TIMESTAMP Control
TIMESTAMP Control
The TIMESTAMP Type is used on a User Defined Form to create an input filed for date and time data
Required Fields
Order
The order in which the controls are read in by the program
Title
The text to be shown on the display
Length
Length of the input field in characters
Optional Fields
Autoupdate
This control will update on a time if a non-null positive integer value is entered in the Autoupdate column. The number is the number of seconds between auto-updates
Topic
The time zone for the data. By default all data are in UTC. Enter a standard time zone name to collect data in other time zones.
Autoclear
The control is automatically cleared when data is saved
DbTitle
Column heading for the output database. (This will default to the Title if this filed is not completed)
Hint
Text for a hint to be displayed when entering data in the control
PostTitle
Additional text to display after the input box.
Required
Forces the user to fill in the input box before the form can be saved
Plot
Data from this form can be plotted if the entered value is non-zero. Note that there are extensive plot options available from the Display / Logger forms menu.
NMEA Input
NMEA_Module
The name of the NMEA module from which data should be harvested
NMEA_String
The name of the NMEA string containing the data
NMEA_Position
The position of the data item in the NMEA string. Strings are comma separated, the 0’the item will be the string name, the 1’st item the one after that, etc.
It is assumed that the date and time are in adjacent positions in the NMEA string and that the NMEA_Position is the position of the first Date field and the the Time is at NMEA_Position+1. Currently it is also assumed that the date is in the form ddmmyy and that time is in the format hhmmss. We hope to support other date and time formats in future releases.