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======STARTING OUT WITH JMRI PANEL PRO WEEKEND COURSE====== | ======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 | + | 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 |
- | 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 |
This course assumes no previous knowledge of JMRI. | This course assumes no previous knowledge of JMRI. | ||
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+ | The course will start with arrivals from 4pm on Friday evening and then takes place over the weekend (Saturday and Sunday). | ||
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+ | 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. | ||
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Topics covered will include: | Topics covered will include: | ||
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* Downloading and installing JMRI | * Downloading and installing JMRI | ||
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+ | * Managing JMRI profiles - and where JMRI puts your files | ||
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+ | * Using internal sensors for control | ||
+ | * Placing sensor icons on the layout diagram | ||
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* Block detection and train tracking | * Block detection and train tracking | ||
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* These two topics will be covered in detail in the follow-on JMRI courses. | * 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: | + | Please note that this course does NOT cover programming locomotive CVs using Decoder Pro. For that, see the Introduction to DCC course. |
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- | ** Rushden Transport Museum 5th to 8th October 2018 ** | + | |
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- | ** Missenden Abbey 19th - 21st October 2018 ** | + | |
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- | To book your place, please visit the Missenden Railway modellers website: [[http:// | + | |
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+ | Bookings are open. | ||
+ | You can download more details and the booking form below: | ||
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+ | These courses are organised by a group of MERG members for the benefit of other MERG members and railway modellers in general. | ||
+ | ====Other Courses==== | ||
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