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

Home security is more than alarms and wires. Today, your advanced system centers on smart home automation and pre-configured scenes. Through your central touchscreen or phone app, you can incorporate custom actions that elevate your conveneince and security. Learn how to design your own in just a few straightforward steps. 

What’s possible with smart home automation?

Advanced smart homes let you do so much, like examining video streams or changing HVAC settings directly from your cell phone. But that’s really just scratching the surface. Smart home automation lets different elements of your home to work off each other. 

These are several examples of what you might do:

• Disarm your alarm when someone unlocks the door with a PIN
• Unlock your main entrance when a fire alarm or CO detector trips
• After doors are opened, have them lock again following a set duration
• Configure interior cameras to record if a door opens or motion detector activates
• Disarm and arm your system at designated hours

Your choices are virtually limitless. You could even create a varied end-of-day scene that dims lights, activates your system, and secures doors simultaneously. The leading home security systems in Kalamazoo make it effortless with easy-to-navigate smartphone apps.

Configuring home automation actions in your Kalamazoo home

If you’re intimidated by technology and think you won’t be able to master creating your home’s automation, think again. Mobile apps like Vivint’s let you add convenience to your life in only a couple of minutes. Vivint’s app even comes pre-loaded with some suggested automation actions you may easily turn on.  

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

1. Open the Vivint app on your smartphone.
2. Touch the menu icon in the top left of your screen and select “Smart Actions.”
3. Tap the “+” sign to create a new action.
4. Pick what you wish to happen. For instance, you might wish to arm your system, begin a camera recording, or switch on a light. You’ll find various options.
5. Next, determine what will trigger the action. For example, you may want a smart light to switch on when a motion detector triggers or a surveillance camera to record when a front door lock opens. You might also initiate an action simply based on the hour.
6. The last step is to verify what you’ve done, ensure you save it, and toggle it on to enable it.

If it seems complicated, it’s far from it. Due to the app's user-friendliness, you essentially just touch what you want and toggle rules on or off. If you would like a surveillance device to record when a door opens, you can select which camera to initiate from a list. You'll also pick the door if there’s more than one option. The rule can be programmed to run 24/7 or only for specified times.

Find advanced smart home automation with a new Vivint security system

Take some of life’s daily tasks off your schedule and let your new Vivint smart home take care of them for you! By using smart home automation, you’ll benefit from a new level of convenience while attaining better protection for your family. Start designing your smart home in Kalamazoo today by calling (269) 280-0186 and speaking to a Vivint professional.