How to implement smart home automation actions and scenes in your Appleton home

Home security is more than alarms and motion detectors. These days, your modern system centers on smart home automation and pre-programmed scenes. Through your command panel or phone app, you can implement custom actions that enhance your conveneince and security. Discover how to make your own in just a few simple steps. 

What is possible with smart home automation?

Modern smart homes let you do many things, like changing smart thermostat settings or checking video footage directly from your phone. But that’s merely the start. Smart home automation lets different parts of your home to function together. 

The following are a few examples of what you might configure:

• Deactivate your alarm when someone unlocks the door with a PIN
• Unlock your door when a fire alarm or CO detector trips
• Have doors lock automatically a specific amount of time after they are opened
• Program interior cameras to record if a door opens or motion sensor trips
• Arm and disarm your system at designated hours

There aren’t many limits to what you can do. You could even create a varied nighttime scene that activates your system, locks doors, and lowers lighting all at once. The leading home security systems in Appleton make it simple with easy-to-navigate smartphone apps.

Setting home automation actions in your Appleton home

If you’re intimidated by technology and think you won’t be able to manage creating your home’s automation, you should reconsider. Cell phone apps like Vivint’s allow you to add convenience to your life in merely a minute or two. Vivint’s app even comes pre-programmed with various recommended automation actions you can just switch on.  

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

1. Access the Vivint app on your smartphone.
2. Tap the menu icon in the top left corner and select “Smart Actions.”
3. Press the “+” sign to initiate a new action.
4. Set the action by picking what you wish to take place. For example, you might wish to commence a surveillance recording, activate your system, or illuminate a light. You’ll find various possibilities.
5. Next, determine what will initiate the action. To illustrate, 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 is engaged. You may also have an action take place according to the hour.
6. The last step is to verify your work, save the new rule, and toggle it on to implement it.

If it seems difficult, it’s not. Thanks to the app's usability, you can virtually just press what you want and switch rules on or off. If you would like a camera to record when a door is opened, you can choose which camera to use from a list. You will also pick the door if there are multiple possibilities. The rule can be implemented to run 24/7 or only for certain times of day.

Find advanced smart home automation with a new Vivint security system

Take some of life’s everyday tasks off your to-do list and have your new Vivint smart home handle them for you! By implementing smart home automation, you’ll enjoy a new level of convenience while getting better protection for your loved ones. Design your smart home in Appleton today by placing a call to (920) 259-2449 and talking to a Vivint specialist.