How to implement smart home automation actions and scenes in your Logan home

Home security is more than alarms and motion detectors. In today’s world, your innovative system centers on smart home automation and pre-configured scenes. By using your smartphone app or central hub, you can integrate custom actions that enhance your home’s safety and convenience. Learn how to make your own in only a few straightforward steps. 

What is possible with smart home automation?

Modern smart homes let you do so much, like adjusting smart thermostat settings or inspecting video streams directly from your smartphone. But that’s really just the start. Smart home automation permits different parts of your home to work off each other. 

These are some examples of what you might do:

• Deactivate your alarm when someone unlocks the door with a PIN
• Unlock your front door when a CO or smoke detector trips
• Once doors are opened, have them lock again after a certain duration
• Configure interior cameras to record if a door opens or motion detector trips
• Arm and disarm your system at certain moments

There are few limitations to what you might do. You could even configure a multifaceted end-of-day scene that adjust lights, activates your system, and secures doors simultaneously. The best home security systems in Logan make it simple with easy-to-use mobile apps.

Setting home automation actions in your Logan home

Configuring smart home automation is easier than you realize, even if you are hesitant about new technology. Mobile apps like the one from Vivint let you add convenience to your life in just a minute or two. Vivint’s app even comes pre-loaded with some recommended automation actions you can just switch on.  

Here’s a brief rundown of how to create a new action, also known as a rule:

1. Launch the Vivint app on your mobile device.
2. Tap the menu icon in the upper left corner and select “Smart Actions.”
3. Touch the “+” sign to start a new action.
4. Pick what you want to occur. For instance, you might want to start a video recording, activate your system, or turn on a light. You’ll find numerous choices.
5. Next, indicate what will cause the action. As an example, you might want a light to turn on when a motion detector trips or a surveillance camera to record when a front door lock opens. You might also have an action take place based on the time of day.
6. The last step is to check your action, ensure you save it, and toggle it on to implement it.

If it sounds complicated, it’s far from it. Due to the app's intuitive design, you essentially just press what you want and switch rules off or on. If you want a camera to record when a door is opened, you can pick which camera to use from a list. You'll also choose the door if there’s more than one option. The rule may be implemented to run all day or only for specified times of day.

Enjoy advanced smart home automation with a new Vivint security system

Take some of life’s routine responsibilities off your to-do list and have your new Vivint smart home handle them for you! Through smart home automation, you’ll enjoy another level of convenience while obtaining a better defense for your household. Start designing your smart home in Logan today by calling (562) 376-5457 and connecting with a Vivint expert.