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Opposite, a copy of the specific City of Paris Thomson-CSF controller.
Since its removal, it has been kept in the historical collections of the professional heritage mission of the town hall of Paris.
PARIS TRAFFIC CONTROLLER
In 1977, Thomson-CSF developed a microprocessor controller, according to the specifications drawn up by the city of Paris, which wanted to acquire a large fleet of controllers with this technology, which was currently absent from the streets of Paris. the capital.
A prototype with 8 rows of lights was delivered in 1978. It was adopted by the public market a few months later alongside two other models (the TAG from Garbarini-Omera, and the VPZ from SFIM), in a modified version with 32 rows of lights. .
But a major malfunction triggering the safety flashing yellow will force Thomson engineers to rewrite all of the controller's software.
This first-generation microprocessor controller will remain in service in Paris until 2013.
Ads - 1974
Thomson CSF was born in 1968 during the merger of the electronic group Thomson (subsidiary of the Thomson-Brandt group) and the general company of wireless telegraphy (CSF). She is the heiress of Thomson Houston (CFTH).
In 1971, the electronic systems division set up a team of technicians with a view to launching a road traffic activity.
It will market road traffic control and regulation solutions: controller, detectors, radars, counting and information systems, central regulation stations.
In the 1980s, Thomson CSF acquired Ferrer-Auran, which was designing a model of intersection controller called Emeraude.
In 2000, Thomson became Thales.
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