P. Heymans

TL;DR: The 28 GeV PS made their entry in 1967 and today around 80% of the processes are included in various styles as mentioned in this paper, including the Booster and Linac, and the beam transfer and switching.

TL;DR: The Program Lines Sequencer (PLS) as discussed by the authors sends to the equipment concerned (before every machine cycle) a serial message, describing the user and the characteristics of the beam, created by an on-line computer using previously-entered information through a series of application programs and external conditions coming from the process or the users.

TL;DR: This paper outlines the application software structure which takes into account technical requirements and constraitnts (resulting from the complexity of the process and its operation) and economical and managerial ones and concludes with experience gained.

TL;DR: Observation of analogue signals coming directly from the processes remains an indispensable tool in Particle Accelerator operation and the system presently used in the new CPS control system, allows analogue signals to be selectively routed at the operator consoles.

TL;DR: The new CPS controls system was successfully put into operation on 19 November, 1980, when the 800 MeV Booster, after switching over to the new system, was started up for particle physics.