Starting and stopping a channel
The way in which a channel is started depends on whether it is a caller channel or a responder channel. When you stop a channel, you can choose whether to stop the channel after the current batch of messages has finished processing, or force the channel to shut down before the current message batch has finished processing.
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Channels can be categorized as either callers or responders. An application starts caller channels either directly, or automatically by using a channel initiator. Responder channels can be started only by the listener.
You can start caller channels in IBM® MQ Explorer. When you start responder channels in IBM MQ Explorer, you are actually changing the responder channel's state from Stopped to Inactive; the listener then changes the state from Inactive to Started. You must, therefore, start a listener on your computer if you are using responder channels.