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

Home security is more than alarms and motion detectors. These days, your modern system centers on smart home automation and pre-set scenes. By using your command panel or cell phone app, you can implement custom actions that elevate your home’s safety and convenience. Discover how to design your own in only a few simple steps. 

What is possible with smart home automation?

Modern smart homes allow you to do many things, like examining video feeds or changing thermostat settings straight from your smartphone. But that’s merely the beginning. Smart home automation lets different parts of your home to work together. 

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

• Deactivate your alarm when someone unlocks the door with a PIN
• Unlock your front door when a CO detector or fire alarm trips
• Once doors are unlocked, have them lock again following a certain length of time
• Configure interior cameras to record if a door opens or motion detector triggers
• Disarm and arm your system at designated hours

There’s no limit to what you can do. You could even establish a multifaceted nighttime scene that dims lights, activates your system, and fastens doors in unison. The leading home security systems in Medford make it simple with user-friendly smartphone apps.

Configuring home automation actions in your Medford home

Programming smart home automation is more straightforward than you think, even if you are apprehensive about new technology. Mobile apps like Vivint’s enable you to make life easier with custom actions in just a minute or two. Vivint’s app even comes pre-configured with many suggested automation actions you may simply switch on.  

Here’s a quick rundown of how to create a new action, also called a rule:

1. Open the Vivint app on your smartphone.
2. Touch the menu icon in the upper left corner and pick “Smart Actions.”
3. Press the “+” sign to create a new action.
4. Choose what you wish to occur. For instance, you could want to start a video recording, activate your system, or turn on a light. You’ll find numerous options.
5. Next, indicate what will initiate the action. For example, you might want a light to turn on when a motion sensor trips or a video camera to record when a door lock opens. You can also have an action take place according to the time of day.
6. Then, you just have to review your work, ensure you save it, and toggle it on to implement it.

If it sounds difficult, it really isn’t. Due to the app's usability, you essentially just touch what you want and slide rules on or off. If you would like a camera to record when a door is opened, you will choose which camera you want from a list. You'll also select the door if there’s more than one possibility. The rule can be set for all hours or only for specified timeframes.

Get innovative smart home automation by installing a Vivint security system

Take some of life’s daily tasks off your schedule and let your new Vivint smart home manage them for you! By implementing smart home automation, you’ll discover another level of convenience while getting better protection for your household. Customize your smart home in Medford today by calling (541) 697-3284 and talking to a Vivint specialist.