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title: "Live Inspector"
description: "Use the Live Inspector to debug parser scripts and monitor device traffic in real time."
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# Live Inspector

> Use the Live Inspector to debug parser scripts and monitor device traffic in real time.

The Live Inspector helps you debug [parser scripts](/docs/tagoio/devices/payload-parser.md) and watch all the traffic going to and from your [devices](/docs/tagoio/devices/). It is a real-time monitoring tool that shows you exactly what data is flowing between TagoIO and your device.

Open a device from the [Device page](https://admin.tago.io/devices), then click the **Live Inspector** tab and start viewing data by clicking on the **Inspect** button.

![Device page showing the Live Inspector tab highlighted](/docs_imagem/tagoio/devices-inspector-tab-http-request-log.png)

:::tip
When inspecting is activated and new data arrives, the Inspector tab will be briefly highlighted in yellow so you don't miss incoming activity in case you are in a different tab on the device page.
:::

## How it works

The Live Inspector shows all active connections for the device. It only runs while you're on the Live Inspector page.

The interface includes:

- **Search field** - Filter messages as they come in
- **Max Connections** - Choose how many items to show (25, 50, 100, or 500)
- **Download button** - Download the data as a CSV file
- **Clipboard button** - Copy over the text to your clipboard
- **Clear button** - Clear the data from the Message Log
- **Start/stop button** - The green arrow toggles monitoring on and off
- **Message log** - Lists all incoming traffic and connection details

Everything sent to or from the device appears in real time. Each message is logged and shown in the list.

:::info
The inspector no longer stops when you navigate away, it keeps running in the background. It will stop when you close the browser tab or refresh the page.
:::

[llms.txt](https://docs.tago.io/llms.txt)