diff --git a/ohmpi/hardware_components/ohmpi_card_3_15.py b/ohmpi/hardware_components/ohmpi_card_3_15.py
index 8bc6eb263eb496ae7cb66927826aa50c21c245d7..e825c90ef46e13d9fb75cf41a5d13b9b5c0d7326 100644
--- a/ohmpi/hardware_components/ohmpi_card_3_15.py
+++ b/ohmpi/hardware_components/ohmpi_card_3_15.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import datetime
 import importlib
 from ohmpi.config import HARDWARE_CONFIG
 import adafruit_ads1x15.ads1115 as ads  # noqa
@@ -205,6 +206,7 @@ class Rx(RxAbstract):
     def __init__(self, **kwargs):
         kwargs.update({'board_name': os.path.basename(__file__).rstrip('.py')})
         super().__init__(**kwargs)
+        self.exec_logger.event(f'Init_RX\tbegin\t{datetime.datetime.utcnow()}')
         if self.ctl is None:
             self.ctl = ctl_module.Ctl()
         # elif isinstance(self.ctl, dict):
@@ -216,6 +218,7 @@ class Rx(RxAbstract):
         self._ads_voltage = ads.ADS1115(self.ctl.bus, gain=self._adc_gain, data_rate=860, address=self._ads_voltage_address)
         self._ads_voltage.mode = Mode.CONTINUOUS
         self._sampling_rate = kwargs.pop('sampling_rate', sampling_rate)
+        self.exec_logger.event(f'Init_RX\tend\t{datetime.datetime.utcnow()}')
 
     @property
     def adc_gain(self):
diff --git a/ohmpi/logging_setup.py b/ohmpi/logging_setup.py
index 9ca6ebe9acbb7cb37a952b7153c9404621470ba6..e6bb9b87bfedfdafed70851bafceefa969f53132 100644
--- a/ohmpi/logging_setup.py
+++ b/ohmpi/logging_setup.py
@@ -10,6 +10,58 @@ import sys
 from termcolor import colored
 
 
+def add_logging_level(levelName, levelNum, methodName=None):
+    """
+    Comprehensively adds a new logging level to the `logging` module and the
+    currently configured logging class.
+
+    `levelName` becomes an attribute of the `logging` module with the value
+    `levelNum`. `methodName` becomes a convenience method for both `logging`
+    itself and the class returned by `logging.getLoggerClass()` (usually just
+    `logging.Logger`). If `methodName` is not specified, `levelName.lower()` is
+    used.
+
+    To avoid accidental clobberings of existing attributes, this method will
+    raise an `AttributeError` if the level name is already an attribute of the
+    `logging` module or if the method name is already present
+
+    comes from https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2183233
+
+    Example
+    -------
+    >>> add_logging_level('TRACE', logging.DEBUG - 5)
+    >>> logging.getLogger(__name__).setLevel("TRACE")
+    >>> logging.getLogger(__name__).trace('that worked')
+    >>> logging.trace('so did this')
+    >>> logging.TRACE
+    5
+
+    """
+    if not methodName:
+        methodName = levelName.lower()
+
+    if hasattr(logging, levelName):
+       raise AttributeError('{} already defined in logging module'.format(levelName))
+    if hasattr(logging, methodName):
+       raise AttributeError('{} already defined in logging module'.format(methodName))
+    if hasattr(logging.getLoggerClass(), methodName):
+       raise AttributeError('{} already defined in logger class'.format(methodName))
+
+    # This method was inspired by the answers to Stack Overflow post
+    # http://stackoverflow.com/q/2183233/2988730, especially
+    # http://stackoverflow.com/a/13638084/2988730
+    def logForLevel(self, message, *args, **kwargs):
+        if self.isEnabledFor(levelNum):
+            self._log(levelNum, message, args, **kwargs)
+    def logToRoot(message, *args, **kwargs):
+        logging.log(levelNum, message, *args, **kwargs)
+
+    logging.addLevelName(levelNum, levelName)
+    setattr(logging, levelName, levelNum)
+    setattr(logging.getLoggerClass(), methodName, logForLevel)
+    setattr(logging, methodName, logToRoot)
+
+
 def create_stdout_logger(name):
     logger = logging.getLogger(f'{name}_logger')
     log_format = f'%(asctime)-15s | {name[:8]:8s} | %(levelname)s: %(message)s'
@@ -24,6 +76,7 @@ def create_stdout_logger(name):
 
 
 def setup_loggers(mqtt=True):
+    add_logging_level('EVENT', logging.INFO + 1)  # TODO : check if we should set the level to DEBUG...
     msg = ''
     # Message logging setup
     log_path = path.join(path.dirname(__file__), 'logs')