How to implement smart home automation actions and scenes in your Lake Havasu home

Home security is more than door sensors and alarms. Today, your advanced system centers on smart home automation and pre-programmed scenes. Through your smartphone app or command panel, you can implement custom actions that enhance your conveneince and security. Learn how to make your own in just a few straightforward steps. 

What is possible with smart home automation?

Modern smart homes allow you to do quite a bit, like examining video footage or adjusting thermostat settings remotely from your cell phone. But that’s really just the beginning. Smart home automation lets different parts of your home to work together. 

These are several examples of what you can configure:

• Disarm your alarm when someone unlocks the door with a PIN
• Unlock your door when a CO detector or fire alarm trips
• Lock doors a certain amount of time after they are opened
• Configure interior cameras to record if a motion sensor trips or door opens
• Activate and deactivate your system at designated times of day

There are few limitations to what you might do. You could even create a varied end-of-day scene that arms your system, locks doors, and dims lighting simultaneously. The best home security systems in Lake Havasu make it simple with easy-to-navigate cell phone apps.

Configuring home automation actions in your Lake Havasu home

If you’re intimidated by technology and think you’re not able to manage customizing your smart home automation, think twice. Smartphone apps like Vivint’s allow you to simplify your life in only a few moments. Vivint’s app even comes pre-configured with many optional automation actions you may simply switch on.  

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

1. Open the Vivint app on your cell phone.
2. Press the menu icon in the upper left corner and pick “Smart Actions.”
3. Tap the “+” sign to start a new rule.
4. Select what you wish to take place. For example, you could wish to begin a video recording, arm your system, or switch on a light. You’ll find various choices.
5. Next, specify what will trigger the action. As an example, you could want a smart light to turn on when a motion detector triggers or a surveillance camera to record when a smart lock is engaged. You can also program an action based on the time of day.
6. Then, you just have to review what you’ve done, ensure you save it, and toggle it on to enable it.

If it sounds complex, it’s not. Thanks to the app's usability, you can virtually just press what you want and toggle rules on or off. If you would like a surveillance device to record when a door lock activates, you may pick which camera to use from a list. You will also pick the door if there’s more than one possibility. The rule may be set to run 24/7 or only for specified times.

Find the best in smart home automation by installing a Vivint security system

Take some of life’s everyday 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 loved ones. Start designing your smart home in Lake Havasu today by calling (928) 877-2148 and talking to a Vivint specialist.