Grass Valley K2 AppCenter v.9.0 - Manual (Page 160)

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 standalone K2 Summit/Solo system “A” and from standalone K2 Summit/Solo
system “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.
Related Topics
Importing and Exporting Media
Accessing a K2 Summit/Solo 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 Summit/Solo 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 <None> 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.
• 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.
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Using Channel Suites