def queryNormalChannels(input_item_id,input_channel_name=''):

        """This function queries channels and returns True-False, the name of the channel,
           Total number of channels and the names of the channels
           (channel_success?, selected_channel_number[],selected_channel_name[],channel_list[])
        """
        #Kursad Karatas 2009
        try:

            lx_ItemName=lx.eval("query sceneservice item.name ? %s" %input_item_id)
            lx_number_channel=lx.eval("query sceneservice channel.N ?")
            lx.out("FUNC CALL: number of channels",lx_number_channel)
            lx_selected_channel_name=' '
            channel_list=[]
            selected_channel_name=[]
            selected_channel_number=[]

            for iterChannel in xrange(lx_number_channel):

#                lx.eval("select.channel %s add " %lx_item_channels_name)

                if input_channel_name=='':
                    lx_item_channels_name=lx.eval("query sceneservice channel.name ? %s" %iterChannel)

                    lx_sel_channel_status=lx.eval("query sceneservice channel.isSelected ? %s" %lx_item_channels_name)

                else:
                    lx_item_channels_name=input_channel_name


                if lx_sel_channel_status:
                    lx.out("lx_sel_channel_status is ",lx_sel_channel_status)
                    channel_success=lx_sel_channel_status
                    selected_channel_number.append(iterChannel)
                    selected_channel_name.append(lx_item_channels_name)

                    lx.out(type(selected_channel_name),"Selected channel name",lx_item_channels_name)

                channel_list.append(lx_item_channels_name)

            return channel_success, selected_channel_number,selected_channel_name,channel_list

        except:
            lx.out('Exception "%s" on line: %d' % (sys.exc_value, sys.exc_traceback.tb_lineno))