2 K2 Media Client Version 3.0.1.19 Release Notes March 16, 2006
K2 Media Client Version 3.0.1.19 Release Notes & Upgrade Instructions - March 2006
Table of Contents
Grass Valley Product Support ............................................................................... 3
What’s new in this release...................................................................................... 4
Feature limitations in this release.......................................................................... 4
Passwords and other security considerations ........................................................ 5
K2 and NetCentral security considerations....................................................... 5
K2 Media Client version compatibility................................................................... 6
Upgrading K2 software .......................................................................................... 7
Upgrade SNFS software .................................................................................... 7
Upgrade K2 Media Client system software....................................................... 8
Upgrade software on Control Point PC ............................................................ 11
Make recovery disk images................................................................................ 12
RS-422 connections ................................................................................................ 13
RS-422 ports and channels on K2 Media Client models ................................... 13
RS-422 and Protocol Controller Ports .............................................................. 17
RS-422 and COM ports...................................................................................... 18
FTP/Transfer considerations.................................................................................. 19
Limitations with complex media types............................................................... 19
Transferring between different types of systems................................................ 19
Transfer mechanisms......................................................................................... 19
FTP access and configuration........................................................................... 20
FTP access by Internet Explorer ....................................................................... 20
Operation considerations ....................................................................................... 22
Exporting a file....................................................................................................... 24
Using a K2 Media Client to export a file........................................................... 24
Using a Control Point PC to export a file ......................................................... 25
If the file export does not behave as expected…................................................ 26
Rack mounting the control point PC drawer.......................................................... 27
Known problems..................................................................................................... 29