Easy recording/monitoring from Phidget 1048_1B USB-thermocouple devices directly from your comfy terminal. It aims at providing a fast, flexible and efficient way to record and monitor thermocouple data in situations where a computer (including a tiny and inexpensive one like the Pi Zero) is in reach. This saves the usual hassle of using GUI and/or proprietary software with limited features from commercial providers, having to set recording missions without live feedback, and then unload and view the data only when the experiment is over. In addition to better portability and compatibility with headless machines, using command line tools allows easily automating execution for complex monitoring cycles, when combined with other tools such as crontab and ssh, for instance.