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

Home security is more than door sensors and alarms. Today, your advanced system focuses on smart home automation and pre-configured scenes. By using your cell phone app or command hub, you can implement custom actions that enhance your security and convenience. See how to create your own in just a few easy steps. 

What can you do with smart home automation?

Modern smart homes allow you to do quite a bit, like adjusting temperature settings or inspecting video footage directly from your phone. But that’s really just scratching the surface. Smart home automation allows different aspects of your home to work together. 

The following are some examples of what you might configure:

• Disarm your alarm when someone unlocks the door with a PIN
• Unlock your door when a fire alarm or CO detector activates
• When doors are opened, have them lock again following a set amount of time
• Program indoor cameras to record if a motion detector trips or door opens
• Arm and disarm your system at certain times of day

Your possibilities are virtually limitless. You could even configure a comprehensive end-of-day scene that locks doors, lowers lights, and activates your system simultaneously. The leading home security systems in Abilene make it simple with easy-to-navigate smartphone apps.

Configuring home automation actions in your Abilene home

If you’re intimidated by technology and think you’re not able to master configuring your home’s automation, you should reconsider. Smartphone apps like the one Vivint offers allow you to add convenience to your life in merely a couple of minutes. Vivint’s app also comes pre-programmed with many optional automation actions you can simply turn on.  

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

1. Open the Vivint app on your cell phone.
2. Tap the menu icon in the upper left of your screen and choose “Smart Actions.”
3. Tap the “+” sign to initiate a new action.
4. Define the action by choosing what you wish to take place. For instance, you may want to activate your system, start a surveillance recording, or switch on a light. You’ll find numerous possibilities.
5. Next, specify what will trigger the action. To illustrate, you might want a smart light to turn on when a motion detector trips or a surveillance camera to record when a door lock activates. You may also have an action occur according to the time of day.
6. The last step is to review your action, make sure it’s saved, and toggle it on to enable it.

If it sounds difficult, it really isn’t. Thanks to the app's intuitive design, you can virtually just touch what you want and toggle rules on or off. If you would like a video camera to record when a door lock activates, you may select which camera to use from a list. You will also select the door if there are different options. The rule can be set to run all day or only for certain timeframes.

Find innovative smart home automation with a new Vivint security system

Take some of life’s routine responsibilities off your plate and have your new Vivint smart home manage them for you! By using smart home automation, you’ll enjoy a new level of convenience while obtaining a better defense for your family. Design your smart home in Abilene today by calling (325) 378-0098 and speaking to a Vivint specialist.