diff --git a/crates/bosun-hid/examples/g13_probe.rs b/crates/bosun-hid/examples/g13_probe.rs
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+use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
+
+use hidapi::HidApi;
+
+const VID: u16 = 0x046d;
+const PID: u16 = 0xc21c;
+const USAGE_PAGE: u16 = 0xff00;
+const BUFFER_LEN: usize = 64;
+
+fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
+    let api = HidApi::new()?;
+    let interfaces = api
+        .device_list()
+        .filter(|info| info.vendor_id() == VID && info.product_id() == PID)
+        .inspect(|info| {
+            println!(
+                "found path={:?} usage_page=0x{:04x} usage=0x{:04x} interface={}",
+                info.path(),
+                info.usage_page(),
+                info.usage(),
+                info.interface_number()
+            );
+        })
+        .collect::<Vec<_>>();
+
+    let info = interfaces
+        .into_iter()
+        .find(|info| info.usage_page() == USAGE_PAGE)
+        .ok_or("G13 vendor HID interface 046d:c21c / ff00 not found")?;
+    let device = info.open_device(&api)?;
+
+    println!("opened shared vendor interface; capturing until stopped with Ctrl+C");
+    let started = Instant::now();
+    let mut last_heartbeat = Instant::now();
+    let mut timeout_count = 0_u64;
+
+    loop {
+        let mut report = [0_u8; BUFFER_LEN];
+        match device.read_timeout(&mut report, 250) {
+            Ok(0) => timeout_count += 1,
+            Ok(length) => {
+                println!(
+                    "{:>8}ms n={length:<2} {}",
+                    started.elapsed().as_millis(),
+                    report[..length]
+                        .iter()
+                        .map(|byte| format!("{byte:02x}"))
+                        .collect::<Vec<_>>()
+                        .join(" ")
+                );
+            }
+            Err(error) => return Err(error.into()),
+        }
+
+        if last_heartbeat.elapsed() >= Duration::from_secs(5) {
+            println!(
+                "{:>8}ms waiting ({timeout_count} timeouts so far)",
+                started.elapsed().as_millis()
+            );
+            last_heartbeat = Instant::now();
+        }
+    }
+}