Honeywell C300 User Manual

R500
April 2017
Series 8 C300 Controller User's Guide
Honeywell
9
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

Honeywell C300 Specifications

General

Memory	512 MB RAM, 512 MB Flash
Type	Process Controller
Communication Ports	Ethernet, Serial
Power Supply	24V DC
Inputs	Analog and Digital
Outputs	Analog and Digital
Communication	Ethernet, Serial, HART
Redundancy	Supported (Hot Standby)