162    HC900 Process & Safety Controller User and Installation Manual  Revision 6 
    21 April 2017 
Transfers all primary tasks to the Reserve Controller, 
establishing this controller as the new Lead. Does not 
affect controller mode. Turn key to Failover and hold it 
there until both Reserve lights are on, then release key.  
Table 24 – Controller Behavior in Mode Transition  
Validate configuration database. 
Reset all I/O scanners. 
Upon startup, initiate Cold Start sequence. 
Diagnostic: Identify and configure all I/O racks and modules. (All 
output modules are configured with Failsafe values.  Any modules 
not included in the configuration are configured with default values, 
which cause outputs to be Off.) 
While in transition, all output modules are Off; when transition 
procedures are completed, Function Block processing begins, and 
output values are set to Function Block output values. 
Any calibration process that was in progress is immediately aborted, 
and the results are discarded. 
Same as PROGRAM to RUN transition, except that Function Blocks 
are not processed, and outputs remain Off. 
Any calibration process that was in progress is immediately aborted, 
and the results are discarded. 
Set all channels of all output modules to Off. 
Set all output module Failsafe values to the Off state. 
Turn off the LED indications on all output modules. 
Same as RUN to PROGRAM transition. 
Any calibration process that was in progress is immediately aborted, 
and the results are discarded. 
Freeze output module channels.  
Freeze Force LED indications on all output modules. 
Function Block execution starts immediately. 
Any calibration process that was in progress is immediately aborted, 
and the results are discarded.