diff --git a/vhdl/arty_a7.vhdl b/vhdl/arty_a7.vhdl
index 1057e84..5ca9232 100644
--- a/vhdl/arty_a7.vhdl
+++ b/vhdl/arty_a7.vhdl
@@ -123,6 +123,9 @@ architecture a of arty_a7 is
 	signal pixel_source_last : std_logic;
 	signal pixel_source_data : std_logic_vector(31 downto 0);
 
+	signal remote_ip_address : std_logic_vector(31 downto 0);
+	signal remote_port : std_logic_vector(15 downto 0);
+
 	component PLLE2_BASE
 		generic (
 			CLKFBOUT_MULT : integer;
@@ -186,6 +189,8 @@ architecture a of arty_a7 is
 	end component BUFG;
 
 	signal sys_reset : std_logic;
+
+	signal frame_done : std_logic;
 begin
 	leds_simple <= (others => '0');
 	led0 <= (others => '0');
@@ -228,8 +233,8 @@ begin
 		pixel_bind_port => x"effd", -- port 61437 - "PIXEL"
 
 		-- sink
-		pixel_sink_dst_ip_address => x"0a141e29",
-		pixel_sink_dst_port => x"303a", -- port 12346
+		pixel_sink_dst_ip_address => remote_ip_address,
+		pixel_sink_dst_port => remote_port,
 
 		pixel_sink_length => pixel_sink_length,
 		pixel_sink_valid => pixel_sink_valid,
@@ -294,29 +299,27 @@ begin
 	pmod_d <= drivers(23 downto 16);
 
 	sender: process(sys_clk)
-		constant COUNTER_MAX: natural := 80000000;
-		variable counter: natural range 0 to COUNTER_MAX;
-
-		constant NUM_WORDS: natural := 10;
-		variable words_sent: natural range 0 to NUM_WORDS;
+		variable frame_counter : unsigned(31 downto 0);
 	begin
-		if rising_edge(sys_clk) then
-			if counter = COUNTER_MAX then
-				pixel_sink_length <= std_logic_vector(to_unsigned(NUM_WORDS, 16));
-				pixel_sink_data <= std_logic_vector(to_unsigned(16#30# + words_sent, 32));
-				--pixel_sink_valid <= '1';
+		if sys_reset then
+			frame_counter := (others => '0');
+		elsif rising_edge(sys_clk) then
+			if pixel_source_valid then
+				remote_ip_address <= pixel_source_src_ip_address;
+				remote_port <= pixel_source_src_port;
+			end if;
 
-				pixel_sink_last <= '1' when words_sent = NUM_WORDS-1 else '0';
+			if frame_done then
+				pixel_sink_length <= x"0004";
+				pixel_sink_data <= std_logic_vector(frame_counter);
+				pixel_sink_valid <= '1';
+				pixel_sink_last <= '1';
 
-				if words_sent = NUM_WORDS then
-					pixel_sink_valid <= '0';
-					counter := 0;
-					words_sent := 0;
-				elsif pixel_sink_ready then
-					words_sent := words_sent + 1;
-				end if;
-			else
-				counter := counter + 1;
+				frame_counter := frame_counter + 1;
+			end if;
+
+			if pixel_sink_ready and pixel_sink_valid then
+				pixel_sink_valid <= '0';
 			end if;
 		end if;
 	end process;
@@ -334,6 +337,8 @@ begin
 			udp_last => pixel_source_last,
 			udp_data => pixel_source_data,
 
+			frame_done => frame_done,
+
 			drivers => drivers
 		);
 end architecture;
diff --git a/vhdl/splink.vhdl b/vhdl/splink.vhdl
index 426ab9d..b4a05f5 100644
--- a/vhdl/splink.vhdl
+++ b/vhdl/splink.vhdl
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ entity splink is
 		udp_last : in std_logic;
 		udp_data : in std_logic_vector(31 downto 0);
 
+		frame_done : out std_logic;
+
 		drivers : out std_logic_vector(NUM_STRANDS-1 downto 0)
 	);
 end entity;
@@ -63,12 +65,14 @@ begin
 		variable store_counter: natural range 0 to MAX_STRAND_LEN-1;
 	begin
 		if rising_edge(clk) then
+			frame_done <= '0';
 			current_color <= strand_store(to_integer(unsigned(led_addr)));
 
 			if udp_valid then
 				strand_store(store_counter) <= udp_data(23 downto 0);
 
 				if udp_last then
+					frame_done <= '1';
 					store_counter := 0;
 				elsif store_counter /= MAX_STRAND_LEN-1 then
 					store_counter := store_counter + 1;