Grass Valley K2 Media Client User Manual Oct.10 2006 - Manual (Page 173)

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Chapter
9
Using Channel Suites
The channel suites explained in this section run only on a control point PC, as part of
using AppCenter for remote operation of one or more K2 Media Clients. You cannot
use channel suites at a local K2 Media Client.
Topics in this section include:
• “Using channel suites” on page 173
• “Using channel suites with multiple K2 systems or storage locations” on page 175
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, and any remote protocol loses connection to the
K2 Media Client. If you want to exit AppCenter but keep the remote protocol
connection, Grass Valley recommends that you suspend the channel suite instead.
If you select Suspend , you exit AppCenter but the K2 system keeps running any
current application or protocol. (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 175 .
If there is an unplanned shut down on the K2 Media Client, the channels in remote
AppCenter display a “disconnected” status in the channel title bar. Select
System |
Reconnect to connect to the K2 Media Client again. If the AppCenter application
crashes on your network-connected control point PC, connections with the K2 Media
Client are put into a suspended state while waiting for the PC to reconnect. The K2
Media Client 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 ids, alias
names, channel order, 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.
NOTE: If using the optional Time Delay application from a channel suite, make
sure the record and play channels are on the same K2 Media Client. For more
information, see the Time Delay on-line help.