Control Network Considerations; C300 Interface To C200 Controllers And Controlnet Using Fteb; C300 Peer Communication With Experion Nodes - Honeywell Experion C300 User Manual

Control network considerations

C300 Interface to C200 Controllers and ControlNet using FTEB

Control network considerations
In an Experion system, the C300 Controller exists as a single node on an FTE network.
The C300 Controller connects to the network and communicates with other FTE nodes
through a Series C Control Firewall (CF9) installed in the same control cabinet. Standard
Ethernet communications also are supported by the C300 Controller, although FTE
should be considered the recommended communications procotol.
The C300 does not contain a ControlNet interface and therefore cannot reside on a
ControlNet supervisory network.
C300 Controllers and C200 controllers can exist on the same server only when FTE is
used as the supervisory network protocol.
C300 Interface to C200 Controllers and ControlNet using FTEB
C300 Controllers can communicate with C200 controllers and associated I/O modules
through a Fault Tolerant Ethernet Bridge (FTEB) module installed in either a C200
controller chassis or a FIM chassis. Pulse Input modules (TC/TK-MDP081) and Serial
Interface modules (TC/TK-MUX021) installed in a non-redundant I/O chassis with an
FTEB are supported by the C300. See the Control Network considerations in the Control
Hardware Planning Guide for control network topologies.

C300 Peer communication with Experion nodes

The C300 supports peer communications with the following nodes in Experion Release
300 and later:
C300 Controllers
•
C200 Controllers – via Fault Tolerant Ethernet Bridge module
•
ACE nodes
•
Series C FIM nodes
•
Note that when configuring a peer connection, the C200 controller can be made the
initiator of the connection only when the node is loaded with R300.1 firmware.
Additionally, C200 controllers and ACE nodes should have R300.1 firmware installed
and be running Experion R300.1 software to ensure a reliable peer-to-peer connection.
Although the system topology in Experion Release 300.1 provides for peer
communications between C300 and C200 controllers, (via FTEB module); both
controllers must reside on an FTE supervisory nework. That is, a C300 controller cannot
be added to a server where C200 controllers are resident on a ControlNet supervisory
network.
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