# Debugging aid using MQTT Explorer

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**Created:** [10 May 2020 08:54 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/debugging-aid-using-mqtt-explorer/26413 "2020-05-10T08:54:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![cymplecy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/cymplecy/32/2773_2.png) [@cymplecy](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/cymplecy)\
**Post date:** [10 May 2020 08:54 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/debugging-aid-using-mqtt-explorer/26413/1 "2020-05-10T08:54:00Z")

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Just thought I'd share a little technique that I'm finding quite useful

I'm basically using my local MQTT broker to store logging information and then using MQTT Explorer as my inspection tool

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/9/b/9b83aa135f339dfc4512f110a12e073a1004f895.png)

It lets me easily read through big objects

Now obviously if I restart my broker - I lose the info (as I don't persist its database) but for daily debugging that's perfectly acceptable to me

I log multiple things to mutiple log topics but all with basic approach of dd:mm:yy/hh:mm:ss.zzz topic structure

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/2/3/230e68a96961d46d06e2d0ea56a49ffcffc697fc.png)

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**Author:** ![cymplecy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/cymplecy/32/2773_2.png) [@cymplecy](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/cymplecy)\
**Post date:** [18 May 2020 15:55 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/debugging-aid-using-mqtt-explorer/26413/2 "2020-05-18T15:55:39Z")

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Coming in handy for working out why when I said "skybox skip" on the Dot in the kitchen (to fast forward the adverts) it didn't respond 🙂

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/b/f/bfd44f7cdd6588b18f570af917512d959e5b53ed.png)

I'll have to add that to list of alternate commands as it recorded "skin" on two attempts!

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**Author:** ![cymplecy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/cymplecy/32/2773_2.png) [@cymplecy](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/cymplecy)\
**Post date:** [9 July 2020 08:54 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/debugging-aid-using-mqtt-explorer/26413/3 "2020-07-09T08:54:08Z")

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