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

Home security is more than door sensors and alarms. Today, your advanced system focuses on smart home automation and pre-programmed scenes. By using your smartphone app or central hub, you can incorporate custom actions that elevate your conveneince and security. Discover how to design your own in only a few easy steps. 

What’s possible with smart home automation?

Advanced smart homes let you do so much, like inspecting video feeds or adjusting temperature settings directly from your phone. But that’s really just the beginning. Smart home automation lets different parts of your home to function together. 

Here are several examples of what you can do:

• Disarm your alarm when a door unlocks with a PIN
• Unlock your door when a CO or smoke detector triggers
• Lock doors a set amount of time after they are unlocked
• Configure indoor cameras to record if a motion detector triggers or door opens
• Activate and deactivate your system at designated moments

There aren’t many limits to what you can do. You can even configure a multifaceted nighttime scene that adjust lights, arms your system, and secures doors in unison. The leading home security systems in Waco make it effortless with user-friendly mobile apps.

Creating home automation actions in your Waco home

If you’re intimidated by technology and think you won’t be able to manage configuring your smart home automation, think twice. Mobile apps like Vivint’s allow you to make life easier with custom actions in just a minute or two. Vivint’s app also comes pre-configured with some suggested automation actions you may simply toggle on.  

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

1. Access the Vivint app on your smartphone.
2. Tap the menu icon in the top left of your screen and choose “Smart Actions.”
3. Touch the “+” sign to create a new rule.
4. Set the action by picking what you want to take place. For example, you could wish to arm your system, commence a surveillance recording, or turn on a light. You’ll find numerous options.
5. Next, specify what will trigger the action. For example, you could want a smart light to illuminate when a motion sensor triggers or a surveillance camera to record when a smart lock is engaged. You can also have an action initiate according to the hour.
6. The last step is to review what you’ve done, make sure it’s saved, and toggle it on to activate it.

If it appears complicated, it’s not. Thanks to the app's user-friendliness, you may just touch what you want and switch rules on or off. If you would like a camera to record when a door is opened, you will choose which camera you want from a list. You'll also select the door if there are more than one choices. The rule can be set to run 24/7 or only for certain timeframes.

Find advanced smart home automation by choosing a Vivint security system

Take some of life’s daily responsibilities off your schedule and have your new Vivint smart home manage them for you! By implementing smart home automation, you’ll benefit from a higher level of convenience while obtaining better security for your family. Design your smart home in Waco today by calling (254) 970-3775 and connecting with a Vivint specialist.