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

Home security is more than alarms and wires. Today, your advanced system centers on smart home automation and pre-programmed scenes. Through the use of your smartphone app or central hub, you can incorporate custom actions that elevate your security and convenience. See how to create your own in just a few simple steps. 

What is possible with smart home automation?

Modern smart homes permit you to do quite a bit, like adjusting temperature settings or checking video feeds remotely from your cell phone. But that’s only the beginning. Smart home automation permits different aspects of your home to work together. 

These are some examples of what you could program:

• Deactivate your alarm when someone unlocks the door with a PIN
• Unlock your main entrance when a fire alarm or CO detector trips
• Re-lock doors a specific amount of time after they are opened
• Set interior cameras to record if a motion detector trips or door opens
• Activate and deactivate your system at specified moments

There are few limitations to what you might do. You could even configure a multifaceted nighttime scene that arms your system, locks doors, and lowers lighting simultaneously. The best home security systems in Springfield make it a breeze with easy-to-navigate smartphone apps.

Creating home automation actions in your Springfield home

If you’re intimidated by technology and think you won’t be able to manage customizing your home’s automation, think again. Smartphone apps like Vivint’s allow you to make life easier with custom actions in just a few moments. Vivint’s app even comes pre-loaded with some suggested automation actions you can just turn on.  

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

1. Access the Vivint app on your cell phone.
2. Tap the menu icon in the top left corner and pick “Smart Actions.”
3. Touch the “+” sign to start a new action.
4. Begin by picking what you want to happen. To illustrate, you could wish to start a camera recording, activate your system, or switch on a light. You’ll find various possibilities.
5. Next, indicate what will cause the action. For example, you could want a light to turn on when a motion sensor triggers or a video camera to record when a smart lock activates. You can also have an action take place based on the hour.
6. Then, you just have to review your work, ensure you save it, and toggle it on to enable it.

If it appears difficult, it really isn’t. Because of the app's usability, you can virtually just press what you want and toggle rules off or on. If you would like a camera to record when a door is opened, you can pick which camera to use from a list. You will also select the door if there are more than one possibilities. The rule may be programmed to run 24/7 or only for certain timeframes.

Get innovative smart home automation by installing a Vivint security system

Take some of life’s routine chores off your to-do list and have your new Vivint smart home manage them for you! Through smart home automation, you’ll discover a new level of convenience while getting better security for your loved ones. Customize your smart home in Springfield today by placing a call to (417) 428-8884 and speaking to a Vivint expert.