Contents 
1. 
C300 CONTROLLER PURPOSE ............................................ 19 
1.1  C300 Controller Features ...................................................................... 19 
1.1 
Getting started ................................................................................................... 20 
What task do you want to perform? .......................................................................................... 20 
2. 
C300 CONTROLLER PLANNING AND DESIGN .................. 23 
2.1  Review Experion LX system capabilities ............................................... 23 
2.2  Control Hardware Planning Guide ....................................................... 24 
2.3  Series 8 control hardware ........................................................................ 24 
Series C form factor ................................................................................................................... 24 
2.4  C300 Controller ...................................................................................... 26 
C300 Controller execution environments .................................................................................. 27 
I/O modules supported by the C300 Controller ......................................................................... 28 
2.5  Identify C300 Controller components .................................................... 28 
2.6  Control network considerations ............................................................. 29 
C300 Peer communication with Experion LX nodes................................................................. 29 
3. 
C300 CONTROLLER INSTALLATION AND UPGRADES ........... 31 
3.1  Pre-installation considerations ............................................................... 31 
Installation declarations ............................................................................................................. 31 
Series 8 control hardware installation requirements................................................................. 32 
3.2  C300 Controller installation .................................................................. 32 
C300 Controller assembly ......................................................................................................... 32 
C300 Secondary Controller Installation .................................................................................... 37 
3.4  Series 8 I/O modules installation ............................................................ 41 
3.5  Series 8 FIM Installation ........................................................................... 41 
3.6  Upgrading C300 Controller Firmware ..................................................... 41 
C300 Controller behavior during firmware upgrade and timeout ............................................. 41