36 ControlEdge HC900 Process & Safety Controller User and Installation Manual Revision 10
May 2019
HMI software
HMI software available for use with the ControlEdge HC900 Controller includes, but is not necessarily
limited to the following packages.
available from Honeywell
Experion HS Software, which operates under Windows
TM
operating software, provides PC-
based supervisory control and data acquisition. This package includes a large selection of
standard operating display templates, which can reduce development time significantly.
Experion HS includes a full graphic display development environment, enabling
development of custom graphics that include animated responses to changing process
conditions.
A batch reporting option is available, which includes a standard template for creating batch
reports.
SpecView32 (SpecView Corporation)
Matrikon OPC Server (works with redundant and non-redundant networks)
Other software (available from third-party sources)
The following software, which incorporates Modbus/TCP connectivity, is available from
third-party sources:
The Fix Family (Intellution Incorporated)
Wonderware (Wonderware Corporation)
Citect (CI Technologies)
OPC server/client software (various; available from Kepware and others)
Note: The items in this list are not sold by Honeywell. They have not all been tested and
certified by Honeywell, and are not necessarily recommended or endorsed by Honeywell
for any specific use.
Inter-Connection to Other Networks
In many cases, a ControlEdge HC900 Controller application will include a single, free-standing controller
that involves no connections via the Ethernet Open Connectivity network. In other cases, the
ControlEdge HC900 Controller will be a member of a Local Area Network (LAN) as indicated in Figure
20. The ControlEdge HC900 controller LAN may be very simple, or it may include many devices in a
complex and very sophisticated structure. In any case, it must always be regarded as a single, modular
entity that can be protected from intrusion by any other networking device to which this LAN is
connected.
Various types of networking devices that enable selective connection to other networks are available. A
“Router” is commonly used for this purpose.
Routers can examine and “filter” message packets, permitting passage of wanted messages and denying
passage of all others.
The feature that gives the Router its name is it enables translation of IP addresses, which enables
networks with dissimilar network IP addresses to communicate as though they were members of the same
network. This feature is particularly useful when a ControlEdge HC900 Controller LAN is installed
under “local addressing rules”. That is, IP addressing can be assigned without approval of or conflict
with world Internet governing bodies. A default IP address is provided in each ControlEdge HC900
Controller: 192.168.1.254. Later, when connecting to networks with more stringent addressing
requirements, it is necessary only to configure the Router with address mapping and connect it between
the existing LAN and the other existing network.
Connections to other networks vary in purposes and methods; some of these are described below.
E-Mail Communications
The ControlEdge HC900 Controller includes e-mail software that enables communication of Alarms and
Events to up to three Internet addresses. Implementing this feature consists of:
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