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public:more_cbus_course [2021/01/26 21:14] – Rescheduled date and update wording PeteBpublic:more_cbus_course [2021/04/08 08:57] – Fix reference to date of Monday workshop PeteB
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 ==== More CBUS - Weekend Course ==== ==== More CBUS - Weekend Course ====
  
-** 5th to 7th June 2021 (Rushden) ** +** 17-19th July 2021 (Rushden) **
-**(Postponed from 24th-26th April 2021)** +
  
-It became clear that we cannot have confidence that things will have become safe enough, with restrictions lifted sufficiently, to run this course on the April 2021 date we had originally hoped. +**(Postponed from 2020 and June 2021)** 
  
-So we  have taken the difficult decision to reschedule it yet again to the date in June shown above.+It became clear that we cannot have confidence that things will have become safe enough, with restrictions lifted sufficiently, to run this course on the 2021 dates we had originally hoped. 
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 +So we have taken the difficult decision to reschedule it yet again to the date in July as shown above. This is after the date when the government hopes to have lifted all restrictions, so we are all hoping we can run the course then. 
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 +All bookings for postponed dates in 2020 and 2021 will be honoured for this one. If you already have such a booking, you will be contacted by email with latest updates
  
 This course is for those already familiar with the basics of CBUS, who would like to take it further. This course is for those already familiar with the basics of CBUS, who would like to take it further.
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 Station, Northamptonshire. Station, Northamptonshire.
  
-Any bookings for our 2020 course that we were not able to run at Rushden, will be honoured for this course in 2021If you already have such a bookingyou will be contacted by email with latest updates+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 19th July. This will be a practical workshop day for you to apply the knowledge learnt over the weekendYou 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 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. 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.
  
 “More CBUS” takes you on from the basics to making more of CBUS, with particular emphasis on using the Universal CANMIO firmware as well as interlocking and other applications of CANCOMPUTE. “More CBUS” takes you on from the basics to making more of CBUS, with particular emphasis on using the Universal CANMIO firmware as well as interlocking and other applications of CANCOMPUTE.
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 Topics covered will include: Topics covered will include:
-  *     Recent Developments in CBUS+  *     Recent Developments in CBUS - up to the minute "What's New"
   *     Connecting to CBUS using Ethernet - the CANEther, CANPi and CANPiZero modules   *     Connecting to CBUS using Ethernet - the CANEther, CANPi and CANPiZero modules
   *     More practice and setup in FliM using the FCU utility   *     More practice and setup in FliM using the FCU utility
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      * Concepts      * Concepts
      * Limitations      * Limitations
-     * Setting up with FCU+     * Setting up with FCU - latest FCU updates
   *     Using CANMIO daughter boards       *     Using CANMIO daughter boards    
   *     Conditional events and interlocking with CANCOMPUTE   *     Conditional events and interlocking with CANCOMPUTE
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   *     Changing settings in the MERG CANCMD using FCU   *     Changing settings in the MERG CANCMD using FCU
   * Looking at the new JMRI node manager and alternatives to FCU.   * Looking at the new JMRI node manager and alternatives to FCU.
 +  * Arduino CBUS modules
  
 Bookings are open. Bookings are open.
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 You can download more details and the booking form below: You can download more details and the booking form below:
  
-{{ :public:courses:more_cbus_course_april_21_details.pdf |More CBUS course 2021 details}}+{{ :public:courses:more_cbus_course_july_21_details.pdf |More CBUS course 2021 details}}
  
-{{ :public:courses:more_cbus_enrollment_form_apr_21.doc |Enrolment form for More CBUS course 2021}}+{{ :public:courses:more_cbus_enrollment_form_july_21.doc |Enrolment form for More CBUS 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. 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.
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