diff --git a/experiments/extensions/read_both.py b/experiments/extensions/read_both.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+"""
+Read adapter data while decoding both known custom fields
+"""
+
+import sys
+from json import dumps
+
+from common.utils.json_format import MessageToDict
+from voltha.protos import adapter_pb2
+
+adapter = adapter_pb2.Adapter()
+binary = sys.stdin.read()
+adapter.ParseFromString(binary)
+
+print dumps(MessageToDict(adapter, strict_any_handling=False))
+