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- | **Saturday | + | Here is the agenda for our December 2023 online Zoom area group meeting. |
- | This meeting is Kindly hosted by the The Kingsway Model Railway Society at the Kingsway Centre in Wellingborough. | + | **Saturday 9th December from 10:00** |
- | We will ask for a donation of £5 per head to cover the venue hire and teas/ | + | This meeting |
- | The venue has level step free access and good parking. If you need a disabled space reserved, please let us know. | + | 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. |
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- | 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. | + | |
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- | 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. | + | |
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- | More details of parking and how to find the venue will be included in your confirmation email when you book your place. | + | |
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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 |
- | * 10:35 - Introduction to the Kingsway Model Railway Society - Roger barker | + | * 10:45 - Essex Brick a lockdown to exhibition layout |
- | * 10:45 - My CBUS & JMRI journey | + | * 11:30 - Tea/coffee break (make your own!) |
- | * 11:30 - Tea/coffee break | + | * 11:45 - Update on my developments with DCC, CBUS and JMRI - Pete Brownlow |
- | * 11:45 - Kit locker update | + | * 12:45 - QnA |
- | * 12:15 - CBUS update - developments and things I am working | + | * 13:00 - LUNCH BREAK |
+ | * 14:00 on - General QnA and help clinic | ||
- | * 13:00 - LUNCH BREAK | + | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
- | * 14:00 - 16:30 ish - Demonstrations and practical problems | + | For the help clinic |
- | 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. | + | 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 | + | 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 | + | If you still can't get the Zoom link, send an email to eastmids@merg.org.uk |
+ | |||
+ | I will send out the usual reminder email, it will go automatically | ||
- | (Those who have already let me know that you are coming, I will be sending out confirmation emails in the next day or two). | ||
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- | **Saturday | + | **Saturday |
- | This meeting is Kindly hosted by the The Bassetlaw (North Notts) | + | The meeting is Kindly hosted by the Nene Valley |
- | Thanks | + | We will ask for a donation of £5 per head to cover both the venue hire and teas/ |
- | 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 | + | The venue has level step free access |
- | Parking | + | There is a cafe on site, I will confirm arrangements, |
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- | If we can get a Wi-Fi connection at the venue, we will have a Zoom connection for the morning meeting, for those who cannot come in person. However, I understand we are reliant on the LNER hosted Wi-Fi at the station, | + | |
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- | 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. | + | |
+ | 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. | ||
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**AGENDA** | **AGENDA** | ||
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* 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 |
- | * 10:40 - The Bassetlaw (North Notts) Railway Society - Julian Pratt | + | * 10:35 - Group news and Introductions |
- | * 10:50 - Different cabs for the MERG DCC system | + | * 10:45 - CBUS and JMRI at Gwynne Junction - James Cunningham |
- | * 11:30 - Tea/coffee break | + | * 11:45 - Tea/coffee break |
- | * 11:45 - Different cabs for the MERG DCC system - continued | + | * 12:00 - MERG & kit locker |
- | * 12:15 - Kit locker | + | * 12:30 - The Universal Experimenters Module |
- | * 12:30 - My CBUS & JMRI journey | + | |
* 13:00 - LUNCH BREAK | * 13:00 - LUNCH BREAK | ||
+ | * | ||
+ | * 13:30 - 16:30 ish - Demonstrations and practical problems help clinic | ||
- | * 14:00 - 16:30 ish - Demonstrations, | ||
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- | The cabs session will cover basic how to use the MERG DCC system, circuit designs, the standard MERG CANCAB | + | During |
- | During | + | If he can get the 00 layout running for the afternoon |
- | 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. | + | Short trips to the NVR shed will be available during the afternoon. |
- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | + | It is a running day at NVR with 3 trains, pulled by W D Austerity. |
- | 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. | + | 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 address |
- | (Those who have already let me know that you are coming, I will be sending out confirmation emails in the next few days.) | + | 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. |
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+ | (Those who have already let me know that you are coming, | ||
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- | Here is the agenda for our January 2022 online area group meeting. | + | **Saturday 8th July 2023 from 10:00** |
- | **Saturday 15th January from 10:00** | + | Due to Judi's building work not being complete in time, we have swapped the venues for our July and September meetings. |
- | This meeting will be online using Zoom. | + | This meeting will now be at Aisthorpe Village Hall, near Lincoln, Kindly hosted by Lincoln & District Model Railway Club (L& |
- | 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. | + | Thanks |
- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | + | Tea and Coffee will be available all day, please bring your own packed lunch as there are no other facilities nearby. |
- | **AGENDA** | + | We will ask for a donation of £5 per head to cover the venue hire and teas/ |
- | The meeting will be informal | + | The venue has level step free access |
- | * 10:00 - Get connected, sort out any microphone/ | + | 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. I will add a Zoom link to the meeting info, so that it appears in your upcoming meetings on the MERG website. |
- | * 10:30 - Welcome and Introductions | + | |
- | * 10:45 - - CBUS miscellany - Pete Brownlow | + | |
- | * Latest CANMO (Universal) firmware release | + | More details of parking |
- | * Using RFID and Railcom | + | |
- | * CBUS control panels for Burnden Park | + | |
- | * Any other CBUS updates | + | |
- | * 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 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 | ||
+ | * 10:45 - Introduction to the Lincoln & District Model Railway Club - Richard Joyce | ||
+ | * 10:50 - The CANPROG - what it is, building one, using it to program PICs - Pete Brownlow | ||
+ | * 11:30 - Tea/coffee break | ||
+ | * 11:45 - Update on FCU development (CBUS FLim Config Utility) - Julian Pratt | ||
+ | * 12:15 - Kit locker update - Judi Rastall | ||
+ | * 13:00 - LUNCH BREAK | ||
+ | * 14:00 - 16:00 ish - Demonstrations and practical problems help clinic - including FCU tutorial if requested | ||
- | Please don't share the Zoom links with anyone outside MERG, or post them on any public social media or web page. | + | There should also be a chance to see some of the L&DMRC layouts. |
- | 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, techniques such as soldering etc. |
+ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ||
- | If you still can't get the Zoom link, send an email to eastmids@merg.org.uk | + | If you would like to come, please |
- | I will send out the usual reminder email to everyone subscribed to the area group soon, it will go automatically | + | 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. |
- | ---- | + | (Those who have already let me know that you are coming, I will be sending out confirmation emails in the week before the meeting). |
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- | Here is the agenda for our November 2021 online area group meeting. | + | Here is the agenda for our May 2023 online |
- | **Saturday 27th November | + | **Saturday 27th May from 10:00** |
This meeting will be online using Zoom. | This meeting will be online using Zoom. | ||
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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 - Keep alive circuit | + | * 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 |
- | * 11:45 - Keep alive circuit | + | * 11:30 - Tea/coffee break (make your own!) |
- | * 12:30 - Kit locker update | + | * 11:45 - WebFCU (alternative CBUS config utility) |
- | * 12:45 - Lunch break | + | * 12:15 - From the MERG chairman |
- | * 13:45 - QnA and anyone looking for advice | + | * 12:45 - MERG AGM event - possible East Mids Area group involvement |
+ | * 13:00 - LUNCH BREAK | ||
+ | * 14:00 on - General | ||
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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. | ||
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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 to everyone subscribed to the area group, it will go automatically to everyone who is subscribed to this area group. |
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- | **Saturday | + | **Saturday |
- | This meeting | + | Here is the agenda |
- | 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 is Kindly hosted by the The Kingsway Model Railway Society (KMRS) at the Kingsway Centre in Wellingborough. |
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+ | 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. | ||
- | There is a cafe on site, we will pass the menu around in the morning so you can order lunch if you wish. | + | You can either bring a packed lunch or nip out to somewhere locally, the town centre is about 5 minutes drive away and there is a co-op shop a few minutes walk away. |
- | If the Wifi at the venue is working | + | Provided |
- | It is a running day on the NVR, I'm not sure if it will be steam or diesel. | + | 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. |
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**AGENDA** | **AGENDA** | ||
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- | 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 - O gauge headcode module | + | |
- | * 11:15 - Tea/coffee break | + | |
- | * 11:30 - DCC basics | + | * 11:30 - Tea/coffee break |
- | * 12:00 - Introduction to Surface mount assembly using the hotplate method | + | * 11:45 - The new improved MERG ATC system |
+ | * 12:30 - Kit locker update - Judi Rastall | ||
+ | * 13:00 - LUNCH BREAK | ||
+ | * 14:00 - 16:30 ish - Demonstrations and practical problems help clinic | ||
- | * 12:30 - LUNCH BREAK | + | The Kingsway Model Railway Society 00 gauge layout will be open and partially running (one corner currently has an engineering possession for relaying the track). 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. |
- | * 13:30 - 16:30 ish - Demonstrations, soldering clinic and practical problems help clinic | + | Feel free if you want to bring something to run, the 00 layouts are DCC, the N gauge layout is analogue. |
- | During the afternoon the following activities | + | We will of course have our usual problem clinic providing |
- | * Duncan will give close up demonstrations to smaller groups | + | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
- | * John Gowers will give advice and surface mount hand soldering | + | |
- | * 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 with kits or other electronic projects, building, testing, problem solving etc. | + | |
- | * NVR now has a Railwayana shop which we hope will be open | + | |
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- | 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. Even if you are not sure yet whether you can get along, please let us know anyway | + | 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, | ||
- | 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. | + | Pete |
- | (Those who have already let me know that you are coming, I will be sending out confirmation emails in the next few days.) | ||
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- | ====== SEPTEMBER 2021 East Midlands ONLINE area group meeting ====== | ||
- | Here is the agenda for our September 2021 online area group meeting. | ||
- | **Saturday 11th September from 10:00** | ||
- | This meeting | + | ====== SEPTEMBER 2022 East Midlands MERG Area Group FACE to FACE meeting |
- | As before, we have found that breaks of roughly 10-15 mins per hour worked well, to avoid people getting fatigued | + | **Saturday 3rd September 2022 from 10:00** |
+ | 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/coffees. Note that one payment covers both this time, you don' | |
- | **AGENDA** | + | |
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- | The meeting | + | |
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- | * 10:00 - Get connected, sort out any microphone/ | + | |
- | * 10:30 - Welcome and Introductions | + | |
- | * 10:45 - EzyAutomation (no additional wires system) by Julian Coles | + | |
- | * 11:30 - Tea/coffee break (make your own!) | + | |
- | * 11:45 - Group news and updates | + | |
- | * 12:15 - Lunch | + | |
- | * 13:15 - QnA and clinic for anyone looking for advice and help on any projects | + | |
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- | 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, | + | |
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- | If you would like to join in, please go to the MERG website, select the menu option MEMBER LINKS-> | + | |
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- | Please | + | |
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- | If you cannot see the details | + | |
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- | 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. | + | |
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- | ====== AUGUST 2021 East Midlands area group meeting ====== | + | |
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- | **Saturday 7th August 2021 from 10:00** | + | |
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- | This is our first face to face meeting since 14 March 2020, before Covid restrictions. | + | |
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- | This meeting is Kindly hosted at the Kingsway Centre in Wellingborough, | + | |
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- | 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. | + | |
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 for those who manage | + | 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. |
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**AGENDA** | **AGENDA** | ||
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* 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's - Pete Brownlow | + | * 10:45 - Turntable Tales - My journey so far with the Peco Turntable and MERG Turntable Controller - kit John Wood\\ (Also includes using Julian' |
- | * 11:30 - Tea/coffee break | + | * 11:15 - Tea/coffee break |
- | * 12:00 - Sounds for South Town - David Page | + | * 11:30 - DCC and CBUS new developments with live demo - Pete Brownlow\\ |
- | * 12:45 - A summary of the Arduino SIG (Special Interest Group) - John Fletcher | + | |
* 13:00 - LUNCH BREAK | * 13:00 - LUNCH BREAK | ||
- | * 14:00 - 16:30 ish - Making it work - Practical session and problem clinic plus demos and Soldering help | ||
+ | * 14:00 - 16:30 ish - Demonstrations and practical problems help clinic | ||
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- | For the practical sessions, as we have done before, 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 already know what you want help on for this session, please email or post the details in advance so we can gen-up on it and look like we know what we are talking about! | + | Feel free if you want to bring something to run, the 00 layouts |
- | 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 | + | We will of course |
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- | 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. | + | |
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- | (Those who have already let me know that you are coming, I will be sending out confirmation emails in the next few days.) | + | |
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- | ====== 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** | + | 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 |
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- | This meeting will be online using Zoom. | + | |
- | + | ||
- | As before, we have found that breaks | + | |
+ | 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. | ||
+ | (Those who have already let me know that you are coming, I will be sending out confirmation emails in the next few days). | ||
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+ | ====== JULY 2022 East Midlands MERG Area Group FACE to FACE meeting ====== | ||
+ | **Saturday 9th July 2022 from 10:00** | ||
- | **AGENDA** | + | 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. |
- | The meeting | + | We will ask for a donation of £5 per head to cover both the venue hire and teas/ |
- | * 10:00 - Get connected, sort out any microphone/ | + | The venue has level step free access and good parking. If you need a disabled space reserved, please let us know. |
- | * 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 | + | |
- | ---- | + | There is a cafe on site, we will pass the menu around in the morning so you can order lunch if you wish. |
+ | 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, the meeting will be optimised for those who manage to get along, who will get the best experience. | ||
- | 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. | + | It is a running day on the NVR, purple timetable, scheduled |
- | + | ||
- | 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. | + | |
- | + | ||
- | If you cannot see the details for East Midlands area group meetings, go to https:// | + | |
- | + | ||
- | If you still can't get the Zoom link, send an email to eastmids@merg.org.uk | + | |
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- | ====== MAY 2021 East Midlands ONLINE area group meeting ====== | + | |
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- | Here is the agenda | + | |
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- | **Saturday 29th May from 10:00** | + | |
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- | This meeting will be online using Zoom. | + | |
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- | 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. | + | |
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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 - Round-up of what members have been doing - anyone | + | * 10:40 - Developing FCU - progress |
- | * 11:15 - An easier way to connect Tortoise point motors - John Gowers | + | * 11:20 - Tea/coffee break |
- | * 11:30 - Tea/coffee break (make your own!) | + | * 11:30 - Colin Head - Demo and progress report on my layout |
- | * 11:45 - Choosing CBUS modules for a layout | + | * 12:10 - MERG & kit locker updates |
- | * 12:30 - Lunch | + | * 12:30 - LUNCH BREAK |
- | * 13:30 - QnA and clinic for anyone looking for advice and help on any projects | + | |
- | ---- | + | * 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 a confirmation email with directions, parking, lunch details etc. If you have not received your confirmation email, please |
- | 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. | + | ---- |
+ | ====== APRIL 2022 East Midlands MERG Area Group FACE to FACE meeting ====== | ||
+ | **Saturday | ||
- | ---- | + | This meeting |
- | ====== APRIL 2021 East Midlands ONLINE area group meeting | + | |
- | Here is the agenda | + | We will ask for a donation of £5 per head to cover the venue hire and teas/ |
- | **Saturday 24th April 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 will be online using Zoom. | + | 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. |
- | 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 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. | ||
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**AGENDA** | **AGENDA** | ||
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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 | + | * 10:35 - Introduction to the Kingsway Model Railway Society |
- | * 11:30 - Tea/coffee break (make your own!) | + | * 10:45 - My CBUS & JMRI journey - Julian Pratt (held over from the previous meeting) |
- | * 11:45 - Loco speed profiling with JMRI - Pete Brownlow | + | * 11:30 - Tea/coffee break |
- | * 12:30 - Lunch | + | * 11:45 - Kit locker update |
- | * 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' | + | |
+ | (Those who have already let me know that you are coming, I will be sending out confirmation emails in the next day or two). | ||
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- | Here is the agenda for our March 2021 online area group meeting. | + | **Saturday 26th February 2022 from 10:00** |
- | **Saturday 27th March from 10:00** | + | This meeting is Kindly hosted by the The Bassetlaw (North Notts) Railway Society at their clubrooms on Retford Railway Station. |
- | This meeting will be online using Zoom. | + | Thanks to MERG and Bassetlaw Railway Society member Julian Pratt for arranging the venue for us. |
- | As before, we have found that breaks | + | The Bassetlaw Railway Society are not charging us for the use of the room, but we will ask for a donation |
+ | |||
+ | Parking is available in the station car park at a cost of £5. You can of course come by train to Retford Station. | ||
+ | |||
+ | If we can get a Wi-Fi connection at the venue, we will have a Zoom connection for the morning meeting, for those who cannot come in person. However, I understand we are reliant on the LNER hosted Wi-Fi at the station, so we don't yet know if this will be possible. | ||
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+ | Numbers will be limited | ||
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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 | + | * 10:40 - The Bassetlaw (North Notts) Railway Society |
- | * 11:30 - Tea/coffee break (make your own!) | + | * 10:50 - Different cabs for the MERG DCC system |
- | * 11:45 - Update on my 3D designs using Sketchup | + | * 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 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 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. | ||
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+ | (Those who have already let me know that you are coming, I will be sending out confirmation emails in the next few days.) | ||
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- | Here is the agenda for our February 2021 online area group meeting. | + | Here is the agenda for our January 2022 online area group meeting. |
- | **Saturday | + | **Saturday |
This meeting will be online using Zoom. | This meeting will be online using Zoom. | ||
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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. | ||
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**AGENDA** | **AGENDA** | ||
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* 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 - Progress update on my DCC/CBUS layout | + | * 10:45 - - CBUS miscellany |
+ | |||
+ | * 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!) | * 11:30 - Tea/coffee break (make your own!) | ||
- | * 11:45 - An O gauge destination blind - Graham Clark | + | * 11:45 - Kit locker update |
- | * 12:30 - Lunch | + | * 12:00 - Lunch break |
- | * 13:30 - QnA and clinic for anyone looking for advice and help on any projects | + | * 13:00 - QnA and anyone looking for advice and help on any projects |
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+ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ||
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. | ||
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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 |
- | ====== JANUARY 2021 East Midlands ONLINE area group meeting ====== | + | |
- | + | ||
- | Here is the agenda for our January 2021 online | + | |
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- | **Saturday 30th January from 10:00** | + | |
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- | This meeting will be online using Zoom. | + | |
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- | 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. | + | |
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- | **AGENDA** | ||
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- | The meeting will be informal and flexible, so these are approximate times: | ||
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- | * 10:00 - Get connected, sort out any microphone/ | ||
- | * 10:30 - Welcome, group news and Introductions | ||
- | * 10:45 - Installing DCC decoders in older locos - John Gowers | ||
- | * 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 | ||
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- | 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. | ||
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- | If you would like to join in, please go to the MERG website, select the menu option MEMBER LINKS-> | ||
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- | Please don't share the Zoom links with anyone outside MERG, or post them on any public social media or web page. | ||
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- | If you cannot see the details for East Midlands area group meetings, go to https:// | ||
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- | 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. | ||
====== Details of Earlier East Midlands Area Group meetings ====== | ====== Details of Earlier East Midlands Area Group meetings ====== | ||
- | [[areagroups: | + | [[areagroups:emag: |
- | and [[areagroups: | + | and [[areagroups:emag: |
NB. These links are for MERG members only. | NB. These links are for MERG members only. | ||
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