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@inproceedings{raffi:icalepcs1991-s05srn03,
  author       = {G. Raffi},
  title        = {{Control Software for the ESO VLT}},
% booktitle    = {Proc. ICALEPCS'91},
  booktitle    = {Proc. 3rd Int. Conf. Accel. Large Exp. Phys. Control Syst. (ICALEPCS'91)},
  eventdate    = {1991-11-11/1991-11-15},
  pages        = {202--207},
  paper        = {S05SRN03},
  language     = {english},
  keywords     = {controls, software, distributed, operation, database},
  venue        = {Tsukuba, Japan},
  series       = {International Conference on Accelerator and Large Experimental Physics Control Systems},
  number       = {3},
  publisher    = {JACoW Publishing, Geneva, Switzerland},
  month        = {12},
  year         = {1992},
  issn         = {2226-0358},
  isbn         = {978-3-95450-254-7},
  doi          = {10.18429/JACoW-ICALEPCS1991-S05SRN03},
  url          = {https://jacow.org/icalepcs1991/papers/s05srn03.pdf},
  abstract     = {{The Very Large Telescope (VLT) project of ESO consists of an array of four optical telescopes of 8 m diameter, to be installed at a new site in the Atacama desert in Chile starting in 1995. The control software is completely distributed, being based on LANs interconnecting microprocessors and work­stations, where several users and operators will be active at the same time. Microprocessors are used in a variety of control func­tions, including the active control of the shape of the main mirror and compensation for atmospheric turbulence. Dedicated links and antennas are planned for direct com­munication and remote observation from various European centers. The main concepts and novelties of the software design are explained.}},
}