C300 Redundancy-related notifications 
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R301.1  Experion C300 Controller User's Guide  203 
11/06  Honeywell 
Notification Description RDNSYNCSTATE 
Optic Cable Î Secondary RM Î Secondary backplane Î 
Secondary CPM.   
In C300 Controllers: 
Primary C300 Î Primary IOTA Î Private Path Cable Î 
Secondary IOTA Î Secondary C300.   
Sync Checksum Fail is detected by the secondary controller 
which aborts synchronization and generates this alarm 
notification.  Detection of Sync Checksum Fail is severe in 
that the redundant controller pair were allegedly 
synchronized when redundancy tracked memory was found 
to be different.  In other words, switchover in the presence of 
redundancy tracked memory differences may lead to bump 
in control or loss of control (where the scope of the failure 
varies on where and how the memory differed).  Therefore, 
by design, a Sync Checksum Fail occurrence disables auto 
synchronization.   
Hardware replacement is recommended upon Sync 
Checksum Fail detection.   
This notification returns to normal upon issuing the Enable 
Sync or Alternate Sync commands.    
Sync HW Failure  Sync Hardware Failure is detected locally by the primary or 
secondary controller which aborts synchronization and 
generates this alarm notification.  Detection of Sync 
Hardware Failure is severe in that the redundant controller 
pair could possibly repetitively synchronize and abort 
synchronization continuously (unless 3 consecutive initial-
sync failures occur).  Therefore, by design, a Sync Hardware 
Failure occurrence disables auto synchronization.   
Hardware replacement is recommended upon Sync 
Hardware Failure detection.   
This notification returns to normal upon issuing the Enable 
Sync or Alternate Sync commands.    
 
Standby  Read description of Standby state.  
Upon entering the Standby state, this diagnostic alarm 
warns users of the potential switchover to the CEE Idle 
state.  This notification returns to normal upon exiting the 
Standby state either due to controller redundancy switchover 
or the Disable Sync command. 
 
Unexpected Partner 
on Redundany Link 
Only the controller explicitly configured non-redundant 
generates this alarm notification when a partner is present 
on the redundancy private path.  The RDNSYNCSTATE 
parameter is set to either PARTNERVISBL or 
PARTNERVISBL or 
INCOMPATIBLE