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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. | ||
- | [[public: | + | ---- |
- | ---- | + | ===== POSSIBLE COURSES FOR 2023 ===== |
- | ===== JMRI Part 3 – Automation with scripts | + | For 2023, we are publishing a list of our Northamptonshire courses |
- | ** 16-18th March 2019 (Rushden) | + | **We will not run any courses unless we have received sufficient expressions of interest** - so if you would like to come on a course, please send us an email of your interest. |
- | ** Date now confirmed ** | + | Here are the possible courses we have thought of so far, we could run up to 6 courses that generate sufficient interest: |
- | This is part 3 of our three JMRI courses. | + | * General kit building workshop weekend |
+ | * Introduction to CBUS development | ||
+ | * Programming PICs | ||
+ | * Programming Arduinos | ||
+ | * Our usual Intro and More CBUS courses | ||
+ | * Our usual 3 JMRI courses, Intro, signalling/ | ||
+ | * 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 | ||
- | This is a weekend course for JMRI power users who want to take it on to partial or full automation. | + | ++ Subject to finding |
- | 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 | + | The courses |
- | [[public: | + | More details |
+ | 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 |
- | ** Date now confirmed ** | + | The Missenden March weekend 2022 has now been scheduled, and bookings are open. |
- | This is a weekend course to learn all about designing | + | See the website |
- | Your tutor will be MERG members and 3D guru, Bob Gledhill. | + | [[http:// |
+ | ---- | ||
- | The course assumes no prior knowledge about 3D printing. | ||
- | More details | + | ===== Introduction |
- | [[public: | + | See the list, above, of possible courses for 2023, and if you are interested in this or another |
+ | Watch this space for when the next course is scheduled. | ||
- | ---- | + | 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. |
- | ===== Introduction to DCC ===== | + | This course assumes no previous knowledge of CBUS. |
- | ** 4-6th October 2019 (Missenden Abbey) ** | + | Click below for more details: |
- | This course is for those who are new to DCC (Digital Command Control) of model railways, and assumes no prior knowledge. | + | [[public: |
- | The course will take place as part of the Missenden Railway Modellers autumn weekend in 2019. | + | ---- |
- | 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 | + | ===== JMRI Decoder Pro – Programming |
- | This course assumes no previous knowledge | + | See the list, above, |
- | [[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. | ||
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+ | A familiarity with basic DCC concepts is assumed. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Click below for more details: | ||
+ | |||
+ | [[public: | ||
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- | ===== Missenden Railway Modellers weekends | + | ===== More CBUS ===== |
- | 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 | + | See the list, above, of possible courses |
- | In October 2018, as well as the usual beginners | + | Watch this space for when the next course |
- | [[http:// | + | This course is for those already familiar with the basics of CBUS, who would like to take it further. |
+ | Particular emphasis on configuring CBUS in FLiM and using the universal CANMIO firmware. | ||
- | ---- | + | 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. |
+ | Click below for more details. | ||
- | ===== Introduction to CBUS ===== | + | [[public: |
- | ** 13th to 16th September 2019 (Rushden)** | + | ---- |
- | ** Please note revised date form original one announced provisionally. | + | ===== JMRI Part 1 - STARTING OUT WITH JMRI PANEL PRO ===== |
- | ** This revised date is now confirmed ** | + | |
- | By popular demand, we have arranged | + | See the list, above, of possible courses for 2023, and if you are interested in this or another course |
- | The course | + | Watch this space for when the next course |
- | 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. | + | JMRI is free software that you can download |
- | This course assumes no previous knowledge of CBUS. | + | The course assumes no previous knowledge of JMRI and takes you through from first principles. |
- | [[public:CBUS Intro Course|Introduction to CBUS weekend | + | Click below for more details. |
+ | |||
+ | [[public:introtojmricourse|Starting out with JMRI Panel Pro course details]] | ||
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- | ===== More CBUS ===== | + | ===== JMRI Part 2 – Blocks, Routing, Logic and Signalling |
- | ** Date and venue TBA ** | + | 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 next date and venue for this course will be announced as soon as we have the information available. | + | Watch this space for when the next course is scheduled. |
- | This course if for those already familiar with the basics | + | This is part 2 of our three JMRI courses. |
- | The course | + | This is a weekend |
- | Station, Northamptonshire. | + | |
- | This course assumes that you have attended | + | As a pre-requisite |
- | [[public:More CBUS Course|More CBUS weekend | + | Click below for more details: |
+ | |||
+ | [[public:jmripart2course|JMRI Part 2 – Blocks, Routing and Signalling | ||
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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. | ||
- | ===== STARTING OUT WITH JMRI PANEL PRO ===== | + | Watch this space for when the next course is scheduled. |
- | ** Date and venue TBA ** | + | This is part 3 of our three JMRI courses. |
- | We recently ran this course at the Missenden Abbey Railway Modellers autumn | + | This is a weekend |
- | The next date and venue for this course will be announced as soon as we have the information available. | + | As a pre-requisite you should be a fluent JMRI user, having attended our Introduction |
- | JMRI is free software that you can download to control your model railway. | + | Click below for more details: |
- | The course assumes no previous knowledge of JMRI and takes you through from first principles. For details of these courses, follow | + | [[public: |
- | [[public: | ||
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+ | ===== Missenden Railway Modellers Summer Retreat - 30th July to 5th August 2023 ===== | ||
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+ | 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. | ||
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+ | See the website for more details: | ||
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+ | [[http:// | ||
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+ | =====Links===== | ||
+ | [[https:// | ||
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