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 ======STARTING OUT WITH JMRI PANEL PRO WEEKEND COURSE======
-**19th - 21st October 2018**
+** 12th to 14th June 2021 (Rushden) **
-This course will take place at the Missenden Railway Autumn Modellers Weekend, at Missenden Abbey.
+The course will take place in the “Goods Shed” meeting room at the Rushden Transport Museum & Railway, Rushden
+Station, Northamptonshire.
+Any bookings for our 2020 course that we were not able to run at Rushden, will be honoured for this course in 2021. If you already have such a booking, you will be contacted by email with latest updates.
+JMRI is free software that you can download to control your model railway.
 This course assumes no previous knowledge of JMRI.
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           * Downloading and installing JMRI
   *         Getting JMRI connected to your layout
+  * Managing JMRI profiles - and where JMRI puts your files
   *         Monitoring messages
   *         Overview of JMRI - the various components
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   *         Setting up control of turnouts & signals
   *         Detecting sensors
+  * Using internal sensors for control
+  * Placing sensor icons on the layout diagram
   *         Turnout feedback
   *         Customising icons for your layout diagram
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   *         Block detection and train tracking
   *         Demonstration of Signal mast logic – automating the signals *
-  *         Demonstration of the dispatcher for automatic running *
+  *         Demonstration of automatic running *
-* These two topics will be covered in detail in follow-on JMRI courses.
-Please note that this course does NOT cover programming locomotive CVs using Decoder Pro.  For that, see the [[public:dcc_intro_course|Introduction to DCC - weekend course]]
-More details here:
-{{ :public:jmri_course_oct18_missenden_details.pdf |Starting out with Panel Pro course details}}
-To book your place, please visit the Missenden Railway modellers website: [[http://www.missendenrailwaymodellers.org.uk]]. Bookings will be open in May.
+* These two topics will be covered in detail in the follow-on JMRI courses.
+Please note that this course does NOT cover programming locomotive CVs using Decoder Pro.  For that, see the Introduction to DCC course.
+Bookings are open.
+You can download more details and the booking form below:
+{{ :public:courses:jmri_course_june21_rushden_details.pdf |Starting out with JMRI Panel Pro course 2021 details}}
+{{ :public:courses:jmri_course_enrollment_form_june21_rushden.doc |Enrolment form for JMRI intro course 2021}}
+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.
+====Other Courses====
+[[public:courses|Link to Courses index]]