How to create smart home automation actions and scenes in your Dayton home

Home security is more than door sensors and alarms. These days, your advanced system focuses on smart home automation and pre-set scenes. By using your cell phone app or command hub, you can implement custom actions that improve your security and convenience. Learn how to design your own in only a few simple steps. 

What’s possible with smart home automation?

Advanced smart homes let you do many things, like changing thermostat settings or checking video streams directly from your smartphone. But that’s only the beginning. Smart home automation lets different aspects of your home to work together. 

Here are some examples of what you can do:

• Disarm your system when a door is opened with a PIN
• Unlock your front door when a fire alarm or CO detector activates
• After doors are unlocked, have them lock again after a certain duration
• Program indoor cameras to record if a motion detector triggers or door opens
• Arm and disarm your system at specified times of day

There’s no limit to what you might do. You might even create a comprehensive end-of-day scene that activates your system, locks doors, and lowers lighting in unison. The leading home security systems in Dayton make it effortless with user-friendly smartphone apps.

Configuring home automation actions in your Dayton home

Configuring smart home automation is simpler than you think, even if you are hesitant about new technology. Mobile apps like Vivint’s allow you to add convenience to your life in just a few moments. Vivint’s app even comes pre-configured with some optional automation actions you can just switch on.  

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

1. Open the Vivint app on your mobile device.
2. Press the menu icon in the upper left corner and select “Smart Actions.”
3. Press the “+” sign to create a new action.
4. Select what you want to take place. For example, you could wish to switch on a light, arm your system, or begin a surveillance recording. You’ll find many choices.
5. Next, determine what will cause the action. As an example, you may want a smart light to turn on when a motion sensor trips or a surveillance device to record when a door lock activates. You can also schedule an action simply based on the time of day.
6. Then, you just have to verify your work, make sure it’s saved, and toggle it on to enable it.

If it sounds complex, it’s not. Because of the app's intuitive design, you may just touch what you want and toggle rules on or off. If you want a video camera to record when a door lock activates, you may select which camera to initiate from a list. You'll also pick the door if there are different choices. The rule may be programmed to run all day or only for particular times of day.

Get the best in smart home automation with a new Vivint security system

Take some of life’s daily tasks off your plate and have your new Vivint smart home take care of them for you! Through smart home automation, you’ll discover a higher level of convenience while getting better protection for your household. Design your smart home in Dayton today by dialing (937) 888-2339 and speaking to a Vivint expert.