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====== MERG related courses ====== | ====== MERG related courses ====== | ||
- | If you know about any other relevant courses not listed here, please add them. | + | If you know about any other relevant courses not listed here, in particular those in other areas, please add them. |
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Note that you do not have to be a MERG member to come on these courses. | Note that you do not have to be a MERG member to come on these courses. | ||
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- | ===== JMRI Part 2 – Blocks, Routing, Logic and Signalling ===== | + | These courses are organised by a group of MERG members for the benefit of other MERG members and railway modellers in general. |
- | ** 9th to 12th November 2018 (Rushden) ** | + | See the [[public: |
- | Please | + | Watch this space for when the next courses are scheduled, but note that we will **only** run courses in 2023 for which we have received sufficient expressions |
- | This is part 2 of our three JMRI courses. | ||
- | The course will take place in the “Goods Shed” meeting room at the Rushden Transport Museum & Railway, Rushden | ||
- | Station, Northamptonshire. | ||
- | This is a weekend course for those already familiar and competent with the basics of JMRI. | + | ---- |
- | As a pre-requisite you should have attended our introduction to JMRI Panel Pro course, or be fluent with drawing a layout diagram in the Layout Editor, setting up turnouts & sensors, turnout feedback, linking from a Layout Editor Panel to the physical layout & the basics of train detection. | ||
+ | ===== Missenden Railway Modellers Autumn weekend - 4-6th November2022 ===== | ||
- | [[public: | + | The Missenden Autumn weekend 2022 has now been scheduled, bookings are open - last few places remaining as of 12th October. |
+ | See the website for more details: | ||
+ | [[http:// | ||
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- | ===== JMRI Part 3 – Automation with scripts and the Dispatcher | + | ===== POSSIBLE COURSES FOR 2023 ===== |
- | ** 16-18th March 2019 (Rushden) ** | ||
- | ** Date now confirmed ** | + | For 2023, we are publishing a list of our Northamptonshire courses and inviting expressions of interest. |
- | This is part 3 of our three JMRI courses. | + | **We will not run any courses |
- | This is a weekend course for JMRI power users who want to take it on to partial or full automation. | + | Here are the possible courses we have thought of so far, we could run up to 6 courses that generate sufficient interest: |
- | As a pre-requisite you should be a fluent JMRI user, having attended our Introduction and part 2 courses, | + | * General kit building workshop weekend |
+ | * Introduction | ||
+ | * Programming PICs | ||
+ | * Programming Arduinos | ||
+ | * Our usual Intro and More CBUS courses | ||
+ | * Our usual 3 JMRI courses, | ||
+ | * Introduction to DCC | ||
+ | * Decoder Pro | ||
+ | * PCB Design | ||
+ | * 3D printing ++ | ||
+ | * Introduction to airbrushing | ||
+ | * Weathering | ||
+ | * Build a MERG DCC system in a weekend | ||
+ | * Templot | ||
+ | * Automatic uncoupling and coupling | ||
- | [[public: | + | ++ Subject to finding a tutor |
+ | The courses would take place at one of our venues in Northamptonshire. | ||
+ | More details of some of the courses we could run are listed below. | ||
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+ | If you are interested in one or more of the above, and would most likely come if we ran that course, please drop an email to [[eastmids@merg.org.uk]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | If you are interested in a course that is not on the above list, please also send us an email, we may well add it to the list. | ||
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- | ===== 3D printing | ||
- | ** 27-29th April 2019 (Rushden) ** | + | ===== Missenden Railway Modellers Spring weekend |
- | This is a weekend | + | The Missenden March weekend |
- | Your tutor will be MERG 3D guru, Bob Gledhill. | + | See the website for more details: |
- | The course assumes no prior knowledge about 3D printing. | + | [[http:// |
+ | ---- | ||
- | [[public: | ||
+ | ===== Introduction to CBUS ===== | ||
- | ---- | + | See the list, above, of possible courses for 2023, and if you are interested in this or another course next year, please let us know. |
- | ===== More CBUS ===== | + | Watch this space for when the next course is scheduled. |
- | ** PROVISIONAL DETAILS ** | + | 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. |
- | ** 9-10th July 2019 ** | + | This course assumes no previous knowledge of CBUS. |
- | ** Strode College, Somerset ** | + | Click below for more details: |
- | This course is for those already familiar with the basics of CBUS, who would like to take it further. | + | [[public:CBUS Intro Course|Introduction |
- | The course will take place at Strode College in Somerset, as part of their Summer Workshops. | + | ---- |
- | This course assumes that you have attended | + | ===== JMRI Decoder Pro – Programming DCC locos and managing |
- | Booking will be direct with Strode College, bookings | + | See the list, above, of possible courses for 2023, and if you are interested |
- | [[public: | + | What this space for when the next course |
+ | This is a weekend course on making use of JMRI Decoder Pro software to program your DCC locos, and how to make use of the features of the loco roster. | ||
- | ---- | + | A familiarity with basic DCC concepts is assumed. |
- | ===== STARTING OUT WITH JMRI PANEL PRO ===== | + | Click below for more details: |
- | ** PROVISIONAL DETAILS ** | + | [[public: |
- | ** 11-12th July 2019 ** | + | ---- |
- | ** Strode College, Somerset ** | + | ===== More CBUS ===== |
- | The course will take place at Strode College in Somerset, as part of their Summer Workshops. | + | See the list, above, of possible courses for 2023, and if you are interested in this or another course next year, please let us know. |
- | JMRI is free software that you can download to control your model railway. | + | Watch this space for when the next course |
- | The course | + | This course |
- | Booking will be direct with Strode College, details of how to do so will be posted here when available. | + | Particular emphasis on configuring CBUS in FLiM and using the universal CANMIO firmware. |
- | For details of these courses, follow | + | This course assumes that you have attended the Introduction to CBUS course, or that you already have a good understanding of the basics of CBUS, building modules and getting them working. |
- | [[public:introtojmricourse|Starting out with JMRI Panel Pro course details]] | + | Click below for more details. |
+ | |||
+ | [[public:More CBUS Course|More CBUS weekend | ||
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+ | ===== JMRI Part 1 - STARTING OUT WITH JMRI PANEL PRO ===== | ||
- | ===== Introduction to DCC ===== | + | See the list, above, of possible courses for 2023, and if you are interested in this or another course next year, please let us know. |
- | ** 4-6th October 2019 (Missenden Abbey) ** | + | Watch this space for when the next course is scheduled. |
- | This course | + | JMRI is free software that you can download |
- | The course | + | The course |
- | For those just considering or starting out in DCC, this weekend course will take you from first principles through fitting decoders to DCC operations, including the use of Decoder Pro for setting up your decoders. | + | Click below for more details. |
- | This course | + | [[public: |
- | Bookings are expected to open in May and will be via the Missenden Railway Modellers website. | ||
- | [[public: | + | ---- |
- | ---- | + | ===== JMRI Part 2 – Blocks, Routing, Logic and Signalling ===== |
- | ===== Missenden Railway Modellers weekends ===== | + | See the list, above, of possible courses for 2023, and if you are interested in this or another course next year, please let us know. |
- | The Missenden Railway Modellers Weekends are workshops with expert tutors from MERG on hand. The Autumn weekend every October includes electronics classes that come with expert MERG tutors, covering all aspects of electronics | + | Watch this space for when the next course is scheduled. |
- | In October 2018, we will be running a beginners group with John Gowers integrated with a general workshop group with Mike Bolton. The beginners group will have breakout sessions on specific subjects. We are also running the " | + | This is part 2 of our three JMRI courses. |
- | Bookings are expected to open in May and will be via the Missenden Railway Modellers website. | + | This is a weekend course for those already familiar |
- | [[http:// | + | As a pre-requisite you should have attended our introduction to JMRI Panel Pro course, or be fluent with drawing a layout diagram in the Layout Editor, setting up turnouts & sensors, turnout feedback, linking from a Layout Editor Panel to the physical layout & the basics of train detection. |
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+ | Click below for more details: | ||
+ | |||
+ | [[public:jmripart2course|JMRI Part 2 – Blocks, Routing and Signalling course details]] | ||
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+ | ===== JMRI Part 3 – Automation with scripts and the Dispatcher ===== | ||
+ | See the list, above, of possible courses for 2023, and if you are interested in this or another course next year, please let us know. | ||
- | ===== Introduction to CBUS ===== | + | Watch this space for when the next course is scheduled. |
- | ** 13th to 16th September 2019 (Rushden)** | + | This is part 3 of our three JMRI courses. |
- | ** Please note revised date form original one announced provisionally. | + | This is a weekend course for JMRI power users who want to take it on to partial or full automation. |
- | ** This revised date is now confirmed ** | + | |
- | By popular demand, we have arranged another weekend course for those who want to learn about CBUS. | + | As a pre-requisite you should be a fluent JMRI user, having attended our Introduction and part 2 courses, or be comfortable with setting up panels in the Layout Editor, blocks and train detection, pathing and signalling. |
- | The course will take place in the “Goods Shed” meeting room at the Rushden Transport Museum & Railway, Rushden | + | Click below for more details: |
- | Station, Northamptonshire. | + | |
- | For those just starting out in CBUS, this weekend | + | [[public: |
- | This course assumes no previous knowledge of CBUS. | ||
- | Bookings will open at the end of March, check back here to download the enrolment form. | + | ---- |
+ | ===== Missenden Railway Modellers Summer Retreat - 30th July to 5th August 2023 ===== | ||
- | [[public: | + | The Missenden summer retreat is 7 days of uninterrupted modelling. Although there is not usually specific electronics content, there are generally some modellers working with electronics and experts on hand to assist with whatever you are working on. |
+ | See the website for more details: | ||
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+ | [[http:// | ||
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+ | =====Links===== | ||
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