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:

A new window will open, allowing you to edit the properties of the controller, as shown below:

Each field in this section is described in the table below:

FieldDescription
NameThe name of the controller
Dequeue timeThe frequency (in milliseconds) that the controller's dequeue timer checks the data buffer
Dequeue lingerDetermines 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"
\rCarriage return
\nLine feed
Timestamp in UTCIndicates 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.

The following values are accepted:

defaultUse the operating system default
asciiUse plain (7-bit) ASCII
unicodeUse Unicode double-byte encoding
utf8Use UTF8 versatible encoding