
3Ć56 Theory of Operation: Redundancy
Original Ć June 1990CE4.2:CL6211
3.6.4.1 Active and Standby Controller Determination
Upon restart after a power failure, the redundant controllers determine
their active/standby status from the position of the output relays.
Whichever controller currently is connected to the output terminations
becomes the active controller.
3.6.4.2 Operating Parameter Restart Values
Both the active and standby controller will execute a restart initialization
of the operating parameter values as defined by the user configuration.
Once both controllers have completed their restart operation, the active
controller initiates the inter-controller tracking communications, which
forces the standby controller to track the current operating point of the
active controller.
3.6.4.3 Configuration Validation
The active controller will perform the following steps after a power fail
restart condition:
1. Self test runs to completion.
2. The user's configuration is recalled from Non-Volatile Memory (NVM).
3. Operating Parameter restart values are applied to each Direct Control Point
(DCP) and Indirect Control Point (ICP).
4. The Function Sequence Table (FST) is allowed to run for the first time.
5. Controller status information is exchanged with the standby controller.
6. If both the active and standby controller have loaded a configuration the
standby controller configuration is validated to match the active controller
configuration.
7. If the configurations do not match, the active controller initiates a download
to the standby controller, forcing the standby controller to match the active
controller.
8. Once the configuration is validated, the inter-controller tracking operation
is performed, and normal online operation of the redundant controllers
continues.
3.6.5 Failure Detection
The controller redundancy scheme is implemented to perform as a
redundant unit along with the Redundant Data Concentrator Unit
(RDCU). Therefore, failure detection, and switchover decisions, are all
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