Grass Valley K2 AppCenter v.7.2 - Manual (Page 149)

05 April 2010 K2 AppCenter User Manual
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Using channel suites with multiple K2 systems or storage locations
Using channel suites with multiple K2 systems or storage
locations
Channel suites have the capability to operate channels from multiple sources through
one Control Point PC. You can move from a channel on one source to a channel on
another without disrupting playout.
You can use a channel suite with channels that access media stored on different K2
Summit Production Clients, K2 Solo Media Servers, or K2 Storage Systems. The clip
bin displayed is the bin where the channel currently active stores its clips.
Take care when loading clips into channels. When the clips for the currently active
channel are displayed in the Clips pane, you might not be able to load those clips into
a channel that is not currently active, if that channel is on a different source. For
example, if you have channels in your channel suite from internal storage K2 Summit
Production Client “A” and from internal storage K2 Summit Production Client “B”,
you cannot drag and drop a clip from the “A” system to load it into a “B” system
channel. To load a clip across storage locations in this manner requires a transfer of
the clip from system “A” to system “B.” You must perform that transfer as a separate
task, as attempting a cross-system load of a clip does not trigger a transfer. For more
information, see Chapter 8, Importing and Exporting Media .
Accessing a K2 system from multiple Control Point PCs
You can have the same channel suite saved on different Control Point PCs. This is
useful in the event of a Control Point PC crash while running AppCenter. Within two
minutes of an unplanned shut down, the K2 system suspends the channels in the
affected channel suite. If you have the same channel suite on another Control Point
PC (that is, a channel suite with the exact same name), you can open the channel suite
on the other Control Point PC. When you do this you must use the same user
credentials. Then you can continue your work.
Sharing channels with other users
Channels are used exclusively by one application and one user, but multiple users on
different PCs can access different channels on the same server at the same time. You
can share channels with users who are accessing the same source from
networked-connected Control Point PCs. To release a channel, select in the
application drop-down list in the channel monitor pane. The title bar of the channel
changes to “Available”.
If a channel is in use by another user, you can still have the channel as part of your
channel suite. In this status, the channel says “in use” in the title bar of the clip and
includes information on the current user, computer, and application.
Taking over a channel
While you are using a channel, another user can commandeer it. When this happens
the channel says “in use” in the title bar of the clip and includes information on the
current user, computer, and application.
If you click on an application drop-down list in a channel that another user has
assigned an application to, a pop-up message asks you to confirm that you want to
take the channel over.