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====== MERG related courses ====== | ====== MERG related courses ====== | ||
- | If you know about any other relevant courses not listed here, please add them. | + | If you know about any other relevant courses not listed here, in particular those in other areas, please add them. |
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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. | These courses are organised by a group of MERG members for the benefit of other MERG members and railway modellers in general. | ||
- | All bookings for courses that were postponed over the last coupleof years will be honoured for future | + | See the [[public:courses# |
- | If you already have a booking | + | Watch this space for when the next courses are scheduled, but note that we will **only** run courses in 2023 for which we have received sufficient expressions of interest. |
- | The 2021 dates below are confirmed, with the venue already booked, | ||
- | The dates for 2022 are provisional, | ||
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- | ===== Missenden Railway Modellers Autumn weekend - 8-10th October 2021 ===== | ||
- | The Autumn Missenden Railway Modellers Weekend is back as a face to face training weekend. | + | ---- |
- | The weekend this year includes courses on Locomotive kit construction, | ||
- | Bookings are open, see the website for more details and to book: | + | ===== POSSIBLE COURSES FOR 2023 ===== |
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- | ===== JMRI Part 3 – Automation with scripts | + | For 2023, we are publishing a list of our Northamptonshire courses |
- | ** 6th-8th November 2021 (Rushden) | + | **We will not run any courses unless we have received sufficient expressions of interest** - so if you would like to come on a course, please send us an email of your interest. |
- | This is part 3 of our three JMRI courses. | + | Here are the possible courses we have thought |
- | This is a weekend | + | * General kit building workshop |
+ | * Introduction to CBUS development | ||
+ | * Programming PICs | ||
+ | * Programming Arduinos | ||
+ | * Our usual Intro and More CBUS courses | ||
+ | * Our usual 3 JMRI courses, Intro, signalling/ | ||
+ | * Introduction | ||
+ | * Decoder Pro | ||
+ | * PCB Design | ||
+ | * 3D printing ++ | ||
+ | * Introduction | ||
+ | * Weathering | ||
+ | * Build a MERG DCC system in a weekend | ||
+ | * Templot | ||
+ | * Automatic uncoupling and coupling | ||
- | The course will take place in the “Goods Shed” meeting room at the Rushden Transport Museum & Railway, Rushden | + | ++ Subject to finding a tutor |
- | Station, Northamptonshire. | + | |
- | As a pre-requisite you should be a fluent JMRI user, having attended our Introduction and part 2 courses, or be comfortable with setting up panels | + | The courses |
- | Click below for more details: | + | More details |
- | [[public: | + | If you are interested in one or more of the above, and would most likely come if we ran that course, please drop an email to [[eastmids@merg.org.uk]] |
+ | If you are interested in a course that is not on the above list, please also send us an email, we may well add it to the list. | ||
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+ | ===== Missenden Railway Modellers Spring weekend - 3-5th March 2023 ===== | ||
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+ | The Missenden March weekend 2022 has now been scheduled, and bookings are open. | ||
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+ | See the website for more details: | ||
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+ | [[http:// | ||
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===== Introduction to CBUS ===== | ===== Introduction to CBUS ===== | ||
- | ** Provisional 2022 date: 12-14th March 2022 ** | + | See the list, above, of possible courses for 2023, and if you are interested in this or another course next year, please let us know. |
- | The course | + | Watch this space for when the next course |
- | Station, Northamptonshire. | + | |
For those just starting out in CBUS, this weekend course will take you from first principles through building CBUS kits to setting up CBUS operations. | For those just starting out in CBUS, this weekend course will take you from first principles through building CBUS kits to setting up CBUS operations. | ||
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+ | ===== JMRI Decoder Pro – Programming DCC locos and managing the roster ===== | ||
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+ | See the list, above, of possible courses for 2023, and if you are interested in this or another course next year, please let us know. | ||
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+ | What this space for when the next course is scheduled. | ||
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+ | This is a weekend course on making use of JMRI Decoder Pro software to program your DCC locos, and how to make use of the features of the loco roster. | ||
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+ | A familiarity with basic DCC concepts is assumed. | ||
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+ | Click below for more details: | ||
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+ | [[public: | ||
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===== More CBUS ===== | ===== More CBUS ===== | ||
- | ** Provisional 2022 date: 23rd-25th April 2022 ** | + | See the list, above, of possible courses for 2023, and if you are interested in this or another course next year, please let us know. |
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+ | Watch this space for when the next course is scheduled. | ||
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. | ||
Particular emphasis on configuring CBUS in FLiM and using the universal CANMIO firmware. | Particular emphasis on configuring CBUS in FLiM and using the universal CANMIO firmware. | ||
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- | 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. | 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. | ||
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- | ===== STARTING OUT WITH JMRI PANEL PRO ===== | + | ===== JMRI Part 1 - STARTING OUT WITH JMRI PANEL PRO ===== |
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- | ** Provisional 2022 date: 21-23 May 2022 ** | + | |
+ | See the list, above, of possible courses for 2023, and if you are interested in this or another course next year, please let us know. | ||
- | The course | + | Watch this space for when the next course |
- | Station, Northamptonshire. | + | |
JMRI is free software that you can download to control your model railway. | JMRI is free software that you can download to control your model railway. | ||
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===== JMRI Part 2 – Blocks, Routing, Logic and Signalling ===== | ===== JMRI Part 2 – Blocks, Routing, Logic and Signalling ===== | ||
- | ** Provisional 2022 date: 10-12 September 2022 ** | + | See the list, above, of possible courses for 2023, and if you are interested in this or another course next year, please let us know. |
- | This is part 2 of our three JMRI courses. | + | Watch this space for when the next course |
- | The course will take place in the “Goods Shed” meeting room at the Rushden Transport Museum & Railway, Rushden | + | This is part 2 of our three JMRI courses. |
- | Station, Northamptonshire. | + | |
This is a weekend course for those already familiar and competent with the basics of JMRI. | This is a weekend course for those already familiar and competent with the basics of JMRI. | ||
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+ | ===== JMRI Part 3 – Automation with scripts and the Dispatcher ===== | ||
- | =====3D Printing | + | See the list, above, of possible |
- | [[public: | + | Watch this space for when the next course is scheduled. |
- | None currently scheduled. | + | This is part 3 of our three JMRI courses. |
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- | ===== Weathering ===== | + | This is a weekend course for JMRI power users who want to take it on to partial or full automation. |
- | We have no weathering | + | As a pre-requisite you should be a fluent JMRI user, having attended our Introduction and part 2 courses, |
+ | Click below for more details: | ||
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+ | [[public: | ||
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+ | ===== Missenden Railway Modellers Summer Retreat - 30th July to 5th August 2023 ===== | ||
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+ | The Missenden summer retreat is 7 days of uninterrupted modelling. Although there is not usually specific electronics content, there are generally some modellers working with electronics and experts on hand to assist with whatever you are working on. | ||
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+ | See the website for more details: | ||
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+ | [[http:// | ||
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=====Links===== | =====Links===== | ||
- | [[:public: | + | [[https:// |
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