Honeywell C300 - C300 Controller Purpose

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April 2017
Series 8 C300 Controller User's Guide
Honeywell
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1. C300 Controller Purpose
This chapter provides the tasks that are related to using the C300 Controller with the
Experion LX system.
The following table provides the sections covered in this chapter. Click the topic to view
it.
1.1 C300 Controller Features
The following table provides the design features and operational improvements of C300
Controller.
Controller Feature
Description
Form Factor
A single control module that plugs into an Input Output
Terminal Assembly (IOTA). Control module functions include
a Control processor, two I/O Link interfaces, Redundancy
functions, and FTE interfaces.
Memory (RAM)
16MB User Memory.
Redundancy
Controller redundancy function is built in. A second C300
Controller and redundancy cable is all that is required for
redundant controller operation.
I/O Link Interface
Two I/O Link interfaces are built in to the controller. Each I/O
Link can connect with Series 8 I/O modules.
Communications
Interface to supervisory
network
Ethernet interface is built into the controller and supports both
Ethernet and redundant FTE communications.
Peer-to-Peer
Connections
Ethernet interface is built into the controller to support both
Ethernet and redundant FTE communications.
Function Blocks
The standard Experion LX function block types for control
strategy execution are used.
For more information refer to Series 8 Control Hardware.
Engineering Tools
The same engineering tools utilities and applications for
Topic
Getting started task list