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--- public:introtojmricourse [2018/04/04 18:10] – Add second date at Rushden, re-organise accordingly, add new details and enrolment form PeteB
+++ public:introtojmricourse [2021/10/20 18:45] – update for 2022 date PeteB
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 ======STARTING OUT WITH JMRI PANEL PRO WEEKEND COURSE======
-** 5th to 8th October 2018 (Rushden) **
+** 21st to 23rd May 2022 (Rushden) **
-** 19th - 21st October 2018 (Missenden Abbey) **
+The course will take place in the “Goods Shed” meeting room at the Rushden Transport Museum & Railway, Rushden
+Station, Northamptonshire.
-Due to high demand, we are running this course twice this year, so you have a choice of date and venue. There will be a course at the Rushden Transport Museum 5-8th October and as part of the Missenden Abbey Railway Modellers weekend 19th-21st October.
+Any bookings for our 2020 course that we were not able to run at Rushden, that you have not been able yet to attend, will be honoured for this course in 2022. If you already have such a booking, you will be contacted by email with latest updates.
-For the course at Rushden, we also have an optional follow-on practical workshop day on Monday 8th October. This will be a practical workshop day for you to apply the knowledge learnt over the weekend. You can work on whatever you wish, with assistance from the tutors, such as working with JMRI on your own layout hardware, or revisiting any particular part of the course.
+JMRI is free software that you can download to control your model railway.
 This course assumes no previous knowledge of JMRI.
+The course will start with arrivals from 4pm on Friday evening and then takes place over the weekend (Saturday and Sunday).
+We also have an optional follow-on practical workshop day on Monday 26th July. This will be a practical workshop day for you to apply the knowledge learnt over the weekend. You can work on whatever you wish, with assistance from the tutors, such as working on your own CBUS implementation or revisiting certain course subjects.
 Topics covered will include:
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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 the 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 course]]
+Please note that this course does NOT cover programming locomotive CVs using Decoder Pro.  For that, see the Introduction to DCC course.
-More details here:
-** Rushden Transport Museum 5th to 8th October 2018 **
-{{ :public:jmri_course_oct18_rushden_details.pdf |Starting out with Panel Pro course details at Rushden}}
-{{ :public:jmri_course_enrollment_form_oct_18_rushden.doc |Enrolment form for Starting out with Panel Pro Course (Rushden)}}
-** Missenden Abbey 19th - 21st October 2018 **
-{{ :public:jmri_course_oct18_missenden_details.pdf |Starting out with Panel Pro course details at Missenden}}
-To book your place, please visit the Missenden Railway modellers website: [[http://www.missendenrailwaymodellers.org.uk]]. Bookings will be open in May.
+More details and the booking form will shortly be available to download below:
+{{ :public:courses:jmri_course_may22_rushden_details.pdf |Starting out with JMRI Panel Pro course 2022 details}}
+{{ :public:courses:jmri_course_enrollment_form_may22_rushden.doc |Enrolment form for JMRI intro course 2022}}
+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]]