Grass Valley K2 AppCenter v.7.2 - Manual (Page 25)

05 April 2010 K2 AppCenter User Manual
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Locking AppCenter
Locking AppCenter
You can lock the AppCenter interface so that keyboard and mouse input is disabled.
You can do this on both local AppCenter running on a K2 system and remote
AppCenter running on a Control Point PC.
To lock AppCenter, do the following:
1. Click
System | Lock AppCenter
. The Lock AppCenter dialog box appears.
All keyboard and mouse input to AppCenter is now disabled. The Lock AppCenter
dialog box remains on the screen as an indicator that AppCenter is locked.
To unlock AppCenter, do the following:
1. On the Lock AppCenter dialog box, click
Unlock
and when prompted “…unlock
AppCenter?” click
Yes
.
The Lock AppCenter dialog box closes. Keyboard and mouse input to AppCenter is
now enabled.
Shutting down AppCenter
To shut down AppCenter, do one of the following:
• Click the standard Windows
X
button in the title bar, or
• Select
System | Shutdown
. The Shutdown dialog box opens.
Shutting down AppCenter
When you shut down AppCenter, you have the following options.
Shutdown Mode Description
Exit to Windows Exit AppCenter and display the Windows desktop.
If shutting down AppCenter from a Control Point
PC, close the channel suite and display the
Windows desktop. If you select this option, a
second dialog box displays asking you to confirm
that you want to exit, since any applications that
are running (including remote protocols) will be
stopped.
Use the desktop shortcut to restart AppCenter.
Suspend channel suite Exit AppCenter and display the Windows desktop.
Applications and remote protocols in suspended
channel suites keep running. Channels may be
commandeered by another user using another
Control Point PC. If all channels in a suspended
channel suite are taken over in this manner, the
channel suite is shut down. For more information,
see
“Sharing channels with other users” on
page 149 .
If you want to shut down the current channel suite
but keep AppCenter running, you can open or
create a channel suite in the System menu.
Use the desktop shortcut to restart AppCenter.