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Using channel suites

Use channel suites for remote AppCenter operation of one or more K2 Summit//Solo systems. Channel suites are part of the Control Point software installed on a remote PC. You cannot use channel suites on a local K2 Summit/Solo system.

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.

If you select Suspend, you exit AppCenter but the K2 Summit/Solo system keeps running any current application. (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.

If there is an unplanned shut down on the K2 Summit/Solo system, the channels in remote AppCenter display a “disconnected” status in the channel title bar. Select System | Reconnect to connect to the K2 Summit/Solo system again. If the AppCenter application crashes on your network-connected Control Point PC, connections with the K2 Summit/Solo system are put into a suspended state while waiting for the PC to reconnect. The K2 Summit/Solo system 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 order, alias names, 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.


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