Series 8 C300 Controller User's Guide 
Honeywell 
7. C300 Controller Operation 
7.9. Initiating Become Primary command 
 
 
 
 
 
7.9 
Initiating Become Primary command 
Perform the following procedure to manually cause an unsynchronized secondary 
controller to transition into a primary role in the absence of a partner controller. 
 
Prerequisites 
 
You can view active redundant C300 Controller pair on the Monitoring tab in 
Control Builder. 
 
The unsynchronized secondary controller has no view to a partner controller across 
the redundancy cable and the primary IP address is currently not occupied. 
 
Commanding Become Primary 
To issue become primary command, perform the following steps. 
 
In the Monitoring tab, double-click the secondary C300 icon. The 
Parameters configuration form appears. 
Click the Redundancy tab. 
Click Yes to confirm the action and issue the Become Primary command. 
Confirm that the Secondary C300 Controller assumes the Primary role. 
Click OK to close the Parameters form. 
This completes the procedure.