Series 8 C300 Controller User's Guide 
Honeywell 
7. C300 Controller Operation 
7.3. C300 faceplate display indications 
C300 State 
(PCMSTATE) 
shown on 
Station and 
Control Builder 
displays 
Note 2:  The controller is 'lonely' (cables disconnected or network related problem). Startup halts 
until controller can obtain an IP address or validate an internally retained IP address. 
Note 3: When a non-redundant controller reboots into the FAIL state, it assumes the backup IP 
Address. 
 
Note 4: SF indicates an on-line diagnostic soft failure, such as Battery status, Hardware 
Watchdog timer timeout, IOLINK failure, and so on. 
 
FTE activity LEDs 
Each FTE port on the C300, Series 8 FIM and Ethernet Switch have one status LED. The 
bi-color  FTE  A  and  B  LEDs indicate  connectivity (link  present)  and  communication 
activity (transmit  and/or receive).   Table 9 describes the indications of the FTE Status 
LEDs. 
 
Table 9  FTE Activity LED Indications 
 
Link integrity check failed - No Ethernet signal detected, or cable is not 
connected. 
Link integrity is OK - Ethernet signal is present, but no activity on link. 
Typically, every FTE node should show some activity. If the LED is 
observed for several seconds, some activity should be seen. 
Link integrity signal is present, with activity on link. 
During normal operation the FTE A and B LEDs should be blinking at a 
variable rate indicating normal network activity. 
 
Moderate to high network traffic conditions may cause the LEDs to 
appear as steady green.