diff --git a/meshtastic/remote_hardware.py b/meshtastic/remote_hardware.py
index dca05af..1f28937 100644
--- a/meshtastic/remote_hardware.py
+++ b/meshtastic/remote_hardware.py
@@ -1,12 +1,21 @@
 
 from . import portnums_pb2, remote_hardware_pb2
+from pubsub import pub
+
+def onGPIOreceive(packet, interface):
+    """Callback for received GPIO responses
+    
+    FIXME figure out how to do closures with methods in python"""
+    pb = remote_hardware_pb2.HardwareMessage()
+    pb.ParseFromString(packet["decoded"]["data"]["payload"])
+    print(f"Received RemoteHardware typ={pb.typ}, gpio_value={pb.gpio_value}")
 
-"""
-This is the client code to control/monitor simple hardware built into the 
-meshtastic devices.  It is intended to be both a useful API/service and example
-code for how you can connect to your own custom meshtastic services
-"""
 class RemoteHardwareClient:
+    """
+    This is the client code to control/monitor simple hardware built into the 
+    meshtastic devices.  It is intended to be both a useful API/service and example
+    code for how you can connect to your own custom meshtastic services
+    """
 
     def __init__(self, iface):
         """
@@ -16,6 +25,7 @@ class RemoteHardwareClient:
         """
         self.iface = iface
 
+        pub.subscribe(onGPIOreceive, "meshtastic.receive.data.REMOTE_HARDWARE_APP")
 
     def writeGPIOs(self, nodeid, mask, vals):
         """
@@ -30,4 +40,7 @@ class RemoteHardwareClient:
 
     def readGPIOs(self, nodeid, mask):
         """Read the specified bits from GPIO inputs on the device"""
-        pass
\ No newline at end of file
+        r = remote_hardware_pb2.HardwareMessage()
+        r.typ = remote_hardware_pb2.HardwareMessage.Type.READ_GPIOS
+        r.gpio_mask = mask
+        return self.iface.sendData(r, nodeid, portnums_pb2.REMOTE_HARDWARE_APP, wantAck = True)