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

Home security is more than alarms and wires. In today’s world, your advanced system centers on smart home automation and pre-configured scenes. Through the use of your hub or cell phone app, you can implement custom actions that elevate your conveneince and security. Discover how to design your own in just a few straightforward steps. 

What’s possible with smart home automation?

Advanced smart homes allow you to do so much, like adjusting smart thermostat settings or inspecting video feeds straight from your smartphone. But that’s merely the beginning. Smart home automation allows different elements of your home to work together. 

Here are a few examples of what you could program:

• Disarm your system when a door is opened with a PIN
• Unlock your main entrance when a CO or smoke detector triggers
• Once doors are unlocked, have them lock again after a set amount of time
• Program indoor cameras to record if a motion detector trips or door opens
• Activate and deactivate your system at certain times of day

There’s no limit to what you might do. You might even establish a comprehensive end-of-day scene that lowers lights, arms your system, and locks doors simultaneously. The best home security systems in Richmond make it effortless with easy-to-navigate cell phone apps.

Creating home automation actions in your Richmond home

If you’re hesitant about technology and think you’re not able to master creating your smart home automation, think twice. Mobile apps like the one Vivint offers enable you to simplify your life in only a couple of minutes. Vivint’s app even comes pre-configured with some recommended automation actions you can just switch on.  

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

1. Access the Vivint app on your cell phone.
2. Press the menu icon in the top left of your screen and select “Smart Actions.”
3. Tap the “+” sign to create a new rule.
4. Select what you wish to take place. For instance, you might wish to start a video recording, arm your system, or illuminate a light. You’ll find many possibilities.
5. Next, determine what will cause the action. For example, you may want a smart light to switch on when a motion sensor trips or a surveillance camera to record when a door lock is engaged. You may also have an action initiate according to the hour.
6. Then, you just have to verify your action, make sure it’s saved, and toggle it on to enable it.

If it sounds complicated, it really isn’t. Due to the app's usability, you may just touch what you want and switch rules on or off. If you want a video camera to record when a door lock activates, you may choose which camera you want from a list. You'll also select the door if there are multiple possibilities. The rule may be programmed for all hours or only for specified times of day.

Get advanced smart home automation by choosing a Vivint security system

Take some of life’s routine chores off your to-do list and let your new Vivint smart home manage them for you! By implementing smart home automation, you’ll discover a new level of convenience while attaining a better defense for your loved ones. Design your smart home in Richmond today by calling (804) 534-2782 and connecting with a Vivint expert.