diff --git a/plugins/samplesink/bladerfoutput/bladerfoutputgui.cpp b/plugins/samplesink/bladerfoutput/bladerfoutputgui.cpp
index 65ce17e70..e4c188c90 100644
--- a/plugins/samplesink/bladerfoutput/bladerfoutputgui.cpp
+++ b/plugins/samplesink/bladerfoutput/bladerfoutputgui.cpp
@@ -342,10 +342,10 @@ void BladerfOutputGui::updateStatus()
                 ui->startStop->setStyleSheet("QToolButton { background-color : blue; }");
                 break;
             case DSPDeviceSinkEngine::StRunning:
-                ui->startStop->setStyleSheet("QToolButton { background-color : red; }");
+                ui->startStop->setStyleSheet("QToolButton { background-color : green; }");
                 break;
             case DSPDeviceSinkEngine::StError:
-                ui->startStop->setStyleSheet("QToolButton { background-color : magenta; }");
+                ui->startStop->setStyleSheet("QToolButton { background-color : red; }");
                 QMessageBox::information(this, tr("Message"), m_deviceAPI->errorMessage());
                 break;
             default:
diff --git a/plugins/samplesink/filesink/filesinkgui.cpp b/plugins/samplesink/filesink/filesinkgui.cpp
index cb6b1d13c..f1436f637 100644
--- a/plugins/samplesink/filesink/filesinkgui.cpp
+++ b/plugins/samplesink/filesink/filesinkgui.cpp
@@ -227,10 +227,10 @@ void FileSinkGui::updateStatus()
                 ui->startStop->setStyleSheet("QToolButton { background-color : blue; }");
                 break;
             case DSPDeviceSinkEngine::StRunning:
-                ui->startStop->setStyleSheet("QToolButton { background-color : red; }");
+                ui->startStop->setStyleSheet("QToolButton { background-color : green; }");
                 break;
             case DSPDeviceSinkEngine::StError:
-                ui->startStop->setStyleSheet("QToolButton { background-color : magenta; }");
+                ui->startStop->setStyleSheet("QToolButton { background-color : red; }");
                 QMessageBox::information(this, tr("Message"), m_deviceAPI->errorMessage());
                 break;
             default:
diff --git a/plugins/samplesink/hackrfoutput/hackrfoutputgui.cpp b/plugins/samplesink/hackrfoutput/hackrfoutputgui.cpp
index 978199235..2794c1fde 100644
--- a/plugins/samplesink/hackrfoutput/hackrfoutputgui.cpp
+++ b/plugins/samplesink/hackrfoutput/hackrfoutputgui.cpp
@@ -305,10 +305,10 @@ void HackRFOutputGui::updateStatus()
                 ui->startStop->setStyleSheet("QToolButton { background-color : blue; }");
                 break;
             case DSPDeviceSinkEngine::StRunning:
-                ui->startStop->setStyleSheet("QToolButton { background-color : red; }");
+                ui->startStop->setStyleSheet("QToolButton { background-color : green; }");
                 break;
             case DSPDeviceSinkEngine::StError:
-                ui->startStop->setStyleSheet("QToolButton { background-color : magenta; }");
+                ui->startStop->setStyleSheet("QToolButton { background-color : red; }");
                 QMessageBox::information(this, tr("Message"), m_deviceAPI->errorMessage());
                 break;
             default:
diff --git a/plugins/samplesink/sdrdaemonsink/sdrdaemonsinkgui.cpp b/plugins/samplesink/sdrdaemonsink/sdrdaemonsinkgui.cpp
index 06d68a943..3b3a4e4c2 100644
--- a/plugins/samplesink/sdrdaemonsink/sdrdaemonsinkgui.cpp
+++ b/plugins/samplesink/sdrdaemonsink/sdrdaemonsinkgui.cpp
@@ -60,7 +60,11 @@ SDRdaemonSinkGui::SDRdaemonSinkGui(DeviceSinkAPI *deviceAPI, QWidget* parent) :
     nn_setsockopt (m_nnSender, NN_SOL_SOCKET, NN_SNDTIMEO, &millis, sizeof (millis));
     assert (rc == 0);
 
-	ui->setupUi(this);
+    m_paletteGreenText.setColor(QPalette::WindowText, Qt::green);
+    m_paletteRedText.setColor(QPalette::WindowText, Qt::red);
+    m_paletteWhiteText.setColor(QPalette::WindowText, Qt::white);
+
+    ui->setupUi(this);
 
 	ui->centerFrequency->setColorMapper(ColorMapper(ColorMapper::GrayGold));
 	ui->centerFrequency->setValueRange(7, 0, pow(10,7));
@@ -354,10 +358,10 @@ void SDRdaemonSinkGui::updateStatus()
                 ui->startStop->setStyleSheet("QToolButton { background-color : blue; }");
                 break;
             case DSPDeviceSinkEngine::StRunning:
-                ui->startStop->setStyleSheet("QToolButton { background-color : red; }");
+                ui->startStop->setStyleSheet("QToolButton { background-color : green; }");
                 break;
             case DSPDeviceSinkEngine::StError:
-                ui->startStop->setStyleSheet("QToolButton { background-color : magenta; }");
+                ui->startStop->setStyleSheet("QToolButton { background-color : red; }");
                 QMessageBox::information(this, tr("Message"), m_deviceAPI->errorMessage());
                 break;
             default:
@@ -536,9 +540,11 @@ void SDRdaemonSinkGui::tick()
         if ((len > 0) && msgBuf)
         {
             std::string msg((char *) msgBuf, len);
+            //qDebug("SDRdaemonSinkGui::tick: %s", msg.c_str());
             std::vector<std::string> strs;
             boost::split(strs, msg, boost::is_any_of(":"));
             unsigned int nbTokens = strs.size();
+            unsigned int status = 0;
 
             if (nbTokens > 0) // at least the queue length is given
             {
@@ -583,9 +589,26 @@ void SDRdaemonSinkGui::tick()
                 }
             }
 
-            if (nbTokens > 1) // the quality indicator is given also
+            if (nbTokens > 1) // the quality status is given also
             {
-                ui->qualityStatusText->setText(QString::fromStdString(strs[1]));
+                if (strs[1] == "2") {
+                    status = 2;
+                } else if (strs[1] == "1") {
+                    status = 1;
+                }
+            }
+
+            if (nbTokens > 2) // the quality indicator message is given also
+            {
+                ui->qualityStatusText->setText(QString::fromStdString(strs[2]));
+            }
+
+            if (status == 2) { // all OK
+                ui->allFramesDecoded->setStyleSheet("QToolButton { background-color : green; }");
+            } else if (status == 1) { // unrecoverable errors
+                ui->allFramesDecoded->setStyleSheet("QToolButton { background-color : red; }");
+            } else { // recoverable errors or unknown status
+                ui->allFramesDecoded->setStyleSheet("QToolButton { background:rgb(56,56,56); }");
             }
         }
 	}
diff --git a/plugins/samplesink/sdrdaemonsink/sdrdaemonsinkgui.h b/plugins/samplesink/sdrdaemonsink/sdrdaemonsinkgui.h
index 31bf5fbcb..79267ae23 100644
--- a/plugins/samplesink/sdrdaemonsink/sdrdaemonsinkgui.h
+++ b/plugins/samplesink/sdrdaemonsink/sdrdaemonsinkgui.h
@@ -69,6 +69,10 @@ private:
 
     int m_nnSender;
 
+    QPalette m_paletteGreenText;
+    QPalette m_paletteRedText;
+    QPalette m_paletteWhiteText;
+
     void blockApplySettings(bool block);
 	void displaySettings();
 	void displayTime();
diff --git a/plugins/samplesink/sdrdaemonsink/sdrdaemonsinkgui.ui b/plugins/samplesink/sdrdaemonsink/sdrdaemonsinkgui.ui
index 7490b497f..91ddc45b1 100644
--- a/plugins/samplesink/sdrdaemonsink/sdrdaemonsinkgui.ui
+++ b/plugins/samplesink/sdrdaemonsink/sdrdaemonsinkgui.ui
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
    <rect>
     <x>0</x>
     <y>0</y>
-    <width>372</width>
+    <width>380</width>
     <height>217</height>
    </rect>
   </property>
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
   </property>
   <property name="minimumSize">
    <size>
-    <width>372</width>
+    <width>380</width>
     <height>190</height>
    </size>
   </property>
@@ -419,9 +419,19 @@
       </widget>
      </item>
      <item>
-      <widget class="QLabel" name="qualityStatusLabel">
+      <widget class="QToolButton" name="allFramesDecoded">
+       <property name="enabled">
+        <bool>false</bool>
+       </property>
+       <property name="toolTip">
+        <string>Frames status: green = all original received, none = some recovered by FEC, red = some lost</string>
+       </property>
        <property name="text">
-        <string>Q:</string>
+        <string/>
+       </property>
+       <property name="icon">
+        <iconset resource="../../../sdrbase/resources/res.qrc">
+         <normaloff>:/locked.png</normaloff>:/locked.png</iconset>
        </property>
       </widget>
      </item>
@@ -429,15 +439,73 @@
       <widget class="QLabel" name="qualityStatusText">
        <property name="minimumSize">
         <size>
-         <width>80</width>
+         <width>50</width>
          <height>0</height>
         </size>
        </property>
        <property name="toolTip">
-        <string>Transmitter average number of blocks received / average number of blocks used for recovery</string>
+        <string>Tx status since last poll: minimum of blocks received / maximum number of blocks used for recovery</string>
        </property>
        <property name="text">
-        <string>100.0/100.0</string>
+        <string>100/100</string>
+       </property>
+      </widget>
+     </item>
+     <item>
+      <widget class="QPushButton" name="eventCountsReset">
+       <property name="maximumSize">
+        <size>
+         <width>22</width>
+         <height>16777215</height>
+        </size>
+       </property>
+       <property name="toolTip">
+        <string>Event counts reset</string>
+       </property>
+       <property name="text">
+        <string>0</string>
+       </property>
+      </widget>
+     </item>
+     <item>
+      <widget class="QLabel" name="eventUnrecText">
+       <property name="minimumSize">
+        <size>
+         <width>18</width>
+         <height>0</height>
+        </size>
+       </property>
+       <property name="toolTip">
+        <string>Number of uncrecoverable errors since event counts reset</string>
+       </property>
+       <property name="text">
+        <string>00</string>
+       </property>
+      </widget>
+     </item>
+     <item>
+      <widget class="QLabel" name="eventRecText">
+       <property name="minimumSize">
+        <size>
+         <width>18</width>
+         <height>0</height>
+        </size>
+       </property>
+       <property name="toolTip">
+        <string>Number of correctable errors since event counts reset</string>
+       </property>
+       <property name="text">
+        <string>00</string>
+       </property>
+      </widget>
+     </item>
+     <item>
+      <widget class="QLabel" name="eventCountsTimeText">
+       <property name="toolTip">
+        <string>Time since last event counts reset</string>
+       </property>
+       <property name="text">
+        <string>00:00:00</string>
        </property>
       </widget>
      </item>