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

Home security is more than door sensors and alarms. In today’s world, your advanced system centers on smart home automation and pre-set scenes. By using your hub or cell phone app, you can implement custom actions that elevate your security and convenience. Learn how to create your own in just a few easy steps. 

What is possible with smart home automation?

Advanced smart homes allow you to do so much, like adjusting smart thermostat settings or checking video streams remotely from your cell phone. But that’s only scratching the surface. Smart home automation permits different aspects of your home to function together. 

The following are several examples of what you can do:

• Deactivate your alarm when someone opens the door with a PIN
• Unlock your main entrance when a CO detector or fire alarm trips
• Once doors are opened, have them lock again after a set duration
• Program indoor cameras to record if a motion detector trips or door opens
• Arm and disarm your system at specified moments

Your possibilities are virtually limitless. You can even configure a multifaceted end-of-day scene that dims lights, activates your system, and secures doors all at once. The top home security systems in Roanoke make it effortless with easy-to-use cell phone apps.

Setting home automation actions in your Roanoke home

If you’re apprehensive about technology and think you’re not able to handle configuring your smart home automation, think again. Mobile apps like Vivint’s let you simplify your life in merely a few moments. Vivint’s app even comes pre-loaded with some optional automation actions you can simply toggle on.  

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

1. Open the Vivint app on your cell phone.
2. Touch the menu icon in the top left of your screen and select “Smart Actions.”
3. Press the “+” sign to create a new rule.
4. Choose what you wish to happen. For example, you might want to arm your system, commence a surveillance recording, or turn on a light. You’ll find many choices.
5. Next, indicate what will cause the action. For example, you might want a light to illuminate when a motion sensor trips or a video camera to record when a front door lock is engaged. You may also schedule an action simply based on the time of day.
6. Then, you just have to verify your action, save the new rule, and toggle it on to implement it.

If it seems complex, it really isn’t. Due to the app's intuitive design, you can virtually just press what you want and slide rules on or off. If you would like a video camera to record when a door is opened, you can pick which camera to use from a list. You'll also pick the door if there are multiple possibilities. The rule can be set to run 24/7 or only for particular timeframes.

Enjoy innovative smart home automation by installing a Vivint security system

Take some of life’s everyday responsibilities off your to-do list and have your new Vivint smart home handle them for you! Through smart home automation, you’ll enjoy another level of convenience while obtaining better security for your family. Start designing your smart home in Roanoke today by placing a call to (540) 340-9398 and connecting with a Vivint professional.