C300 Controller Purpose; C300 Controller Features - Honeywell C300 User Manual

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.
Getting started task list
1.1

C300 Controller Features

The following table provides the design features and operational improvements of C300
Controller.
Controller Feature
Form Factor
Memory (RAM)
Redundancy
I/O Link Interface
Communications
Interface to supervisory
network
Peer-to-Peer
Connections
Function Blocks
Engineering Tools
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Topic
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.
16MB User Memory.
Controller redundancy function is built in. A second C300
Controller and redundancy cable is all that is required for
redundant controller operation.
Two I/O Link interfaces are built in to the controller. Each I/O
Link can connect with Series 8 I/O modules.
Ethernet interface is built into the controller and supports both
Ethernet and redundant FTE communications.
Ethernet interface is built into the controller to support both
Ethernet and redundant FTE communications.
The standard Experion LX function block types for control
strategy execution are used.
For more information refer to
The same engineering tools utilities and applications for
Series 8 C300 Controller User's Guide
Honeywell
Description
Series 8 Control Hardware.
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