More CBUS - 2 day course

25th to 27th April 2020 (Rushden)

This course is for those already familiar with the basics of CBUS, who would like to take it further.

The course will take place in the “Goods Shed” meeting room at the Rushden Transport Museum & Railway, Rushden Station, Northamptonshire.

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 more advanced topics.

Topics covered will include:

Recent Developments in CBUS

Connecting to CBUS using Ethernet - the CANEther module

Using the CANPi and CANPiWi modules

More practice and setup in FliM using the FCU utility

Looking at the new JMRI node manager

Understanding CBUS messages

Interlocking and routing using CANACE8c or CANMIO

Conditional events and interlocking with CANCOMPUTE

“Start of day” events

Short vs long events

Teaching producer events

Turnout feedback - real and virtual

Using FCU with generic dialogs

The Universal CANMIO firmware:

Inputs/outputs and servos all on one board

Concepts

Limitations

Setting up with FCU

Using CANMIO daughter boards

Changing settings in the MERG CANCMD using FCU

Bookings are open.

You can download more details and the booking form below:

More CBUS course 2020 details

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