# Mqtt monitoring / syncing states, need bit of help

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**Created:** [24 October 2019 19:30 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/mqtt-monitoring-syncing-states-need-bit-of-help/17105 "2019-10-24T19:30:51Z")\
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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](https://flows.nodered.org/node/node-red-node-rbe)**
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> A Node-RED node that provides report-by-exception (RBE) and deadband capability.

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

[https://flows.nodered.org/search?term=throttle](https://flows.nodered.org/search?term=throttle)

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

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