diff --git a/OutGaugeInterpreter.py b/OutGaugeInterpreter.py
index 234e73b..5a65302 100644
--- a/OutGaugeInterpreter.py
+++ b/OutGaugeInterpreter.py
@@ -127,6 +127,12 @@ startStopButton.pack(side="right",fill="x")
 statusTextVar = tkinter.StringVar(value="waiting...")
 statusLable = tkinter.Label(bottomBarFrameGui,textvariable= statusTextVar)
 statusLable.pack(anchor="w")
+arduinoConnectedFrameGui = tkinter.ttk.Frame(secondFrameGui,padding=5,relief="groove",borderwidth=2)
+arduinoConnectedFrameGui.pack()
+arduinoConnectedStatusText=tkinter.StringVar(value="Connected OK")
+arduinoConnectedLable = tkinter.Label(arduinoConnectedFrameGui,textvariable=arduinoConnectedStatusText)
+arduinoConnectedLable.pack()
+
 
 rootFrameGui.mainloop()
 exit() #### exit for testing