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C200/C200E Controller Lifecycle Status Change and Update This is an important notification for all the C200/C200E controller install base customers that Honeywell is transitioning the C200/C200E platform from ‘Legacy’ to ‘Phase out’ lifecycle phase from 31 December 2020 In accordance with the HPS support policy for “Control, Safety and Monitoring systems”. Since the October 2015 announcement regarding the C200/C200E, solutions have been deployed to help effectively upgrade and migrate your system. The following are key points to consider for C200/C200E systems: 1. Sale Withdrawal for New Installations and Expansions for C200/C200E was announced in 2015. The product continues to receive selected level of support including supply of spare and Certified Recycled Parts based on best efforts. No new enhancement or functionality has been added, since this announcement. 2. On December 31, 2020 C200/C200E will be transitioned to Phased-out lifecycle phase. 3. Most Series A I/O will be supported under Legacy lifecycle phase until 2022 based on best efforts. This includes the ability for the Series A I/O to co-exist with and be replaced by the equivalent 1756 I/O as highlighted in Control Hardware Installation guide (chapter 7 &16). Selected Series A I/O are in phase out life cycle based on supplier availability. The latest supported and qualified replacements of obsolete Rockwell modules are also mentioned in the Control Hardware Planning guide. 4. There are no current plans to discontinue Experion releases and TAC support for C200/C200E. There are now three general types of C200/C200E upgrades available: C200/C200E to C300 with Process Manager I/O (PMIO) - Solution and kits available today Description: C200/C200E systems that are connected to PMIO Upgrade Approach: A C200 to C300 upgrade kit has been designed to allow for a simple hardware upgrade without requiring additional space. The C200 controller chassis can be replaced with a redundant C300 controller that has been modified to fit in the space of a single C200/C200E chassis. Graphics remain the same. Each C200/C200E controller can be migrated individually, allowing the system to be gradually converted to C300. By upgrading to the C300, this solution can retain IO modules and field wiring, keep graphics unmodified, allow control strategies to be migrated with little or no change, and allows the system to be gradually converted to C300. The supervisory network must be upgraded to Fault Tolerant Ethernet. The upgrade procedure may be conducted while the system remains online.