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ABOUT THIS DOCUMENT
This guide provides information that will assist you in planning and designing activities, as well as
the installation, operation, and troubleshooting of C300 Process Controllers in a PlantCruise
system.
Starting with R501, C300 controllers (Hardware model — CC-PCNT02) provide an expanded
functionality of large memory capacity, primarily to support the Profit Controller. CC-PCNT02, with
the in-built firmware, is interoperable with CC-PCNT01 and enables easy synchronization,
Revision History
Revision Date Description
A August 2019 Initial release of the document.
C300 CONTROLLER PURPOSE
This section provides a quick comparison of C200 and C300 Controller features and reference to
topics in this book for a given task related to using the C300 Controller with the Experion system.
ATTENTION
The C300 Controller can be used with the Universal Input/Output (UIO) module for
replacing the TPS components such as Basic Controller (CB) and Extended Controller (EC).
For more information about the usage of the C300 Controller with the Universal
Input/Output (UIO) module, see Series 8 I/O User's Guide.
C300 Controller and C200 Controller comparison
The C300 Controller provides design improvements and greater operational capabilities for
process control over the chassis-based C200 controller. The following table is a listing that
compares design features and operational improvements of the C300 Controller with the C200
controller.
ATTENTION
The C300 - 20mS CEE Controller has all the features as the C300 - 50ms Controller with
exceptions related to the faster execution speed (20ms). The C300 - 20mS CEE controller
supports only the Series 8 I/O modules. Two new Series C I/O Modules (Speed Protection
Module (SPM) and Servo Valve Positioner Module (SVPM)) are only supported by the C300
- 20mS CEE Controller.
The C300 - 20mS CEE controller is only intended for Honeywell Turbine Control Solutions.
Controller
Feature
Comparison
Form Factor C200 - Chassis-based controller with plug-in modules for
Control Processor, I/O Link Interface, Redundancy, FTE
interface, Fieldbus, other I/O and control modules.
C300 - 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,
Controller
Feature
Comparison
Redundancy functions, and FTE interfaces.
Memory (RAM) C200 - 4MB User Memory
C300 - 16MB User Memory
Redundancy C200 -Two identically-equipped controller chassis that
contain two Redundancy Modules (RM) provide controller
redundancy.
C300 - Controller redundancy function is built in. A second
C300 Controller and redundancy cable is all that is required
for redundant controller operation. (No RMs)
I/O Link
Interface
C200 - An I/O Link Interface plug-in Module (IOLINK)
installed in the controller chassis is required to connect
PMIO I/O to the controller CPM.
C300 - Two I/O Link interfaces are built in to the controller.
Each I/O Link can connect with either PMIO I/O or Series 8
I/O modules.
Note: C300 - 20mS CEE Controller supports only Series 8
I/O modules.
Communications
Interface to
supervisory
network
C200 - Ethernet or Fault Tolerant Ethernet plug-in modules
are needed to connect to respective Ethernet and FTE
communication networks. ControlNet Interface plug-in
module is needed to connect with other ControlNet nodes.
C300 - Ethernet interface is built into the controller and
supports both Ethernet and redundant FTE
communications. No ControlNet interface.
Peer-to-Peer
Connections
C200 - Ethernet or Fault Tolerant Ethernet Bridge plug-in
modules are needed to connect to respective Ethernet and
FTE networks. ControlNet Interface plug-in module is
needed to connect with other ControlNet nodes.
C300 - Ethernet interface is built into the controller to
support both Ethernet and redundant FTE communications.
C300 connection to C200 controller is made through an
FTE Bridge module installed in the C200 chassis. No
ControlNet interface.
Note: C300 - 20mS CEE Controller does not support peerto-peer connection with C200E.
Function Blocks C200 and C300 - Both Controllers use the same standard
Experion function block types for control strategy execution.
There are some exceptions
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 R300 system or later. If you are viewing this