Grass Valley K2 AppCenter v.7.2 - Manual (Page 147)

05 April 2010 K2 AppCenter User Manual
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Chapter
9
Using Channel Suites
The channel suites explained in this section run only on a PC running Control Point
software as part of using AppCenter for remote operation of one or more K2 Summit
Production Clients or K2 Solo Media Server. You cannot use channel suites on a local
K2 system.
This chapter is divided into the following sections:
• “Using channel suites” on page 147
• “Using channel suites with multiple K2 systems or storage locations” on page 149
Using channel suites
You can manage your channel suites from the System menu. When you open
AppCenter, the system automatically opens the last-used channel suite. If you have a
channel suite already running when you open a channel suite or create a new one, a
dialog box displays asking if AppCenter should shut down or suspend current channel
suite and applications in it.
If you select
Close Channel Suite
, you exit AppCenter and close the channel suite. Any
channels that are running are stopped.
If you select
Suspend
, you exit AppCenter but the K2 system keeps running any
current application. (For example, if recording, the application keeps recording.) In
this state, any channels in the channel suite may be commandeered by another user.
If all the channels in the channel suite are taken over in this manner, a suspended
channel suite is shut down. For more information, see “Sharing channels with other
users” on page 149 .
If there is an unplanned shut down on the K2 system, the channels in remote
AppCenter display a “disconnected” status in the channel title bar. Select
System |
Reconnect
to connect to the K2 system again. If the AppCenter application crashes on
your network-connected Control Point PC, connections with the K2 system are put
into a suspended state while waiting for the PC to reconnect. The K2 system continues
to run any current applications or protocol.
A channel suite is saved as an XML file on the Control Point PC. The default location
is C:\Profile\ChannelSuites. In this XML file, information for channel order, alias
names, and the application that runs on a channel is stored. For example, if you run
the Recorder application on a channel, the next you open the channel suite the
Recorder application persists on that channel.