Grass Valley K2 AppCenter v.7.2 - Manual (Page 150)

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K2 AppCenter User Manual 05 April 2010
Chapter 9 Using Channel Suites
For example, if user1 has designated Channel 1 to run a Player application on Control
Point PC1, user2 can go into Channel 1 in his channel suite on Control Point PC2 and
select Recorder from the application drop-down list. User2 will see this message:
‘Channel1:K2 system’ is currently used by ‘user1’ running ‘Player’ on ‘PC1’.
Are you sure you want to eject this clip and launch a ‘Recorder’?
Clicking Yes will allow the second user to begin the new application on this channel.
Channel suites and channel configuration considerations
While you can separate the channels on a single K2 Summit Production Client or K2
Solo Media Server for operation by using one or more channel suites, the channels on
a K2 system are always combined in one interface when you use Configuration
Manager. This means that it is possible to open Configuration Manager from within
a channel suite and configure a channel that is not present in that channel suite.
Therefore, make sure you know the control and operating status of a channel before
you modify its configuration.
Likewise, if your channel suite has channels from multiple sources, it is possible to
open Configuration Manager on each of those sources from within the one channel
suite. Therefore, make sure you select the channel you intend to configure before you
open Configuration Manager.
When you modify channel configuration in Configuration Manager, the changes are
saved in a configuration file on the K2 system, not on the network-connected Control
Point PC.
Administrators can set user permissions for each channel. Depending on your security
settings, you could be denied permission to operate a channel. For more information,
see the K2 System Guide.
Take special care when modifying a channel configuration as follows:
• Changes that apply to all channels on a K2 Summit Production Client or K2 Solo
Media Server. This can affect media operations in other channel suites that contain
channels from that K2 system.
• Changes that require rebooting the K2 system, such as switching the video
reference from NTSC to PAL. This can stop the media operations in other channel
suites that contain channels from that K2 system.
NOTE: Configuration changes require K2 admin access privileges.