Hi Barry, I will be attending along with my wife.
Steve,
You and the missus are welcome!
Hi Barry,
I will be attending along with my wife Susan - a first timer. (She wants to see what all the hoopla is about)!
Owen,
We'll order up some extra "hoopla" just for Susan! 
I plan on attending. Thanks again for hosting this event. Looking forward to seeing everyone.
Thanks again for hosting this event.
You're welcome!
Barry Broskowitz posted:JOIN US FOR THE 22nd YORK DCS USER GROUP MEETING - AT THE WYNDHAM GARDEN, FORMERLY THE HOLIDAY INN CONFERENCE CENTER - AKA THE HOLIDOME!!!
Make your plans now to attend the 22nd Semi-Annual York DCS User Group Meeting!
!!! WE WILL BE DOING COMPLIMENTARY UPGRADES TO THE LATEST DCS RELEASE RIGHT AT THE MEETING !!!
!!!! WE WILL ALSO BE DOING COMPLIMENTARY DCS WIFI (WIU) FIRMWARE UPGRADES RIGHT AT THE MEETING!!!!
DCS APP NEWS FLASH!!
MTH will be showing the DCS App Premium version at the meeting!
The meeting will be on Wednesday evening, October 19, 2016. This location allows over 150 attendees to be comfortable during dinner and presentations.
I’ll be your host for the meeting along with Marty Fitzhenry. Don Klose has, once again, graciously agreed to be our scribe for the evening.
Altland House, the owners of the hotel, will again cater our meeting. Due to popular request, we will have cafeteria-style service. You will be able to purchase your dinner via a cafeteria line as you enter the meeting room.
Entrees will include meat loaf and turkey, both with side items, a vegetarian entree, sandwiches, desserts, and soft drinks. All sales will be cash, no credit cards. Alcoholic drinks will also be available
Whether you're contemplating installing MTH's DCS on your layout or you are already a DCS operator, this is your opportunity to meet with other DCS enthusiasts over dinner to swap ideas and discuss the absolute best way to run trains!
As in the past, MTH executive management will be in attendance to discuss the company’s plans for DCS, and to answer all your questions about DCS, PS2/PS3 engines or anything else MTH. Also, MTH will be providing copies of their new 2017 Volume I O Gauge Catalog at the meeting. Be among the first to get your copy!
If you're already operating DCS and desire more information, or you're just interested in learning more about DCS from some of the OGR Forum's resident experts (mostly self-proclaimed!), this is the place to be.
If any of you were kind enough to donate to my retirement fund by purchasing a copy of The DCS Companion, I’ll be available to autograph your printed copy of the book or any optical media that contains the eBook edition.
The Wyndham Garden Hotel is located at 2000 Loucks Road.From Interstate 83, take US 30 West (Lincoln Highway) to PA 74 (Carlisle Avenue). Go right approx. 1/2 mile to Loucks Road. Turn right onto Loucks Road. The Wyndham Garden Hotel will be approx. 1/4 mile ahead on the right.
Please refer to the map below if you’re not familiar with the area.
MTH has reserved one of the hotel's ballrooms so that we can have privacy and handle a larger crowd. (Check in the lobby to see which ballroom we’re in.) Although the venue can accommodate more than 150 people, be sure to reserve your place as soon as possible - the group gets larger every meeting!
If you're planning to attend, please be certain to post your intention on this thread so that we can provide the caterer with an accurate head count. Alternatively, you can instead E-mail me directly using the address in my forum profile.
Please note the following schedule of events:
- 5:30 – 7:00 Several of us will be upgrading TIUs and remotes to the latest release of the DCS software, and we will also be doing remote cloning for those of you who need it.
We will also be updating WIUs to the latest Firmware.
IMPORTANT: If you would like us to update your WIU, please be sure to bring the power adapter with you!
There will be no charge for this service! So, if you're a bit skittish about upgrading your own DCS software, cloning your remotes, or updating your WIU firmware, this is a great opportunity to both get it done for you and to learn how easy it is to do it yourself in the future. Make sure that you have fresh batteries in your remotes!
- 5:45 – 7:15 Dinner will be available.
- 7:00 – 8:00 “Ask a Beta Tester!”
We’ll have several DCS beta testers and other DCS experts on hand who will endeavor to answer all of your DCS operational questions in a “town meeting” format.
Questions can include how a particular DCS feature or function works, how to do something in DCS, problem resolution, or any other DCS topic. The feedback we’ve gotten from past meetings was that this informal Q&A session is extremely well-received and is something that you won’t want to miss, so plan to be there and bring your questions!
- 8:00 – ??? MTH will provide us with a look into their product roadmap and answer questions from the OGR Forum about DCS, PS2, PS3, and the company’s other products.
If you have any questions for MTH please submit them in advance to make sure that they get asked and answered, and to allow time for MTH to conduct any necessary research. You may either post questions on this thread or E-mail them to the address in my forum profile.
The cut-off date for questions is the end of the day Sunday, October 9th so that MTH has enough time to prepare answers.
Upgrading DCS sets and WIU firmware, and cloning of remotes will be done by Marty Fitzhenry, Bob Snyder, Pat Marinari, and Jim Queenan.
Again, if you're planning to attend, please be certain to post your intention on this thread so that we can provide the caterer with an accurate head count. Alternatively, you can instead E-mail me directly using the address in my forum profile.
Note that it would be a good idea if everyone who attends wears their York ID "badge" to introduce themselves.
I look forward to meeting with as many of you as can be there for an evening of camaraderie, great food, great conversation, great information, and lots of fun!
Barry Broskowitz posted:JOIN US FOR THE 22nd YORK DCS USER GROUP MEETING - AT THE WYNDHAM GARDEN, FORMERLY THE HOLIDAY INN CONFERENCE CENTER - AKA THE HOLIDOME!!!
Make your plans now to attend the 22nd Semi-Annual York DCS User Group Meeting!
!!! WE WILL BE DOING COMPLIMENTARY UPGRADES TO THE LATEST DCS RELEASE RIGHT AT THE MEETING !!!
!!!! WE WILL ALSO BE DOING COMPLIMENTARY DCS WIFI (WIU) FIRMWARE UPGRADES RIGHT AT THE MEETING!!!!
DCS APP NEWS FLASH!!
MTH will be showing the DCS App Premium version at the meeting!
The meeting will be on Wednesday evening, October 19, 2016. This location allows over 150 attendees to be comfortable during dinner and presentations.
I’ll be your host for the meeting along with Marty Fitzhenry. Don Klose has, once again, graciously agreed to be our scribe for the evening.
Altland House, the owners of the hotel, will again cater our meeting. Due to popular request, we will have cafeteria-style service. You will be able to purchase your dinner via a cafeteria line as you enter the meeting room.
Entrees will include meat loaf and turkey, both with side items, a vegetarian entree, sandwiches, desserts, and soft drinks. All sales will be cash, no credit cards. Alcoholic drinks will also be available
Whether you're contemplating installing MTH's DCS on your layout or you are already a DCS operator, this is your opportunity to meet with other DCS enthusiasts over dinner to swap ideas and discuss the absolute best way to run trains!
As in the past, MTH executive management will be in attendance to discuss the company’s plans for DCS, and to answer all your questions about DCS, PS2/PS3 engines or anything else MTH. Also, MTH will be providing copies of their new 2017 Volume I O Gauge Catalog at the meeting. Be among the first to get your copy!
If you're already operating DCS and desire more information, or you're just interested in learning more about DCS from some of the OGR Forum's resident experts (mostly self-proclaimed!), this is the place to be.
If any of you were kind enough to donate to my retirement fund by purchasing a copy of The DCS Companion, I’ll be available to autograph your printed copy of the book or any optical media that contains the eBook edition.
The Wyndham Garden Hotel is located at 2000 Loucks Road.From Interstate 83, take US 30 West (Lincoln Highway) to PA 74 (Carlisle Avenue). Go right approx. 1/2 mile to Loucks Road. Turn right onto Loucks Road. The Wyndham Garden Hotel will be approx. 1/4 mile ahead on the right.
Please refer to the map below if you’re not familiar with the area.
MTH has reserved one of the hotel's ballrooms so that we can have privacy and handle a larger crowd. (Check in the lobby to see which ballroom we’re in.) Although the venue can accommodate more than 150 people, be sure to reserve your place as soon as possible - the group gets larger every meeting!
If you're planning to attend, please be certain to post your intention on this thread so that we can provide the caterer with an accurate head count. Alternatively, you can instead E-mail me directly using the address in my forum profile.
Please note the following schedule of events:
- 5:30 – 7:00 Several of us will be upgrading TIUs and remotes to the latest release of the DCS software, and we will also be doing remote cloning for those of you who need it.
We will also be updating WIUs to the latest Firmware.
IMPORTANT: If you would like us to update your WIU, please be sure to bring the power adapter with you!
There will be no charge for this service! So, if you're a bit skittish about upgrading your own DCS software, cloning your remotes, or updating your WIU firmware, this is a great opportunity to both get it done for you and to learn how easy it is to do it yourself in the future. Make sure that you have fresh batteries in your remotes!
- 5:45 – 7:15 Dinner will be available.
- 7:00 – 8:00 “Ask a Beta Tester!”
We’ll have several DCS beta testers and other DCS experts on hand who will endeavor to answer all of your DCS operational questions in a “town meeting” format.
Questions can include how a particular DCS feature or function works, how to do something in DCS, problem resolution, or any other DCS topic. The feedback we’ve gotten from past meetings was that this informal Q&A session is extremely well-received and is something that you won’t want to miss, so plan to be there and bring your questions!
- 8:00 – ??? MTH will provide us with a look into their product roadmap and answer questions from the OGR Forum about DCS, PS2, PS3, and the company’s other products.
If you have any questions for MTH please submit them in advance to make sure that they get asked and answered, and to allow time for MTH to conduct any necessary research. You may either post questions on this thread or E-mail them to the address in my forum profile.
The cut-off date for questions is the end of the day Sunday, October 9th so that MTH has enough time to prepare answers.
Upgrading DCS sets and WIU firmware, and cloning of remotes will be done by Marty Fitzhenry, Bob Snyder, Pat Marinari, and Jim Queenan.
Again, if you're planning to attend, please be certain to post your intention on this thread so that we can provide the caterer with an accurate head count. Alternatively, you can instead E-mail me directly using the address in my forum profile.
Note that it would be a good idea if everyone who attends wears their York ID "badge" to introduce themselves.
I look forward to meeting with as many of you as can be there for an evening of camaraderie, great food, great conversation, great information, and lots of fun!
Barry:
I will be able to attend this time. And if anyone is going by way of the Hampton Inn afterwords, I'd appreciate a ride. If not I'll just call Uber. Thanks. See you guys then.
Roger H.
Roger,
We'll see you at the meeting!
Barry, with the presentation of the MTH DCS APP Premium, will there be some sort of paperwork that can be forwarded to the On Line Forum members so we can download the same?
Or, will this information possible be included in the near or future 4th. edition of the DCS Companion Book that you put out?
I Thank You In Advance For Your Kindly Response.
Any upgrades I need to do since last (spring) York DCS meeting, Wifi or DCS ?
Clem k
Please add me to the list, I will be there.
Thanks, Dan
Dan,
You're on the list!
Clem,
If your DCS is 5.0 and your WIU firmware is 1.1, you should be up-to-date.
Mike,
The Premium version of the DCS App won't be available until approx. late December. At that time, you'll be able to acquire it via an in-app purchase in the Standard version of the app.
I'm not anticipating a 4th edition of The DCS Companion, however, a completely new book, The DCS WiFi Companion is being written. It will discuss all of the details of all versions of the DCS App in the same detail that the current book discusses DCS. I'm opting to publish the new book at around the same time as the Premium DCS App becomes available.
Hi Barry,
Due to an unexpected delay, my wife and I will not be able to attend tonight. I apoligize for the late notice.
Thanks
Angelo
Al,
Sorry to hear that you won't be attending the meeting. Hopefully, we'll see you in April.
Eat lots, take notes, and have fun guys.
superwarp1 posted:Eat lots, take notes, and have fun guys.
Sooo......... Did anyone take notes? Those of us who couldn't be there are dying to know what the news is.......
The meeting notes should be available late next week.
