To configure the general properties of a controller, select it from the list of controllers and click on the
tab at the bottom-left corner of the screen, as shown below:
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A new window will open, where allowing you can configure to edit the general properties of your controller.the controller, as shown below:
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Each field in the
window this section is described in the table below:
| Field | Description |
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| Name | The name of the controller. |
| Dequeue time | The frequency (in milliseconds) that the controller's dequeue timer checks the data buffer. |
| Dequeue linger | Determines whether or not the dequeue timer is reset whenever any input receives data. |
| Timestamp format | Defines a string to place before every line of data when it is dequeued. The string can contain any or all of the following variables: | {year} | The current year, formatted as "yyyy" | | {month} | The current month, formatted as "mm" | | {day} | The current day, formatted as "dd" | | {hour} | The current hour, formmated as "hh" | | {minute} | The current minute, formatted as "mm" | | {second} | The current second, formatted as "ss" | | \r | Carriage return | | \n | Line feed |
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| Timestamp in UTC | Indicates that the UTC time should be used as the time stamp, rather than the local time (default) |
| Timestamp encoding | Selects the type of encoding to use during conversion of byte array data to strings (and viceversa) when timestamping. Valid The following values are accepted: | default | Use Use the operating system default | | ascii | Use plain (7-bit) ASCII | | unicode | Use Unicode double-byte encoding | | utf8 | Use UTF8 versatible encoding |
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