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-======STARTING OUT WITH JMRI PANEL PRO WEEKEND COURSE======
+======JMRI Part 1 - STARTING OUT WITH JMRI PANEL PRO ======
-** 5th to 8th October 2018 (Rushden) **
+See the [[public:courses#possible_courses_for_2023|list of possible courses for 2023]], and if you are interested in this or another course for 2023, please let us know.
-** 19th - 21st October 2018 (Missenden Abbey) **
+Watch this space for when the next course is scheduled, but note that we will **only** run this course in 2023 if we receive sufficient expressions of interest.
-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.
-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 is part 1 of our JMRI Panel Pro courses, and 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.
-This course assumes no previous knowledge of JMRI.
 Topics covered will include:
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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:courses: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.
+You can download more details below:
+{{ :public:courses:jmri_course_jul22_rushden_details.pdf |Starting out with JMRI Panel Pro course July 2022 details}}
+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]]