diff --git a/src/framedreadersettings.cpp b/src/framedreadersettings.cpp
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+/*
+  Copyright © 2016 Hasan Yavuz Özderya
+
+  This file is part of serialplot.
+
+  serialplot is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+  the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+  (at your option) any later version.
+
+  serialplot is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+  GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+  along with serialplot.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+*/
+
+#include "utils.h"
+#include "framedreadersettings.h"
+#include "ui_framedreadersettings.h"
+
+FramedReaderSettings::FramedReaderSettings(QWidget *parent) :
+    QWidget(parent),
+    ui(new Ui::FramedReaderSettings)
+{
+    ui->setupUi(this);
+
+    ui->leSyncWord->setMode(false); // hex mode
+    ui->leSyncWord->setText("AA BB");
+
+    connect(ui->cbChecksum, &QCheckBox::toggled,
+            [this](bool enabled)
+            {
+                emit checksumChanged(enabled);
+            });
+
+    connect(ui->cbDebugMode, &QCheckBox::toggled,
+            this, &FramedReaderSettings::debugModeChanged);
+
+    connect(ui->rbFixedSize, &QRadioButton::toggled,
+            ui->spSize, &QWidget::setEnabled);
+
+    connect(ui->rbFixedSize, &QRadioButton::toggled,
+            [this](bool checked)
+            {
+                emit frameSizeChanged(frameSize());
+            });
+
+    // Note: if directly connected we get a runtime warning on incompatible signal arguments
+    connect(ui->spSize, SELECT<int>::OVERLOAD_OF(&QSpinBox::valueChanged),
+            [this](int value)
+            {
+                emit frameSizeChanged(value);
+            });
+
+    connect(ui->spNumOfChannels, SELECT<int>::OVERLOAD_OF(&QSpinBox::valueChanged),
+            [this](int value)
+            {
+                emit numOfChannelsChanged(value);
+            });
+
+    connect(ui->leSyncWord, &QLineEdit::textChanged,
+            this, &FramedReaderSettings::onSyncWordEdited);
+
+    connect(ui->nfBox, SIGNAL(selectionChanged(NumberFormat)),
+            this, SIGNAL(numberFormatChanged(NumberFormat)));
+}
+
+FramedReaderSettings::~FramedReaderSettings()
+{
+    delete ui;
+}
+
+void FramedReaderSettings::showMessage(QString message, bool error)
+{
+    ui->lMessage->setText(message);
+    if (error)
+    {
+        ui->lMessage->setStyleSheet("color: red;");
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        ui->lMessage->setStyleSheet("");
+    }
+}
+
+unsigned FramedReaderSettings::numOfChannels()
+{
+    return ui->spNumOfChannels->value();
+}
+
+NumberFormat FramedReaderSettings::numberFormat()
+{
+    return ui->nfBox->currentSelection();
+}
+
+Endianness FramedReaderSettings::endianness()
+{
+    return ui->endiBox->currentSelection();
+}
+
+QByteArray FramedReaderSettings::syncWord()
+{
+    QString text = ui->leSyncWord->text().remove(' ');
+
+    // check if nibble is missing
+    if (text.size() % 2 == 1)
+    {
+        // TODO: remove this warning
+        return QByteArray();
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        return QByteArray::fromHex(text.toLatin1());
+    }
+}
+
+void FramedReaderSettings::onSyncWordEdited()
+{
+    // TODO: emit with a delay so that error message doesn't flash!
+    emit syncWordChanged(syncWord());
+}
+
+unsigned FramedReaderSettings::frameSize()
+{
+    if (ui->rbFixedSize->isChecked())
+    {
+        return ui->spSize->value();
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        return 0; // frame byte is enabled
+    }
+}
+
+bool FramedReaderSettings::isChecksumEnabled()
+{
+    return ui->cbChecksum->isChecked();
+}
+
+bool FramedReaderSettings::isDebugModeEnabled()
+{
+    return ui->cbDebugMode->isChecked();
+}