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

Home security is more than alarms and motion detectors. These days, your advanced system focuses on smart home automation and pre-configured scenes. Through the use of your command panel or cell phone app, you can incorporate custom actions that elevate your security and convenience. See how to design your own in only a few simple steps. 

What’s possible with smart home automation?

Leading smart homes permit you to do quite a bit, like checking video streams or adjusting temperature settings straight from your smartphone. But that’s really just scratching the surface. Smart home automation allows different aspects of your home to function together. 

Here are a few examples of what you could do:

• Disarm your system when someone unlocks the door with a PIN
• Unlock your door when a CO or smoke detector activates
• After doors are unlocked, have them lock again following a certain amount of time
• Program interior cameras to record if a door opens or motion sensor activates
• Disarm and arm your system at specified moments

Your possibilities are nearly limitless. You can even configure a multifaceted end-of-day scene that activates your system, secures doors, and lowers lighting all at once. The leading home security systems in Jackson make it a breeze with easy-to-navigate mobile apps.

Setting home automation actions in your Jackson home

Programming smart home automation is simpler than you think, even if you are daunted by new technology. Mobile apps like Vivint’s allow you to simplify your life in merely a few moments. Vivint’s app also comes pre-loaded with some suggested automation actions you may just switch on.  

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

1. Launch the Vivint app on your cell phone.
2. Press the menu icon in the upper left of your screen and select “Smart Actions.”
3. Tap the “+” sign to initiate a new action.
4. Choose what you want to take place. For instance, you may wish to start a video recording, arm your system, or switch on a light. You’ll find various choices.
5. Next, indicate what will cause the action. To illustrate, you might want a light to illuminate when a motion sensor activates or a surveillance device to record when a front door lock activates. You might also have an action take place based on the hour.
6. The last step is to check your work, save the new rule, and toggle it on to enable it.

If it appears complex, it’s far from it. Thanks to the app's usability, you can virtually just touch what you want and slide rules off or on. If you would like a video camera to record when a door is opened, you can choose which camera you want from a list. You'll also select the door if there are more than one choices. The rule may be set for all hours or only for specified times of day.

Enjoy advanced smart home automation by choosing a Vivint security system

Take some of life’s routine responsibilities off your to-do list and let your new Vivint smart home manage them for you! Through smart home automation, you’ll enjoy a new level of convenience while obtaining better security for your family. Customize your smart home in Jackson today by dialing (601) 607-9990 and talking to a Vivint professional.