How to use smart home automation actions and scenes in your Dothan home

Home security is more than alarms and wires. In today’s world, your modern system focuses on smart home automation and pre-programmed scenes. By using your command panel or cell phone app, you can incorporate custom actions that elevate your security and convenience. See how to create your own in only a few straightforward steps. 

What can you do with smart home automation?

Advanced smart homes permit you to do quite a bit, like adjusting temperature settings or examining video footage straight from your cell phone. But that’s only scratching the surface. Smart home automation allows different aspects of your home to work together. 

The following are a few examples of what you could do:

• Deactivate your alarm when a door opens with a PIN
• Unlock your door when a CO detector or fire alarm trips
• After doors are unlocked, have them lock again after a specified duration
• Program indoor cameras to record if a door opens or motion sensor triggers
• Arm and disarm your system at designated moments

Your possibilities are virtually limitless. You can even configure a varied bedtime scene that adjust lights, arms your system, and locks doors in unison. The top home security systems in Dothan make it a breeze with user-friendly mobile apps.

Setting home automation actions in your Dothan home

Configuring smart home automation is easier than you realize, even if you are apprehensive about new technology. Smartphone apps like Vivint’s let you add convenience to your life in only a couple of minutes. Vivint’s app even comes pre-programmed with various recommended automation actions you can simply turn on.  

Here’s a brief rundown of how to make a new action, also called a rule:

1. Open the Vivint app on your cell phone.
2. Press the menu icon in the upper left of the display and choose “Smart Actions.”
3. Press the “+” sign to create a new rule.
4. Begin by selecting what you would like to take place. For instance, you may wish to turn on a light, arm your system, or commence a camera recording. You’ll find many choices.
5. Next, determine what will trigger the action. For example, you could want a smart light to illuminate when a motion sensor activates or a surveillance camera to record when a smart lock activates. You might also have an action initiate based on the time of day.
6. Finally, you only have to verify your work, make sure it’s saved, and toggle it on to implement it.

If it appears difficult, it’s far from it. Because of the app's usability, you can virtually just press what you want and toggle rules off or on. If you want a video camera to record when a door lock activates, you will choose which camera to initiate from a list. You'll also choose the door if there’s more than one option. The rule can be implemented for all hours or only for particular timeframes.

Get innovative smart home automation with a new Vivint security system

Take some of life’s routine responsibilities off your schedule and let your new Vivint smart home handle them for you! By implementing smart home automation, you’ll benefit from another level of convenience while getting better protection for your household. Customize your smart home in Dothan today by placing a call to (334) 378-2166 and talking to a Vivint expert.