Mqtt monitoring / syncing states, need bit of help

[TotallyInformation]

Yes, it takes some playing with some of the core nodes to get the hang of them.

However, the flows site (link at the top of the forum) will help.

node-red-node-rbe

There are also some throttling nodes that might do the job, especially node-red-contrib-throttle:

https://flows.nodered.org/search?term=throttle

Node-RED is a prototyping tool after all so some playing is to be expected