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15:58, 20 May 2023 DErik talk contribs created page Category:Weather (Created page with "This category includes articles related to any kind of weather issue. It attempts to answer questions such as: :*What is the best way to prevent damage from rain, sun, wind? :*And animals? (And people, as long as we are here?) [mailto:MRT-SIG@RCGRS.com?Subject=MRT-SIG:%20Weather%20issues&Body=Put%20your%20request%20for%20info%20here. Ask a question or suggest an article to put here] To get your page to show up here, include the string <big><pre> Category: Weather...")
15:55, 20 May 2023 DErik talk contribs created page Category:Landscaping (Created page with "This category includes articles related to all sorts of landscaping issues. It attempts to answer questions such as: :*What are the considerations in designing a layout? :*How do I deal with the slope of my yard? :*What type of rock should I use for pathways and plants? :*What plants would work well in my layout? This is a biggy! Like what soil do they need, how much water, how much sun, can you walk on it, can you trim/prune it, what size it, how fast does it grow, ......")
15:47, 20 May 2023 DErik talk contribs created page Category:Locomotives (Created page with "This category includes articles related to locomotives of all sorts. It attempts to answer questions such as: :*What types are there (Moguls, diesels, steam [coal or wood burners], electric, others)? (The Live Steam SIG, mailto:livesteam-sig@rcgrs.com, is more involved with locomotives that actually use steam as their motive source.) :*Who are the major manufacturers of locomotives? :*Is this locomotive compatible with my track or battery power? :*Is this locomotive comp...")
15:40, 20 May 2023 DErik talk contribs created page Category:Transformers (Created page with "This category includes articles related to transformers and other power sources for the track and layout. It attempts to answer questions such as: :* What types of transformers are there? :*How should they be hooked to my track? :* How do I block out sections of track with multiple transformers? :*How do I create a reverse loop on a powered track? (It should be mentioned here that Bridgewerks, https://bridgewerks.com/, and Mark Sauerwald, would be excellent sources of in...")
15:32, 20 May 2023 DErik talk contribs created page Category:Batteries (Created page with "This category includes articles related to batteries, usually of the type that fit in locomotive engines or tenders, or in buildings. It will attemp to answer questions such as: :*What types of batteries are there? :* How big are they? :*How long do they last and are they rechargable? :*What are the power outputs? :*What might be best for converting a track powered locomotive to battery power? [mailto:MRT-SIG@RCGRS.com?Subject=MRT-SIG:%20Batteries&Body=Put%20your%20requ...")
15:25, 20 May 2023 DErik talk contribs created page Category:Lighting (Created page with "This category includes articles realted to any form of lighting of a railroad layout. (A lot of these may also appear in the Category:Animation category.) It will attempt to answer questions such as: :*What types of devices are available for lighting a railroad (e.g. Raspberry Pi, Arduino, others)? :*How do I connect these devices? :*Are they compatible with other devices? :*What type of power is used? :*Where would they be used? :*Where would they be installed? :*A...")
14:57, 20 May 2023 DErik talk contribs created page Category:Animation (Created page with "This category includes articles realted to any form of animation of a railroad layout. It will attempt to answer questions such as: :*What types of devices are available for animating a railroad (e.g. Raspberry Pi, Arduino, others)? :*How do I connect these devices? :*Are they compatible with other devices? :*What type of power is used? :*Where would they be used? :*Where would they be installed? :*Are they weather resistant? [mailto:MRT-SIG@RCGRS.com?Subject=MRT-SIG:%2...")
14:43, 20 May 2023 DErik talk contribs deleted page MRT SIG Home (content was: "{{rtoc}} <center> Model Railroading Technology Special Interest Group Manifest</center> File:Cropped 5387.jpg|center|800p...", and the only contributor was "DErik" (talk))
13:41, 20 May 2023 DErik talk contribs created page Category:DErik (Don Erikstrup) Pages (Created page with "Pages here are under development by DErik (Don Erikstrup). Please don't muck with them without permission. This is so that I can find all the pages I'm working on, having them all grouped together in one category. If you want a category of your own for your own page development, please feel free to create your own "Category:Your name" page, and then place your documents into that category. Remember that you can put any page in multiple categories.")
12:25, 20 May 2023 DErik talk contribs deleted page DErik's WIP 1 (content was: "#REDIRECT DErik's WIP 1 - New I'm going to try some other things here as well. *'''Include a YouTube''' **'''Include a YouTube reference link''' You can include a simple link to a YouTube video like any other link. For example: <pre>[URL-of-your-youtube-video A Title For Your YouTube Video]</pre>where the ''URL-of-your-youtube-video...", and the only contributor was "DErik" (talk))
12:25, 20 May 2023 DErik talk contribs deleted page DErik's WIP 1 - New (content was: "{{rtoc}}   Category:Pending Review Category:MRT WIPs <center> <span style="font-family: 'Brush Script MT',...", and the only contributor was "DErik" (talk))
10:24, 20 May 2023 DErik talk contribs created page Category:Wiki Article Development (Created page with "Category:MRT Topics This category provides some basic information about what an article in this wiki should look like, how it should be written, and procedures to follow to "publish" an article. It also has information about how the wiki itself works.")
10:07, 20 May 2023 DErik talk contribs created page Category:MRT Topics (Created page with "This is a complete list of all the topics we currently have written, or intend to write, articles for. Browse through the MRT SIG Topics page to see a brief description of all of them, or visit the category page itself to see a more detailed description and listing of all the articles currently identified as belonging to that topic. Suggest other topics or contribute articles to the [mailto:MRT-SIG@RCGRS.com MRT SIG].")
10:46, 16 May 2023 DErik talk contribs deleted page Useful techniques (content was: "Category:MRT SIG This category exists to answer various questions related to "How do I ....?". So the articles may be quite varied. For example: *How do I mill lumber for my houses? *What's the best way to paint my car or building? *Videos on how to solder wire to a track or building. *Slideshow of battery conversion steps (loco specific usually). To get your page to show up her...", and the only contributor was "DErik" (talk))
10:13, 16 May 2023 DErik talk contribs created page 29 Apr, 2023 Minutes (Created page with "Category: MRT Meeting Minutes MRT SIG minutes for April 29th, 2023<hr> The Model Railroad Technology (MRT) SIG met at 10:30AM at Rusty Baumberger’s residence on 29 April, 2023. In attendance were Rusty Baumberger, Eric Timberlake, Don Erikstrup, Gary Lee, Warner Swarner, Mike Fisher, and special guest Dr. Geoff Bunza. The only topic of discussion was “An Operating Steam Throttle”. This is a handheld device, custom built by...")
09:59, 16 May 2023 DErik talk contribs created page File:Steam engine receiver.jpg
09:59, 16 May 2023 DErik talk contribs uploaded File:Steam engine receiver.jpg
09:56, 16 May 2023 DErik talk contribs created page File:Steam engine controller.png
09:56, 16 May 2023 DErik talk contribs uploaded File:Steam engine controller.png
08:08, 16 May 2023 DErik talk contribs created page Category:Useful techniques (Created page with "Category:MRT SIG This category exists to answer various questions related to "How do I ....?". So the articles may be quite varied. For example: *How do I mill lumber for my houses? *What's the best way to paint my car or building? *Videos on how to solder wire to a track or building. *Slideshow of battery conversion steps (loco specific usually). To get your page to show up here, include the string <big><pre> Category:Useful techniques <!-- This causes the page...")
07:31, 16 May 2023 DErik talk contribs created page Useful techniques (Created page with "Category:MRT SIG This category exists to answer various questions related to "How do I ....?". So the articles may be quite varied. For example: *How do I mill lumber for my houses? *What's the best way to paint my car or building? *Videos on how to solder wire to a track or building. *Slideshow of battery conversion steps (loco specific usually). To get your page to show up here, include the string <big><pre> Category:Useful techniques <!-- This causes the page...")
08:44, 5 May 2023 DErik talk contribs deleted page DErik's Admin Assist (content was: "This page is to help me keep track of various Wiki related attributes and capabilities while I learn how this thing works. First: A link to my test page: DErik's Test Page (which is redirected to DErik's Test Page Renamed. Then a TOC of what's here: <center>__TOC__</center> =Links to various Help and Admin type pages.= These are links that may be of particular value or f...", and the only contributor was "DErik" (talk))
08:38, 5 May 2023 DErik talk contribs created page Wiki Help Simplified (Created page with "This page is to help me keep track of various Wiki related attributes and capabilities while I learn how this thing works. First: A link to my test page: DErik's Test Page (which is redirected to DErik's Test Page Renamed. Then a TOC of what's here: <center>__TOC__</center> =Links to various Help and Admin type pages.= These are links that may be of particular value or frequently used. *Special:AllPages: To get a list of all the pages in this wiki. *Spe...")
03:09, 5 May 2023 DErik talk contribs created page DErik's TOC Xprmnts (Created page with "{{rtoc}}")
15:23, 3 May 2023 DErik talk contribs created page File:Chrome parts with chrome removed.jpg
15:23, 3 May 2023 DErik talk contribs uploaded File:Chrome parts with chrome removed.jpg
15:22, 3 May 2023 DErik talk contribs created page File:AMT Christie Fire Engine chrome parts.jpg
15:22, 3 May 2023 DErik talk contribs uploaded File:AMT Christie Fire Engine chrome parts.jpg
15:20, 3 May 2023 DErik talk contribs created page File:Super Clean.jpg
15:20, 3 May 2023 DErik talk contribs uploaded File:Super Clean.jpg
15:18, 3 May 2023 DErik talk contribs created page File:Model car painting disaster.jpg
15:18, 3 May 2023 DErik talk contribs uploaded File:Model car painting disaster.jpg
14:49, 3 May 2023 DErik talk contribs created page Painting Plastic (Created page with "<nowiki>This is a new article being developed by ~~~~</nowiki> == Painting Plastic == I recently tried to paint an AMT car model. It was a disaster. The paint did not stick at all. Nothing I tried worked. Even paints that implied they had primer in them. And Testor paints as well. I thought Testor was very familiar with modeling stuff, so would provide stuff appropriate for this. WRONG! See the photo 1. So I contacted a local expert on b...") Tag: Visual edit: Switched
21:44, 2 May 2023 DErik talk contribs created page Category:RCGRS Wiki Help (Created page with "This category will have articles and pages that attempt to help understand how to use the wiki, both as a developer and as a user. The primary intent is to focus on obscure or misunderstood aspects of the MediaWiki application, not to duplicate any of the help pages already provided by MediaWiki.")
16:52, 2 May 2023 DErik talk contribs created page Link Reference in the Wiki (Created page with "One of the confusing things about creating links to pages is that the syntax of the link reference is dependent on the "domain" of the page, which may be this instance of MediaWiki, or some other instance like Wikipedia, or MediaWiki itself (which really is its own instance of the MediaWiki application). In some instances, the full URL is needed, in others, the substitution of <code>"mediawikiwiki:"</code> for <code><nowiki>"https://MediaWiki.org/"</nowiki></code> works,...") Tag: Visual edit: Switched
14:56, 2 May 2023 DErik talk contribs deleted page Wiki Editing (content was: "This "wiki" is based on the same open-source code used to make the famous '''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia]''' work. The concept is simply to make information findable and update-able in a rather plain wrapper with no coding experience required (though some "wiki markup text" items may help enliven your entries). It invites regular folks...", and the only contributor was "DErik" (talk))
15:35, 1 May 2023 DErik talk contribs created page Mainpage (Identifies the main, first, page users see when logging into the wiki.) Tag: Visual edit
14:15, 1 May 2023 DErik talk contribs created page User:DErik/common.js (Created page with "function ModifySidebar( action, section, name, link ) { try { switch ( section ) { case 'languages': var target = 'p-lang'; break; case 'toolbox': var target = 'p-tb'; break; case 'navigation': var target = 'p-navigation'; break; default: var target = 'p-' + section; break; } if ( action == 'add' ) { var node = document .getElementById( target ) .getElementsByTagName( 'div' )[...")
09:06, 1 May 2023 DErik talk contribs created page File:Using a phone as the control station.jpeg (Dr. Bunza showing his phone used as an alternative to the handheld device. All the functionality of the device can be done via his phone with a simple application installed.)
09:06, 1 May 2023 DErik talk contribs uploaded File:Using a phone as the control station.jpeg (Dr. Bunza showing his phone used as an alternative to the handheld device. All the functionality of the device can be done via his phone with a simple application installed.)
09:05, 1 May 2023 DErik talk contribs created page File:H-Bridge and transceiver control board.jpeg (An H-Bridge on the left and a control board on the right. This H-bridge supplies enough power to run a G-Scale locomotive.)
09:05, 1 May 2023 DErik talk contribs uploaded File:H-Bridge and transceiver control board.jpeg (An H-Bridge on the left and a control board on the right. This H-bridge supplies enough power to run a G-Scale locomotive.)
09:03, 1 May 2023 DErik talk contribs created page File:Frontside of handheld control station.jpeg (The front of the handheld control, showing most of the levers, switches, and buttons used to control various aspects of what a real steam locomotive would do. Includes displays of various things (steam pressure, water level, engine direction, more) and has some sound typical of actual sounds in a steam locomotive cab.)
09:03, 1 May 2023 DErik talk contribs uploaded File:Frontside of handheld control station.jpeg (The front of the handheld control, showing most of the levers, switches, and buttons used to control various aspects of what a real steam locomotive would do. Includes displays of various things (steam pressure, water level, engine direction, more) and has some sound typical of actual sounds in a steam locomotive cab.)
08:59, 1 May 2023 DErik talk contribs created page File:Receiver board hooked to battery and track.jpeg (The control receiver hooked to the track with aligator clips and hooked to a battery with jumper wires. This board supplies power to the track and relays commands it receives from the handheld device, via a WiFi transmission, as DCC commands to the DCC receiver in the engine on the track.)
08:59, 1 May 2023 DErik talk contribs uploaded File:Receiver board hooked to battery and track.jpeg (The control receiver hooked to the track with aligator clips and hooked to a battery with jumper wires. This board supplies power to the track and relays commands it receives from the handheld device, via a WiFi transmission, as DCC commands to the DCC receiver in the engine on the track.)
08:38, 1 May 2023 DErik talk contribs created page File:Receiver control chip.jpeg (The back side of the circuit board that has the actual control chip embedded in it. This chip handles all the DCC controls as well as supplying power to the track.)
08:38, 1 May 2023 DErik talk contribs uploaded File:Receiver control chip.jpeg (The back side of the circuit board that has the actual control chip embedded in it. This chip handles all the DCC controls as well as supplying power to the track.)
00:02, 1 May 2023 EricTimberlake talk contribs deleted page Talk:Designing a DCC over WiFi Receiver (Deleted together with the associated page with reason: content was: "#REDIRECT Upgrading a Web based DCC control station", and the only contributor was "EricTimberlake" (talk))
00:02, 1 May 2023 EricTimberlake talk contribs deleted page Designing a DCC over WiFi Receiver (content was: "#REDIRECT Upgrading a Web based DCC control station", and the only contributor was "EricTimberlake" (talk))

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