# SmartThings Motion Sensor Trigger
**URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/t/smartthings-motion-sensor-trigger/31146
**Category:** General
**Created:** [4 August 2020 21:11 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/smartthings-motion-sensor-trigger/31146 "2020-08-04T21:11:26Z")
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### Author:  [@scottriggle](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/scottriggle)
#### Post date: [4 August 2020 21:11 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/smartthings-motion-sensor-trigger/31146/1 "2020-08-04T21:11:26Z")
Sorry I'm thick, but I can't figure out how to trigger something like a like with a motion sensor. Do I check the status like every second with an interval or does it somehow send it from smartThings to node-red.
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### Author:  [@Colin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Colin)
#### Post date: [5 August 2020 07:28 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/smartthings-motion-sensor-trigger/31146/2 "2020-08-05T07:28:40Z")
How is smartthings connected to node red? Are you using a contrib node? If so which one (node-red-contrib-something)?
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### Author:  [@scottriggle](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/scottriggle)
#### Post date: [5 August 2020 13:00 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/smartthings-motion-sensor-trigger/31146/3 "2020-08-05T13:00:19Z")
I'm using this one. [https://flows.nodered.org/node/node-red-contrib-smartthings](https://flows.nodered.org/node/node-red-contrib-smartthings)
I got it to work, I noticed the debug link and worked through that. I made sure everything was set to local using the full URL with port. Then the http request node and started getting updates.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [19 August 2020 13:00 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/smartthings-motion-sensor-trigger/31146/4 "2020-08-19T13:00:20Z")
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