Honeywell C300 User Manual
Honeywell Process Solutions
Series 8
C300 Controller
User's Guide
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About This Document
Provides information that assists you in planning and designing activities, as well as the
installation, operation, and troubleshooting of C300 Process Controllers in Experion LX
system.
Intended audience
This document is intended for the following users:
Persons responsible for system planning, initial hardware installation, and control
strategy configuration.
Operators who help to maintain control system operations on a day-by-day basis.
Service personis responsible for routine maintenance of control hardware and who
also diagnose and repair faults.
Prerequisite skills
It is assumed that you should have some knowledge of Experion LX control systems
and experience of working in a Microsoft Windows environment.
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References
References
The following list identifies all documents that may be sources of reference for material discussed
in this publication.
Document Title
Details
Control Hardware Planning Guide
Provides general information to assist
you in planning and design of control
hardware in Experion LX system.
Control hardware includes all I/O
families, (except Series 8 I/O). It
includes some supervisory network
considerations for general reference.
Series 8 I/O Module User's Guide
The guide contains planning and
implementation information for Series 8
I/O modules. Module types include: AIHART, AI-HL, AI-LLMUX, AO, AO-HART,
DI-24, DI-SOE, DO-24B.
Fault Tolerant Ethernet Overview and
Implementation Guide
Provides basic installation instructions
and configuration requirements for a
Fault Tolerant Ethernet (FTE) network
and its components.
Support and Other Contacts
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Support and Other Contacts
People’s Republic of China
Contact:
Phone:
Mail:
Email:
Honeywell Global TAC – China
+86- 21-2219-6888
800-820-0237
400-820-0386
Honeywell (China) Co., Ltd
33/F, Tower A, City Center, 100 Zunyi Rd.
Shanghai 200051, People’s Republic of China
Global-TAC-China@honeywell.com
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Symbol Definitions
Symbol Definitions
The following table lists those symbols used in this document to denote certain conditions.
Symbol
Definition
ATTENTION: Identifies information that requires special
consideration.
TIP: Identifies advice or hints for the user, often in terms of
performing a task.
REFERENCE -EXTERNAL: Identifies an additional source of
information outside of the bookset.
REFERENCE - INTERNAL: Identifies an additional source of
information within the bookset.
CAUTION
Indicates a situation which, if not avoided, may result in equipment
or work (data) on the system being damaged or lost, or may result in
the inability to properly operate the process.
CAUTION: Indicates a potentially hazardous situation which, if not
avoided, may result in minor or moderate injury. It may also be used
to alert against unsafe practices.
CAUTION symbol on the equipment refers the user to the product
manual for additional information. The symbol appears next to
required information in the manual.
WARNING: Indicates a potentially hazardous situation, which, if not
avoided, could result in serious injury or death.
WARNING symbol on the equipment refers the user to the product
manual for additional information. The symbol appears next to
required information in the manual.
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Symbol Definitions
Symbol
Definition
WARNING, Risk of electrical shock: Potential shock hazard where
HAZARDOUS LIVE voltages greater than 30 Vrms, 42.4 Vpeak, or
60 VDC may be accessible.
ESD HAZARD: Danger of an electro-static discharge to which
equipment may be sensitive. Observe precautions for handling
electrostatic sensitive devices.
Protective Earth (PE) terminal: Provided for connection of the
protective earth (green or green/yellow) supply system conductor.
Functional earth terminal: Used for non-safety purposes such as
noise immunity improvement. NOTE: This connection shall be
bonded to Protective Earth at the source of supply in accordance
with national local electrical code requirements.
Earth Ground: Functional earth connection. NOTE: This
connection shall be bonded to Protective Earth at the source of
supply in accordance with national and local electrical code
requirements.
Chassis Ground: Identifies a connection to the chassis or frame of
the equipment shall be bonded to Protective Earth at the source of
supply in accordance with national and local electrical code
requirements.
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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
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C300 CONTROLLER CONFIGURATION .............................. 43
4.1 Configuration overview ............................................................................ 44
Configuration Studio ............................................................................................................ 44
Define and add assets in your enterprise model ....................................................................... 44
FTE system configuration .......................................................................................................... 44
Specifying a Time Server ................................................................................................................ 45
C300 Controller Device Index .................................................................................................... 45
4.2 Create C300 Controller and CEE function blocks ............................... 46
4.3 Configure CEEC300 block ........................................................................53
4.4 Configure a Secondary C300 Controller block .....................................58
4.5 Convert a non-redundant C300 Controller to a redundant controller ....... 60
4.6 Convert a redundant C300 Controller to a non-redundant controller ....... 63
4.7 Configure IOLINK function blocks ....................................................... 64
4.8 Import/export C300 Controller configuration ....................................... 67
4.9 Reset Device Index and IP address of a controller ...................................... 67
4.10 Create a Control Module.................................................................... 69
4.11 Assign Control Modules and IOMs to a CEEC300 block ......................... 72
4.12 Copy Control Modules ..........................................................................78
4.13 Assign I/O Modules to C300 IOLINK blocks.......................................80
4.14 Add an I/O Channel to a Control Module ......................................... 84
5.
C300 CONFIGURATION FORM REFERENCE ........................... 87
5.1 C300 Controller Block ...............................................................................87
Main tab ............................................................................................................................... 87
Redundancy tab ................................................................................................................... 91
System Time tab ........................................................................................................................ 95
Statistics tab ........................................................................................................................ 96
Peer Connections tab .......................................................................................................... 98
Hardware Information tab ..................................................................................................... 99
FTE tab ..................................................................................................................................... 100
UTP/TCP tab ......................................................................................................................104
IP/ICMP tab ........................................................................................................................106
Soft Failures tab ..................................................................................................................110
Server History tab ...............................................................................................................112
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Server Displays tab .............................................................................................................114
Control Confirmation tab .......................................................................................................... 116
Identification tab ..................................................................................................................116
5.2 Secondary C300 Block ........................................................................ 118
Main Tab .................................................................................................................................. 118
Redundancy Tab ..................................................................................................................... 118
5.3 CEEC300 Function Block ....................................................................... 119
Main Tab .................................................................................................................................. 119
Peer Configuration tab ........................................................................................................ 122
Statistics tab ....................................................................................................................... 123
CPU Loading Tab .................................................................................................................... 128
CPU Overruns tab ................................................................................................................... 129
Memory tab ........................................................................................................................ 130
Peer Communications tab ....................................................................................................... 132
Exchange Communications tab ........................................................................................... 133
Display Communications tab ............................................................................................... 134
Block Types Info tab ........................................................................................................... 135
CAB Types Info tab ............................................................................................................. 136
Custom Types Info tab ........................................................................................................ 137
Server History tab ............................................................................................................... 138
Server Displays tab ............................................................................................................. 138
Control Confirmation tab .......................................................................................................... 138
Identification tab .................................................................................................................. 138
5.4 IOLINK Block ............................................................................................ 139
Main Tab .................................................................................................................................. 139
Memory Stats tab................................................................................................................ 141
Statistics tab ....................................................................................................................... 143
I/O Link Status tab ................................................................................................................... 150
I/O Status Summary tab ...................................................................................................... 153
IOTA Summary tabs ........................................................................................................... 155
Server History tab ............................................................................................................... 156
Server Displays tab ............................................................................................................. 157
Control Confirmation tab .......................................................................................................... 157
Identification tab .................................................................................................................. 157
6.
LOAD C300 CONTROLLER CONFIGURATION ................. 159
6.1 About load operations ........................................................................ 159
Loaded versus project database versions .............................................................................. 159
Load initiation and load dialog box ...................................................................................... 160
Load action with compare parameters function ................................................................... 161
Load options for server history and server displays configuration ......................................... 161
6.2 Initial load order guidelines ................................................................... 162
Component deletion considerations ........................................................................................ 162
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6.3 Load components from Project .......................................................... 163
Loading C300 Controller.......................................................................................................... 163
Loading IOLINK .................................................................................................................. 165
Loading CEEC300 ................................................................................................................... 167
Loading IOMs and CMs ........................................................................................................... 169
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6.4 Load With Contents command ............................................................. 170
6.5 Reloading components from project ................................................... 170
6.6 Upload to the Monitoring database .................................................... 172
7.
C300 CONTROLLER OPERATION ........................................... 173
7.1 C300 Controller start up ...................................................................... 174
C300 Controller states in boot mode ...................................................................................176
C300 Controller states in application mode .........................................................................177
7.2 C300 faceplate indicators/displays ...................................................... 179
Power and Status LEDs ........................................................................................................... 180
Faceplate display information ..............................................................................................181
FTE activity LEDs ..................................................................................................................... 183
7.3 C300 faceplate display indications ...................................................... 184
Controller display during normal operation .............................................................................. 184
Controller display in BOOT mode ........................................................................................185
7.4 Control Builder block icon descriptions............................................ 186
7.5 Activate C300 Controller's CEE .......................................................... 190
Initial activation order guidelines .............................................................................................. 190
Activating the CEE ................................................................................................................... 190
Setting the CEE inactive .......................................................................................................... 191
CEE Icon states in the Monitoring tab .................................................................................192
7.6 Initiating C300 Controller Shutdown ................................................... 193
7.7 Initiating Synchronization command ................................................... 194
Prerequisites ............................................................................................................................ 194
Commanding synchronization ................................................................................................. 194
7.8 Disable Synchronization command ..................................................... 195
Prerequisites ............................................................................................................................ 195
7.9 Initiating Become Primary command .................................................. 196
Prerequisites ............................................................................................................................ 196
Commanding Become Primary ................................................................................................ 196
7.10 Initiating Switchover command ........................................................ 197
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Prerequisites ............................................................................................................................ 197
Commanding a switchover ....................................................................................................... 197
7.11 Using Station displays ........................................................................198
C300 Controller Point Detail displays ...................................................................................... 198
System Status Display ............................................................................................................. 198
Event and Alarm summary displays ........................................................................................ 198
Controller Detail displays ......................................................................................................... 198
FTE Status display .................................................................................................................. 198
7.12 Viewing controller operation and status in Control Builder ................. 199
7.13 C300 operating behaviors .................................................................. 201
Time management in the C300 Controller .............................................................................. 201
Hardware Watchdog Timer ..................................................................................................... 202
Critical Task Monitor ................................................................................................................ 202
7.14 C300 Controller processing overload behavior ............................. 203
Causes of controller overloading ............................................................................................. 204
How to avoid controller overloading ........................................................................................ 204
Recovery from an overload ..................................................................................................... 205
8.
C300 REDUNDANCY OPERATION .................................... 207
8.1 Description ........................................................................................... 207
8.2 Redundancy configuration restrictions ............................................. 208
C300 Controller Device Index.................................................................................................. 208
IOLINK interface considerations .............................................................................................. 208
8.3 Partner (controller) compatibility .......................................................... 208
Redundancy compatibility parameter - RDNCMPT ................................................................ 209
8.4 Synchronization states ........................................................................... 210
Standby state ........................................................................................................................... 211
8.5 Redundancy parameters ........................................................................ 212
Enable Synchronization - ENBLSYNCCMD ........................................................................... 213
Disable Synchronization - DSBLSYNCCMD ........................................................................... 213
Enable Standby - ENBLSTBYCMD ......................................................................................... 213
Auto-Synchronization State - RDNAUTOSYNC ..................................................................... 213
Inhibit Sync Reason - RDNINHIBITSYNC .............................................................................. 214
Initial Sync Progress - RDNSYNCPROG ................................................................................ 215
Maximum Initial Synchronization Time - RDNISTIMEMAX .................................................... 215
Last Synchronization Time - SYNCTIMEBEG ........................................................................ 216
Last Lost of Sync Time - SYNCTIMEEND .............................................................................. 216
Redundancy Traffic ................................................................................................................. 216
Redundancy Delay .................................................................................................................. 216
Conditions that result in loss of sync ....................................................................................... 216
Conditions that do not result in loss of sync ......................................................................... 217
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8.6 Switchover ........................................................................................... 217
Initiate Switchover - SWITCHCMD ......................................................................................... 217
Max Switchover Time - RDNSOTIMEMAX ............................................................................. 217
Conditions that result in switchover ......................................................................................... 218
Conditions that do not result in a switchover .......................................................................... 218
Become Primary command - BECMPRICMD ......................................................................... 219
8.7 Redundancy history ................................................................................219
8.8 C300 Redundancy-related notifications ............................................ 220
Redundancy Link Status - RDNLINKFAILED .......................................................................... 223
8.9 Controller redundancy specifications ............................................... 223
9.
C300 CONTROLLER MAINTENANCE ...................................... 225
9.1 Periodic Checks .......................................................................................225
9.2 Recommended Spare Parts ................................................................ 225
9.3 C300 Controller module and IOTA replacement ............................... 226
10.
C300 CONTROLLER TROUBLESHOOTING ............................ 231
10.1 Overview................................................................................................ 231
10.2 What to do when faults occur ......................................................... 232
10.3 Initial checks .........................................................................................232
Checking Control Builder error code reference ....................................................................... 232
Checking faceplate display and LEDs ..................................................................................... 232
Using CTools to capture diagnostic data ................................................................................. 233
Viewing flash log ...................................................................................................................... 234
Viewing release information log ...........................................................................................234
Checking server point build log ...........................................................................................234
Checking server point build error log ...................................................................................234
Checking error log .................................................................................................................... 234
10.4 Fixing common problems ............................................................... 235
Loss of power ........................................................................................................................... 235
Power-On Self Test (POST) does not complete ..................................................................... 235
Controller display shows -bp- or -ts .....................................................................................236
Controller display shows -SF- alternating with OK/BKUP ....................................................... 236
One or both FTE LEDs are RED ............................................................................................. 237
FTE receive fault diagnostic..................................................................................................... 237
Controller does not synchronize with backup .......................................................................... 238
Fatal ECC error .............................................................................................................................. 239
Display shows FAIL ................................................................................................................. 240
Isolated (lonely) Node .............................................................................................................. 240
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Duplicate Device Index setting ............................................................................................241
Device Index value is zero upon power up ..........................................................................242
10.5 C300 Controller soft failures ............................................................. 243
10.6 IOLINK block soft failures .................................................................. 248
10.7 Additional status and fault messages ............................................. 251
Redundancy-related notifications ............................................................................................ 251
10.8 Online diagnostics .............................................................................. 251
10.9 Fault classifications ......................................................................... 252
Hard/Severe Failures ............................................................................................................... 253
Soft Failures ............................................................................................................................. 254
Installation-Startup Failures ..................................................................................................... 255
Hardware Watchdog Timer Expired ........................................................................................ 255
Communications Failure .......................................................................................................... 256
10.10 Communication and system time faults during startup ....................... 256
Non-redundant C300 Controller with no Memory Retention .................................................. 257
Non-redundant C300 Controller with Memory Retention........................................................ 258
Redundant Primary C300 Controller with no Memory Retention ........................................... 261
Redundant Primary C300 Controller with Memory Retention ................................................ 262
Secondary C300 Controller with no Memory Retention ......................................................... 264
Secondary C300 Controller with Memory Retention .............................................................. 265
10.11 Gathering information for reporting problems to Honeywell ................ 268
10.12 Getting further assistance .................................................................. 270
Other troubleshooting sources ................................................................................................ 270
Guidelines for requesting support ........................................................................................... 270
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Tables
Table 1 Series 8 Hardware components ....................................................................... 28
Table 2 C300 Controller IOTA Board Connector Summary ............................................ 33
Table 3 Initial Load Order Guidelines ............................................................................. 162
Table 4 C300 Controller Startup and Power On Self Test routine ............................... 174
Table 5 Controller in Boot mode ................................................................................... 177
Table 6 C300 Controller in Application mode .............................................................. 177
Table 7 C300 Controller LED indications ..................................................................... 180
Table 8 C300 Controller faceplate display indications ................................................. 181
Table 9 FTE Activity LED Indications ............................................................................. 183
Table 10 Display indications when controller is in application mode ........................... 184
Table 11 Display indications when controller is in boot mode...................................... 185
Table 12 C300 Controller icon indications in Control Builder....................................... 186
Table 13 Redundancy-Related Notifications .................................................................. 220
Table 14 C300 Controller Soft Failures .......................................................................... 245
Table 15 IOLINK Block Soft Failures ........................................................................... 248
Table 16 C300 Fault Classifications and Possible Causes ........................................... 252
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Figures
Figure 1 Series C form factor example ............................................................................. 25
Figure 2 Redundant C300 Controller block in the Project tree ........................................ 27
Figure 3 C300 Controller IOTA Board Features ............................................................ 33
Figure 4 Sample Load Dialog .......................................................................................... 161
Figure 5 C300 Controller Startup and Boot Mode indications ........................................ 176
Figure 6 C300 Controller faceplate features ............................................................... 179
Figure 7 Control Builder Monitoring tab ....................................................................... 199
Figure 8 C300 Controller configuration form ............................................................... 200
Figure 9 C300 Controller synchronization states ........................................................... 211
Figure 10 C300 Controller Block Redundancy tab ....................................................... 212
Figure 11 Soft Failures tab in Control Builder ................................................................ 244
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1. C300 Controller Purpose
This chapter provides the tasks that are related to using the C300 Controller with the
Experion LX system.
The following table provides the sections covered in this chapter. Click the topic to view
it.
1.1
C300 Controller Features
The following table provides the design features and operational improvements of C300
Controller.
Controller Feature
Description
Form Factor
A single control module that plugs into an Input Output
Terminal Assembly (IOTA). Control module functions include
a Control processor, two I/O Link interfaces, Redundancy
functions, and FTE interfaces.
Memory (RAM)
16MB User Memory.
Redundancy
Controller redundancy function is built in. A second C300
Controller and redundancy cable is all that is required for
redundant controller operation.
I/O Link Interface
Two I/O Link interfaces are built in to the controller. Each I/O
Link can connect with Series 8 I/O modules.
Communications
Interface to supervisory
network
Ethernet interface is built into the controller and supports both
Ethernet and redundant FTE communications.
Peer-to-Peer
Connections
Ethernet interface is built into the controller to support both
Ethernet and redundant FTE communications.
Function Blocks
The standard Experion LX function block types for control
strategy execution are used.
For more information refer to Series 8 Control Hardware.
Engineering Tools
The same engineering tools utilities and applications for
Topic
Getting started task list
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Controller Feature
Description
maintenance tasks are used. The CTools engineering utility is
used to upgrade C300 firmware and extract files containing
diagnostic data when troubleshooting problems.
1.1
Getting started
The following table lists some of the tasks covered in this document that are related to
implementing a C300 Controller in your Experion LX R500 system.
What task do you want to perform?
If You Want to . . .
Then, see this Topic . . .
Plan and design a C300 Controller installation
C300 Controller Planning and Design
Know more about C300 hardware
Series 8 Control Hardware
Identify C300 Controller components
Install and wire C300 Controller hardware
C300 Controller installation
Upgrade Controller firmware
Upgrading C300 Controller firmware
Create C300 Controller and CEE function
blocks
C300 Controller Configuration
Configure CEE function blocks
Configure CEEC300 block
Configure IOLINK function blocks
Configure IOLINK function blocks
Configure a Secondary C300 Controller
Configure a Secondary C300 Controller block
Convert a Non-redundant C300 Controller to a
redundant controller
Convert a non-redundant C300 Controller to a
redundant controller
Convert a redundant C300 Controller to a Nonredundant controller
Convert a redundant C300 Controller to a Non-
redundant controller
Reset Controller Device Index
Res et Device Index and IP address of a
controller
View configuration parameter descriptions
C300 Configuration Form Reference
Load function blocks to C300 components
Load C300 Controller Configuration
Reload components from Project
Reloading components from Project
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1.1. Getting started
If You Want to . . .
Then, see this Topic . . .
Review C300 Controller start up routines
C300 Controller start up
Review C300 Controller operating indications
C300 Faceplate indicators/displays
Shutdown a C300 Controller
C300 Controller shutdown
Activate the Controller's CEE
Activate C300 Controller's CEE
View Controller operations
Viewing controller operation and status
Interacting through Station displays
Review C300 controller operating behaviors
Time management, Watchdog Timer
C300 operating behaviors
Controller processing overload behavior and
recovery
C300 Controller processing overloads
Review C300 Controller maintenance and
replacement procedures
C300 Controller Maintenance
Investigate a cause of a problem
C300 Controller Troubleshooting
Install and wire C300 Controller hardware
C300 Controller installation
Review C300 Controller redundancy
functionality
C300 redundancy operation
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2. C300 Controller Planning and Design
This chapter provides information about system planning and design of the C300
Controller. The following table provides the sections covered in this chapter. Click the
topic to view it.
Topic
Review Experion LX system capabilities
Control Hardware Planning Guide
Series 8 control hardware
C300 Controller
Identifying C300 Controller components
Control network considerations
2.1
Review Experion LX system capabilities
For information to the basic concepts and terminology, refer to the Experion LX
Overview Guide.
Refer to the Station Planning Guide to cover all aspects of Experion LX installation.
REFERENCE - INTERNAL
For planning and design topics for Experion LX servers and clients as well as
information about adding third-party controllers, refer to the Station Planning
Guide.
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2.2. Control Hardware Planning Guide
2.2
Control Hardware Planning Guide
Refer to the Control Hardware Planning Guide for a general discussion of planning
activities for Experion LX Control hardware that covers:
Initial planning and design
Control network considerations
Control hardware configuration
Site selection and planning
Control processing considerations
Application licensing considerations
2.3
Series 8 control hardware
Series 8 control hardware consists of the following system components:
C300 Controller is a distributed process controller and I/O gateway for the Experion
LX system. The C300 Controller supports configuration, load and execution of the
standard function blocks.
Series 8 Input/Output Modules that feature AI-HL - High Level Input, AO - Analog
Output, HART-capable AI and AO modules, and TC/RTD module. Digital input
modules that support 24V DC inputs, a Digital Output module that provides 24 VDC,
and DI-SOE that supports sequence of events.
Series 8 form factor
All Series 8 control hardware is constructed using the same form factor; that is, the C300
Controller modules, and Series 8 I/O modules, and Series 8 FIMs all mount on their
associated Input Output Termination Assemblies (IOTAs), which are installed on
channel hardware specifically designed to support Series 8 hardware installation. The
module's circuit board assemblies are housed in a plastic case with a round faceplate
that identifies the module type and model number along with status LEDs and a fourcharacter alphanumeric display. The IOTA contains connectors that accept the
associated control module and the various I/O connectors for cables that connect to
other Series 8 control hardware. Figure 1 shows an example of the design.
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2.4. C300 Controller
Figure 1 Series 8 form factor example
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2.4. C300 Controller
2.4
C300 Controller
The C300 Controller is constructed using the Series C form factor that employs an Input
Output Termination Assembly (IOTA) and an electronics module which mounts and
connects to the IOTA.
The C300 Controller supports configuration, load and execution of the standard function
blocks. Note that there are a few exceptions defined below.
Exceptions
The following function blocks are not supported by the C300 Controller:
CAB related function blocks other than the Custom Data Block (CDB).
C300 Controller redundancy
The C300 Controller may operate in both non-redundant and redundant configurations.
Redundant operation requires a second identical controller and connecting cables, which
is the typical configuration. The switchover time from the active primary controller to
the backup controller of a redundant pair is less than 500 milliseconds.
C300 Controller block
When a C300 Controller block is added to the Project tree in Control Builder, a graphic
representation of a controller module and its resident function blocks appears as shown in
Figure 2. The function blocks that are contained in the controller support multiple
execution environments. A Control Execution Environment block (CEEC300) and two
IOLINK blocks are contained in the controller and appear under the controller. When the
controller block is configured as redundant, the secondary controller block is added in the
Project tree.
REFERENCE - INTERNAL
For more details about Series 8 I/O, refer to the Series 8 I/O User’s Guide.
For more details about FIM modules, refer to the Series 8 Fieldbus Interface
Module User's Guide.
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2.4. C300 Controller
Figure 2 Redundant C300 Controller block in the Project tree
C300 Controller execution environments
The C300 Controller supports three Execution Environment (EE) function blocks. One is
the Control EE block, (CEEC300). The other two are I/O Link blocks, (IOLINK). The
IOLINK blocks in the C300 support connection and communication with all Series 8 I/O
modules.
CEE function block
The CEEC300 block provides an execution and scheduling environment in which
Control Modules (CMs) and Sequential Control Modules (SCMs) execute userconfigured control strategies. Existing control strategies can be ported to a C300
controller, although manual editing of these strategies is required to support the C300
controller configuration. The CEEC300 block contains a peer-to-peer communications
layer which is used to communicate between other controllers.
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IOLink function blocks
Two IOLINK function blocks, which represent the 2 physical IO links on the C300
Controller IOTA, provide the user-configured I/O Link interface to support
communications with Series 8 I/O modules. Each IOLINK is configured to support
Series 8 I/O modules or 'No Link' if no I/O control is required. Each IOLINK supports
redundant and non-redundant communications.
I/O modules supported by the C300 Controller
The C300 Controller supports Series 8 I/O modules. Series 8 I/O modules are connected
to the C300 by a pair of I/O Link Interfaces. Two IO Link interfaces, which are
redundant, provide connection between the C300 controller and associated I/O modules.
Each IO links can be configured to support Series 8 I/O modules.
Refer to the Series 8 I/O User’s Guide for listings of the supported I/O modules.
2.5
Identify C300 Controller components
Table 1 identifies the C300 Controller components and its associated components. The
C300 Controller supports non-redundant and fully redundant operation. Redundancy is
built in to the controller, so that just adding another controller and a redundancy cable; a
redundant controller pair is achieved. Note that the '8C' or CC designation on the model
number indicates the printed wiring boards are conformally coated for additional
protection from the environment, (8U or CU= uncoated).
Table 1 Series 8 Hardware components
Series 8
Component
Description
Model Number
C300 Controller
Module
A distributed process controller and I/O
gateway for the Experion LX system.
Module contains printed circuit
assemblies, status indicators and a
display, inside in a plastic housing.
Module mounts to its Input Output
Termination Assembly (IOTA).
8C-PCNT02
8U-PCNT02
C300 Controller
Input Output
Termination
Assembly (IOTA)
Provides the connection point for the C300
Controller module and all cable
terminations to the controller, (FTE,
IOLink, Redundancy, Battery and Time
Source cable terminations). Provides 24
Vdc power distribution to the controller
8C-TCNTA1
8U-TCNTA1CU-
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Series 8
Component
Description
Model Number
module.
Note: The C300 Controller IOTA supports
only one controller module.
FTE Cable
STP CAT5 Cable with RJ 45 connectors
for FTE connections.
2 m (6.5 ft)
(Y) = Yellow coded boots
(G) = Green coded boots
51305482-102 (Y)
513054820202 (G)
5 m (16 ft)
51305482-105 (Y)
513054820205 (G)
10 m (33 ft)
51305482-110 (Y)
513054820210 (G)
20 m (65.5 ft)
51305482-120 (Y)
51305482-220 (G)
Redundancy
Cable
STP CAT5 Cable with RJ 45 connectors
joining primary and secondary controllers.
51305482-xxx
IOLink Cable
Multidrop cable assemblies to connect the
I/O modules of a controller IOLink.
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Battery Cable
Multidrop twisted pair cable to connect
battery power to controllers.
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2.6
Control network considerations
In Experion LX system, the C300 Controller exists as a single node on a FTE network.
FTE is the only supported communication protocol for C300 Controllers with
Experion LX.
C300 Peer communication with Experion LX nodes
The C300 supports peer communications with the C300 Controller nodes in Experion LX
Release 500.
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