal and flexible, so these are approximate times: | ||
- | * 10:00 - Get connected, sort out any microphone/ | + | * 10:00 - Arrival, Informal |
* 10:30 - Welcome, group news and Introductions | * 10:30 - Welcome, group news and Introductions | ||
- | * 10:45 - Progress update on my DCC/CBUS layout | + | * 10:40 - The Bassetlaw (North Notts) Railway Society - Julian Pratt |
- | * 11:30 - Tea/coffee break (make your own!) | + | * 10:50 - Different cabs for the MERG DCC system |
- | * 11:45 - An O gauge destination blind - Graham Clark | + | * 11:30 - Tea/coffee break |
- | * 12:30 - Lunch | + | * 11:45 - Different cabs for the MERG DCC system |
- | * 13:30 - QnA and clinic for anyone looking for advice and help on any projects | + | * 12:15 - Kit locker update |
+ | * 12:30 - My CBUS & JMRI journey - Julian Pratt | ||
- | ---- | + | * 13:00 - LUNCH BREAK |
+ | * 14:00 - 16:30 ish - Demonstrations, | ||
- | For the QnA sessions, if you have built something and would like any help and advice, please be ready to wave it at the camera, and we'll see what help and advice we can give from afar. | ||
- | If you would like to join in, please go to the MERG website, select | + | The cabs session will cover basic how to use the MERG DCC system, circuit designs, the standard MERG CANCAB |
- | Please don't share the Zoom links with anyone outside MERG, or post them on any public social media or web page. | + | During |
- | If you cannot see the details for East Midlands area group meetings, go to https:// | + | We will of course have our usual problem clinic providing General help on problems with kits or other electronic projects, building, testing, problem solving etc. |
+ | |||
+ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ||
+ | |||
+ | If you would like to come, please send an email to eastmids@merg.org.uk | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Those who have already let me know that you are coming, I will be sending out confirmation emails in the next few days.) | ||
- | If you still can't get the Zoom link, send an email to eastmids@merg.org.uk and I'll email you the Zoom link. | ||
---- | ---- | ||
- | ====== JANUARY | + | ====== JANUARY |
- | Here is the agenda for our January | + | Here is the agenda for our January |
- | **Saturday | + | **Saturday |
This meeting will be online using Zoom. | This meeting will be online using Zoom. | ||
Line 548: | Line 552: | ||
As before, we have found that breaks of roughly 10-15 mins per hour worked well, to avoid people getting fatigued from staring at their screens, so we will plan to do the same again. | As before, we have found that breaks of roughly 10-15 mins per hour worked well, to avoid people getting fatigued from staring at their screens, so we will plan to do the same again. | ||
- | + | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |
- | ---- | + | |
**AGENDA** | **AGENDA** | ||
Line 556: | Line 558: | ||
The meeting will be informal and flexible, so these are approximate times: | The meeting will be informal and flexible, so these are approximate times: | ||
- | * 10:00 - Get connected, sort out any microphone/ | + | * 10:00 - Get connected, sort out any microphone/ |
- | * 10:30 - Welcome, group news and Introductions | + | * 10:30 - Welcome and Introductions |
- | * 10:45 - Installing DCC decoders in older locos - John Gowers | + | * 10:45 - - CBUS miscellany |
- | * 11:30 - Tea/coffee break (make your own!) | + | |
- | * 11:45 - JMRI with automation on Missenden St Marys - Pete Brownlow | + | |
- | * 12:30 - Lunch | + | |
- | * 13:30 - QnA and clinic for anyone looking for advice and help on any projects | + | |
- | ---- | + | * Latest CANMO (Universal) firmware release |
+ | * Using RFID and Railcom in JMRI | ||
+ | * CBUS control panels for Burnden Park | ||
+ | * Any other CBUS updates | ||
+ | * 11:30 - Tea/coffee break (make your own!) | ||
+ | * 11:45 - Kit locker update - Judi Rastall | ||
+ | * 12:00 - Lunch break | ||
+ | * 13:00 - QnA and anyone looking for advice and help on any projects | ||
+ | |||
+ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ||
For the QnA sessions, if you have built something and would like any help and advice, please be ready to wave it at the camera, and we'll see what help and advice we can give from afar. | For the QnA sessions, if you have built something and would like any help and advice, please be ready to wave it at the camera, and we'll see what help and advice we can give from afar. | ||
- | If you would like to join in, please go to the MERG website, select the menu option MEMBER LINKS-> | + | If you would like to join in, please go to the MERG website, select the menu option MEMBER LINKS-> |
Please don't share the Zoom links with anyone outside MERG, or post them on any public social media or web page. | Please don't share the Zoom links with anyone outside MERG, or post them on any public social media or web page. | ||
Line 576: | Line 583: | ||
If you still can't get the Zoom link, send an email to eastmids@merg.org.uk and I'll email you the Zoom link. | If you still can't get the Zoom link, send an email to eastmids@merg.org.uk and I'll email you the Zoom link. | ||
+ | |||
+ | I will send out the usual reminder email to everyone subscribed to the area group soon, it will go automatically to everyone who is subscribed to this area group. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ---- | ||
====== Details of Earlier East Midlands Area Group meetings ====== | ====== Details of Earlier East Midlands Area Group meetings ====== | ||
- | [[public: | + | [[areagroups: |
+ | and [[areagroups: | ||
+ | NB. These links are for MERG members only. | ||
+ | |||
+ | {{tag> |
public/eastmids.txt · Last modified: 2024/05/03 21:37 by PeteB