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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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-===== More CBUS =====
+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.
-** 9-10th July 2019 **
+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.
-** Strode College, Somerset **
+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 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.
-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.
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-Booking is direct with Strode College, click below for more details:
-[[public:More CBUS Course|More CBUS weekend course details]]
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-===== STARTING OUT WITH JMRI PANEL PRO =====
-** 11-12th July 2019 **
+===== POSSIBLE COURSES FOR 2023 =====
-** Strode College, Somerset **
-The course will take place at Strode College in Somerset, as part of their Summer Workshops.
+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.
-JMRI is free software that you can download to control your model railway.
+**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.
-The course assumes no previous knowledge of JMRI and takes you through from first principles.
+Here are the possible courses we have thought of so far, we could run up to 6 courses that generate sufficient interest:
-Booking is direct with Strode College, click below for more details:
+  * 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
-[[public:introtojmricourse|Starting out with JMRI Panel Pro course details]]
+++ 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.
+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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-===== Introduction to DCC =====
+===== Missenden Railway Modellers Spring weekend - 3-5th March 2023 =====
-** 4-6th October 2019 (Missenden Abbey) **
+The Missenden March weekend 2022 has now been scheduled, and bookings are open.
-This course is for those who are new to DCC (Digital Command Control) of model railways, and assumes no prior knowledge.
+See the website for more details:
-The course will take place as part of the Missenden Railway Modellers autumn weekend in 2019.
+[[http://www.missendenrailwaymodellers.org.uk/|Missenden Railway Modellers weekend]]
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-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.
-This course assumes no previous knowledge of DCC.
+===== Introduction to CBUS =====
-Bookings are open and are via the Missenden Railway Modellers website.
+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.
-[[public:DCC Intro Course|Introduction to DCC weekend course details]]
+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.
+This course assumes no previous knowledge of CBUS.
+Click below for more details:
+[[public:CBUS Intro Course|Introduction to CBUS weekend course details]]
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-===== Missenden Railway Modellers weekends =====
+===== JMRI Decoder Pro – Programming DCC locos and managing the roster =====
-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.
+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.
-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.
+What this space for when the next course is scheduled.
-Bookings are open and are via the Missenden Railway Modellers website.
+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.
-[[http://www.missendenrailwaymodellers.org.uk/|Missenden Railway Modellers weekend]]
+A familiarity with basic DCC concepts is assumed.
+Click below for more details:
+[[public:decoderprocourse|Decoder Pro course details]]
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+===== More CBUS =====
-===== 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.
-** 13th to 16th September 2019 (Rushden)**
+Watch this space for when the next course is scheduled.
-** Please note revised date form original one announced provisionally.  **
+This course is for those already familiar with the basics of CBUS, who would like to take it further.
-** This revised date is now confirmed **
-By popular demand, we have arranged another weekend course for those who want to learn about CBUS.
+Particular emphasis on configuring CBUS in FLiM and using the universal CANMIO firmware.
-The course will take place in the “Goods Shed” meeting room at the Rushden Transport Museum & Railway, Rushden
+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.
-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.
+Click below for more details.
-This course assumes no previous knowledge of CBUS.
+[[public:More CBUS Course|More CBUS weekend course details]]
-Bookings are open: click below for more details:
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+===== JMRI Part 1 - STARTING OUT WITH JMRI PANEL PRO =====
+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.
+Watch this space for when the next course is scheduled.
+JMRI is free software that you can download to control your model railway.
+The course assumes no previous knowledge of JMRI and takes you through from first principles.
+Click below for more details.
+[[public:introtojmricourse|Starting out with JMRI Panel Pro course details]]
-[[public:CBUS Intro Course|Introduction to CBUS weekend course details]]
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 ===== JMRI Part 2 – Blocks, Routing, Logic and Signalling =====
-** Next course date/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.
-This is part 2 of our three JMRI courses.
+Watch this space for when the next course is scheduled.
-The course will take place in the “Goods Shed” meeting room at the Rushden Transport Museum & Railway, Rushden
+This is part 2 of our three JMRI courses.
-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.
-Course details will be published when the next course date is set.  In the meantime, here are the details for the last course to give you an idea:
+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 =====
-** Next course date/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.
+Watch this space for when the next course is scheduled.
 This is part 3 of our three JMRI courses.
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 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.
-Course details will be published when the next course date is set.  In the meantime, here are the details for the last course to give you an idea:
+Click below for more details:
 [[public:jmripart3course|JMRI Part 3 – Automation with scripts and the Dispatcher course details]]
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+===== Missenden Railway Modellers Summer Retreat - 30th July to 5th August 2023 =====
+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]]