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The Reolink integration exposes a number of entities for each camera. For triggering a notification on motion detection, I'll be interested in the [binary sensor](https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/binary_sensor/) entities named like `binary_sensor.$location_$type` (like `binary_sensor.backyard_person` and `binary_sensor.driveway_vehicle`), the state of which will transition from `off` to `on` when the selected motion type is detected.
So I'll craft start with a simple automation which will push out a notification whenever any of the listed cameras detect a person (or vehicle):
So I'll begin by crafting a simple automation which will push out a notification whenever any of the listed cameras detect a person or vehicle[^vehicle]:
```yaml
# torchlight! {"lineNumbers": true}
# exterior_motion.yaml
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message: "{{ trigger.to_state.attributes.friendly_name }}"
```
[^vehicle]: Hopefully I only need to worry about vehicles in the driveway. _Please don't drive through my backyard, thanks._
{{% notice tip "Templating" %}}
That last line is taking advantage of Jinja templating and [trigger variables](https://www.home-assistant.io/docs/automation/templating/#state) so that the resulting notification displays the friendly name of whichever `binary_sensor` triggered the automation run. This way, I'll see something like "Backyard Person" instead of the entity ID listed earlier.
{{% /notice %}}