7. C300 Controller Operation 
7.2. C300 faceplate indicators/displays 
Series 8 C300 Controller User's Guide 
Honeywell 
 
 
 
 
Power and Status LEDs 
 
 
Table 7  C300 Controller LED indications 
 
Indicates the presence of 24Vdc to the controller module. 
Non-redundant controller OK 
 
Primary controller OK (primary and backup controllers may or may not be 
synchronized) 
GREEN 
Blink off once per 
second 
(that is, 1 sec. ON, 
1 sec. OFF) 
Primary OK with Soft Failure 
No database loaded (NODB) 
Backup OK (controllers synchronized) 
ORANGE 
Blink off once per 
second 
Backup OK with Soft Failure (or controllers are not synchronized) 
Selftest (POST) in progress, or Selftest has failed, Fault (hardware or 
software diagnostic failed), or Hardware Watchdog Timer expired 
RED 
Blink off once per 
second 
Operating in BOOT mode: 
Alive state - (ALIV on faceplate display) Operating in Boot firmware, IP 
address assigned, primary address in use. No application image loaded, or 
manually put in Alive state for loading. 
 
Ready state - (RDY on faceplate display) Operating in Boot firmware, IP 
address assigned, primary address in use.  Valid application image loaded. 
AND faceplate display is blank. 
Hardware Watchdog Timer expired. 
AND faceplate display is frozen. 
Indicates unrecoverable fault. 
AND display is - frozen or blank 
AND faceplate display shows: 
LOAD or PROG 
Indicates: Firmware download in 
progress.