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

Home security is more than door sensors and alarms. In today’s world, your advanced system centers on smart home automation and pre-programmed scenes. By using your command panel or phone app, you can incorporate custom actions that enhance your security and convenience. Learn how to design your own in only a few straightforward steps. 

What is possible with smart home automation?

Advanced smart homes let you do so much, like changing temperature settings or checking video footage remotely from your smartphone. But that’s really just the beginning. Smart home automation allows different aspects of your home to function together. 

Here are some examples of what you could configure:

• Deactivate your alarm when a door is opened with a PIN
• Unlock your door when a CO or smoke detector activates
• When doors are opened, have them lock again following a specified duration
• Program indoor cameras to record if a door opens or motion detector activates
• Arm and disarm your system at certain times of day

There aren’t many limits to what you may do. You can even configure a multifaceted end-of-day scene that locks doors, lowers lights, and activates your system all at once. The leading home security systems in Amarillo make it a breeze with easy-to-use cell phone apps.

Setting home automation actions in your Amarillo home

If you’re intimidated by technology and think you can’t handle customizing your smart home automation, think twice. Mobile apps like the one Vivint offers let you add convenience to your life in just a minute or two. Vivint’s app also comes pre-loaded with some recommended automation actions you may just switch on.  

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

1. Launch the Vivint app on your mobile device.
2. Press the menu icon in the top left corner and choose “Smart Actions.”
3. Touch the “+” sign to initiate a new action.
4. Choose what you want to occur. For example, you might want to arm your system, begin a video recording, or switch on a light. You’ll find many options.
5. Next, determine what will trigger the action. To illustrate, you might want a smart light to switch on when a motion sensor trips or a video camera to record when a door lock opens. You might also initiate an action simply based on the hour.
6. Then, you just have to check your work, make sure it’s saved, and toggle it on to implement it.

If it sounds difficult, it’s not. Due to the app's user-friendliness, you essentially just touch what you want and toggle rules off or on. If you want a video camera to record when a door opens, you will select which camera to use from a list. You'll also pick the door if there’s more than one choice. The rule can be programmed to run 24/7 or only for certain times.

Enjoy advanced smart home automation by choosing a Vivint security system

Take some of life’s everyday tasks off your to-do list and let your new Vivint smart home handle them for you! By implementing smart home automation, you’ll benefit from another level of convenience while obtaining better protection for your family. Customize your smart home in Amarillo today by placing a call to (806) 615-4222 and speaking to a Vivint specialist.