adding all of Dan's changes for reference
more develop_january merge
doc string update
_PypeConfInterface class created
more methods
SensorDump activated
sensor dump optionally when doing a mantis run
now mantis with sensor dumps
renamed top level directory 'scripts/' to 'bin/'
renaming README
working on plot of channel time series
some inheritance
making plots, not there yet
can now run from gui
gui works except I'm seeing blank plots
can graph some channels now
Merge branch 'plot' into develop
now lists of channels
more progress
more plot upgrades