For automated plotting one can use cron to run a bash script to do seltection and plotting. The programs need are gnuplot and seltag. Cron example: # Run sens.sh and update plots every minute # Arguments are sensor ID, number samples and file name # See sens.se * * * * * /usr/local/scripts/sens.sh 0007f 5000 main-power.png Look into the examples directory for sens.sh and gnuplot file