# Plot poissongroup input

**URL:** <https://brian.discourse.group/t/plot-poissongroup-input/621>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [5 March 2022 11:52 UTC](https://brian.discourse.group/t/plot-poissongroup-input/621 "2022-03-05T11:52:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![Rihana](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/brian.discourse.group/rihana/32/369_2.png) [@Rihana](https://brian.discourse.group/u/Rihana)\
**Post date:** [5 March 2022 11:52 UTC](https://brian.discourse.group/t/plot-poissongroup-input/621/1 "2022-03-05T11:52:52Z")

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# Description of problem

Hi all,  
I have 5 inputs, generated by ‘PoissonGroup’ , with a specific rate for each input which are fed into my network consecutively during 5 seconds (each input for 800 second and 20 for interval time).  
Is there any way to plot these  
I’d like to see how they change in a plot and what are the difference between my inputs?

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**Author:** ![mstimberg](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/brian.discourse.group/mstimberg/32/11_2.png) [@mstimberg](https://brian.discourse.group/u/mstimberg)\
**Post date:** [9 March 2022 14:52 UTC](https://brian.discourse.group/t/plot-poissongroup-input/621/2 "2022-03-09T14:52:51Z")

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For `PoissonGroup`, you can record/plot things in the same way as for any other spiking group, i.e. with a `SpikeMonitor` or a `PopulationRateMonitor`. For `PoissonInput`, you’d have to use the approach that I detailed in the [gitter chat](https://gitter.im/brian-team/brian2?at=6228b8a48db2b95f0a5c33d5).