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 ====== 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.
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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.  Your booking is directly with the course organisers, not with MERG itself.
-** 9th to 12th November 2018 (Rushden) **
+See the [[public:courses#possible_courses_for_2023|list of possible courses for 2023]], and if you are interested in any course for 2023, please let us know.
-Please note change of date to avoid a clash with the MERG AGM
+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 of interest.
-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.
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-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:jmripart2course|JMRI Part 2 – Blocks, Routing and Signalling course details]]
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+===== POSSIBLE COURSES FOR 2023 =====
-===== JMRI Part 3 – Automation with scripts and the Dispatcher =====
+For 2023, we are publishing a list of our Northamptonshire courses and inviting expressions of interest.  We will then run a selection of those courses for which there is most interest.
-** 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/logic & automation
+  * 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 a tutor
-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 courses would take place at one of our venues in Northamptonshire.
-[[public:jmripart3course|JMRI Part 3 – Automation with scripts and the Dispatcher course details]]
+More details of some of the courses we could run are listed below.
+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 - 3-5th March 2023 =====
-** Date now confirmed - bookings are open **
+The Missenden March weekend 2022 has now been scheduled, and bookings are open.
-This is a weekend course to enable those with little or no experience of CAD to draw and 3D print their first models. The course is ‘hands on’ and you will work at your own pace through a structured introduction to Sketchup Make, the free CAD program we will be using. 3D printers will be available so that you can experience the whole process from design to print.
+See the website for more details:
-Your tutor will be MERG 3D guru, Bob Gledhill.
+[[http://www.missendenrailwaymodellers.org.uk/|Missenden Railway Modellers weekend]]
+----
-The course assumes no prior knowledge about 3D printing.
-[[public:3DPrintingCourse|3D printing course details]]
+===== 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.
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+Watch this space for when the next course is scheduled.
-===== More CBUS =====
+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.
-** PROVISIONAL DETAILS **
+This course assumes no previous knowledge of CBUS.
-** 9-10th July 2019 **
+Click below for more details:
-** Strode College, Somerset **
+[[public:CBUS Intro Course|Introduction to CBUS weekend course details]]
-This course is for those already familiar with the basics of CBUS, who would like to take it further.
+----
-The course will take place at Strode College in Somerset, as part of their Summer Workshops.
+===== JMRI Decoder Pro – Programming DCC locos and managing the roster =====
-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.
+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.
-Booking will be direct with Strode College, bookings are expected to open in April before Easter and details of how to do so will be posted here when available.
+What this space for when the next course is scheduled.
-[[public:More CBUS Course|More CBUS weekend course details]]
+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.
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+Click below for more details:
-===== STARTING OUT WITH JMRI PANEL PRO =====
+[[public:decoderprocourse|Decoder Pro course details]]
-** PROVISIONAL DETAILS **
+----
-** 11-12th July 2019 **
+===== More CBUS =====
-** Strode College, Somerset **
+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 course will take place at Strode College in Somerset, as part of their Summer Workshops.
+Watch this space for when the next course is scheduled.
-JMRI is free software that you can download to control your model railway.
+This course is for those already familiar with the basics of CBUS, who would like to take it further.
-The course assumes no previous knowledge of JMRI and takes you through from first principles.
+Particular emphasis on configuring CBUS in FLiM and using the universal CANMIO firmware.
-Booking will be direct with Strode College, details of how to do so will be posted here when available.
+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.
-For details of these courses, follow the link below:
+Click below for more details.
-[[public:introtojmricourse|Starting out with JMRI Panel Pro course details]]
+[[public:More CBUS Course|More CBUS weekend course details]]
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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 is for those who are new to DCC (Digital Command Control) of model railways, and assumes no prior knowledge.
+JMRI is free software that you can download to control your model railway.
-The course will take place as part of the Missenden Railway Modellers autumn weekend in 2019.
+The course assumes no previous knowledge of JMRI and takes you through from first principles.
-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 assumes no previous knowledge of DCC.
+[[public:introtojmricourse|Starting out with JMRI Panel Pro course details]]
-Bookings are expected to open in May and will be via the Missenden Railway Modellers website.
-[[public:DCC Intro Course|Introduction to DCC weekend course details]]
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+===== 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 for model railways including CBUS.
+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 "Introduction to DCC" course once again with Pete Brownlow as described above.
+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 and competent with the basics of JMRI.
-[[http://www.missendenrailwaymodellers.org.uk/|Missenden Railway Modellers weekend]]
+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.
+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 course will take you from first principles through building CBUS kits to setting up CBUS operations.
+[[public:jmripart3course|JMRI Part 3 – Automation with scripts and the Dispatcher course details]]
-This course assumes no previous knowledge of CBUS.
-Bookings will open at the end of March, check back here to download the enrolment form.
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+===== Missenden Railway Modellers Summer Retreat - 30th July to 5th August 2023 =====
-[[public:CBUS Intro Course|Introduction to CBUS weekend course details]]
+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:
+[[http://www.missendenrailwaymodellers.org.uk/|Missenden Railway Modellers]]
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+=====Links=====
+[[https://www.merg.org.uk|MERG Home page]]