# Daily operations: Running channels and MPTSes
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To start and stop channels on AWS Elemental Live nodes that are in a cluster, use AWS Elemental Conductor Live. When the channel is running, you can control the inputs and the outputs.

**Topics**
+ [Starting and stopping a channel](starting-and-stopping-channels.md)
+ [Starting channels using a schedule](scheduling-channels.md)
+ [Controlling channels](controlling-channel-inputs.md)
+ [Starting or stopping an MPTS](starting-an-mpts-output.md)