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--- glossary:glossary_c [2013/04/25 11:55] – [Colour light] Gordon H
+++ glossary:glossary_c [2018/10/17 14:30] – Bob Vetterlein
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-Bruce Chubb's Computer/Model Railroad Interface system C/MRI. A series of modules and support available for the system obtained from JLC Enterprises Inc. For website see [[http://www.merg.org.uk/links.php|links page]]
+Bruce Chubb's Computer/Model Railroad Interface system C/MRI. A series of modules and support available for the system obtained from JLC Enterprises Inc. For website see [[https://www.merg.org.uk/links.php|links page]]
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-Refer to [[http://www.merg.org.uk/Members/LC/LC01_1.pdf|MERG TB]] on layout cabling LC01 (Note available to members only)
+Refer to [[https://www.merg.org.uk/merg_tbs/download.php?fileid=941|MERG TB]] on layout cabling LC01 (Note available to members only)
 ===== CAN =====
 Refers to Controller Area Network, and is a bus standard designed to allow microcontrollers and devices to communicate with each other.  It is a message-based protocol, designed specifically for automotive applications but now also used in other areas including MRR.  Development of CAN bus was invented in 1983 by Robert Bosch.  See: [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAN_bus|CAN_bus]]
+===== CAN... =====
+**this entry is a work in progress**\\
+Some of the acronyms may be found with the suffix 'C'.\\
+**CANCMD** The MERG DCC Command station, in the DCC section of the Kit Locker.\\
+**CANCAB** The MERG DCC Handset, in the DCC section of the Kit Locker.\\
+**CANACC4** MERG CBUS Solenoid point motor driver, 1st generation CBUS Kit.\\
+**CANACC5** MERG CBUS Driver for motorised point actuators, 1st generation CBUS Kit.\\
+**CANACC8** MERG CBUS 8 Output steady state driver, 1st generation CBUS Kit.\\
+**CANACE3** MERG CBUS Control panel switch input module, 1st generation Kit.\\
+**CANACE8** MERG CBUS 8 input module, 1st generation Kit.\\
+**CANLED** MERG CBUS Control panel LED driver, 1st generation Kit.\\
+**CANPAN** MERG CBUS Control panel combined switch input and LED driver, 2nd generation Kit.\\
 ===== Capacitor =====
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 A computer programme for creation of model railway control panels on screen. Carlos is a DOS program developed by MERG member John Down and can be used with the RPC system. See TB G18/1 or follow this link for more information.
+===== CBUS =====
+Layout control bus, see [[https://www.merg.org.uk/merg_resources/cbus.php|CBUS resources page]]\\
+Public Wiki area for [[public:cbuspublic:start|CBUS]]\\
+=====CDC=====
+Communications Device Class \\ A class of [[glossary_u#usb|USB]] device. If A USB device identifies itself as a CDC it is telling the host that it is (or emulates) a USB to serial converter. Windows uses this to know it should create a [[glossary_v#vcp|VCP]], Windows 10 additionally uses this to determine that it should load it's own drivers.
 ===== CDU =====
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-Programmable 4 - channel Servo Driver Type ‘Servo4’ For operation of model railway accessories such as turnouts and semaphore signals. The word channel refers to the ability to control 4 devices.     \\ See the MERG newsletter (now called a Journal) of [[http://merg.org.uk/forum/journal_download.php?f=spring06.pdf|March 2006]] pages 8 and 9 on the web site.
+Programmable 4 - channel Servo Driver Type ‘Servo4’ For operation of model railway accessories such as turnouts and semaphore signals. The word channel refers to the ability to control 4 devices.     \\ See the MERG newsletter (now called a Journal) of [[https://merg.org.uk/merg_journal/download.php?fileid=35|March 2006]] pages 8 and 9 on the web site.
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-Charlieplexing is a method of matrix multiplexing which uses each wire in turn as the sink.  See the MERG newsletter (now called a Journal) of [[http://merg.org.uk/forum/journal_download.php?f=spring06.pdf|March 2006]] pages 34 and 35 on the web site.
+Charlieplexing is a method of matrix multiplexing which uses each wire in turn as the sink.  See the MERG newsletter (now called a Journal) of [[https://merg.org.uk/merg_journal/download.php?fileid=35|March 2006]] pages 34 and 35 on the web site.
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-This is a location in advance of a signal box up to which the track must be clearto allow a signalman to accept a train into a block section.     \\ See the MERG newsletter (now called a Journal) of [[http://merg.org.uk/forum/journal_download.php?f=spring06.pdf|March 2006]] pages 23 on the web site.
+This is a location in advance of a signal box up to which the track must be clearto allow a signalman to accept a train into a block section.     \\ See the MERG newsletter (now called a Journal) of [[https://merg.org.uk/merg_journal/download.php?fileid=35|March 2006]] pages 23 on the web site.
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 A Software Port (usually just called a 'port') is a virtual data connection that can be used by programs to exchange data directly, instead of going through a file or other temporary storage location. The most common of these are TCP and UDP ports which are used to exchange data between computers on the Internet.
+See VCP - Virtual Communications (COM) Port
 ===== Command station =====
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-Conductors are materials that allow electrical charges to flow through them. They are the opposite of insulators. Also see semi-conductor.
+Conductors are materials that allow electrical charges to flow through them. They are the opposite of insulators. Also see [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semiconductor|semi-conductor]].
+===== Consist =====
+Consist is a term used in [[glossary_d#dcc|DCC]] to refer to the linking of two or more locomotives (decoders) so they respond to a single [[glossary_a#address|Address]]. In the UK this may be more familiarly known as Double Heading.
 ===== Control Systems =====
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 Believed to be an out dated method of assessment overtaken by the CE marking on products.
+ link to the Canadian Standards Association Wiki page
+https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=CSA_Group&oldid=729578823
+Still Used today.
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-Electric current is by definition the flow of electric charge. The SI unit of electric current is the ampere (A)     \\ Measured in amperes, it is the flow of electrons through a conductor. Also know as electron flow.
+Electric current is by definition the flow of electric charge. The SI unit of electric current is the Ampere (A)     \\ Measured in Amperes, it is the flow of electrons through a conductor. Also know as electron flow. See also AMP.
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-A CV is a configuration variable that is a characteristic of a DCC decoder that can be customised by the user. CV’s are defined by the NMRA. For example the address of a locomotive is located in CV1. Significant modifications can be made to the performance of a locomotive by changing the CV’s.
+A CV is a __C__onfiguration __V__ariable that is a characteristic of a DCC decoder that can be customised by the user. CV’s are defined by the NMRA. For example the address of a locomotive is located in CV1. Significant modifications can be made to the performance of a locomotive by changing the CV’s.