Getting back to the device status not updating and polling, I believe on the other thread you said it was a Shade Controller, specifically this one:
https://products.z-wavealliance.org/products/336
It is an older device that appears to not report any status or send basic reports, or have any configuration parameters, so I believe polling is the only way you can get a status. I had one older GE switch that was like this, and replaced it with a newer model. Since they are expensive as pointed out, that doesn’t appear a good option, at least in the short run. Its possible over time you can replace them individually at least to get more up to date zwave specifications, which would include status.
I suggested the new thread for the polling because I know you had a lot of other things going on with your issues on the other thread, and figured the question specifically around polling could get “lost”. Thanks to firstof9’s response about polling in zwavejs2mqtt. I knew it was capable of doing it but didn’t really know how to set it up. I would think using the zwave software itself, instead of Home Assistant as another app, would be the best way to go for polling. My question on that though, for anyone who might know, if you are polling 8 devices, does zwavejs2mqtt space that out so they don’t all happen at once? The original issue appeared to be a zwave network overwhelmed with traffic by having 8 devices refresh all at the same time, every minute.
Short of installing zwavejs2mqtt, since you mentioned node red, I would think just doing a separate inject node for each of all 8 devices, and spacing out the the intervals (ie first one is every 60 seconds, 2nd is every 90 seconds, 3rd 120 seconds, etc) should space out your polling so it isn’t all happening at once. Every minute is probably too often, unless you have an automation relying on their status, but if the polling is spaced it shouldn’t create a traffic jam. Here’s how I would do it probably in node red:
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