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Introduction to CBUS - weekend course
By popular demand, we have arranged another weekend course for those who want to learn about CBUS.
The course will take place in the “Goods Shed” meeting room at the Rushden Transport Museum & Railway, Rushden Station, Northamptonshire.
For those just starting out in CBUS, this weekend course will take you from first principles through building CBUS kits to setting up CBUS operations.
The dates are shown above. The course takes place over the weekend (Saturday and Sunday) with an optional extra workshop day on the Monday, to apply what was learnt over the weekend. The course will start with arrivals from 4pm on the evening of Friday 1st December.
This course assumes no previous knowledge of CBUS.
Topics covered will include:
- Introduction to CBUS principles
- CBUS theory and practice - use with DC or DCC
- The various CBUS modules that are available – including latest designs
- Building and testing CBUS kits – practical workshop sessions
- Wiring and power supply arrangements for CBUS
- Setting up CBUS using SLiM and FLiM.
- Connecting CBUS to a computer
- Using the FLiM Config Program (FCU)
- Setting up the modules, teaching events
- Building control panels for CBUS
- CBUS in action
- The MERG DCC system – integrating with CBUS
If you would like to come on this course, please fill in and email the enrolment form which you can download below.