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

Home security is more than alarms and wires. Today, your modern system revolves around smart home automation and pre-programmed scenes. By using your central touchscreen or cell phone app, you can integrate custom actions that enhance your security and convenience. See how to design your own in just a few easy steps. 

What can you do with smart home automation?

Modern smart homes let you do so much, like checking video footage or changing HVAC settings straight from your smartphone. But that’s merely the start. Smart home automation allows different parts of your home to work off each other. 

These are several examples of what you can do:

• Deactivate your alarm when a door is opened with a PIN
• Unlock your main entrance when a CO detector or fire alarm activates
• Have doors lock automatically a specific amount of time after they are unlocked
• Set indoor cameras to record if a door opens or motion sensor activates
• Disarm and arm your system at specified moments

Your choices are nearly limitless. You can even establish a multifaceted bedtime scene that arms your system, locks doors, and adjusts lighting simultaneously. The leading home security systems in Albuquerque make it effortless with easy-to-navigate cell phone apps.

Creating home automation actions in your Albuquerque home

If you’re hesitant about technology and think you’re not able to manage creating your smart home automation, think again. Mobile apps like the one Vivint offers let you simplify your life in just a few moments. Vivint’s app also comes pre-loaded with many recommended automation actions you may simply switch on.  

Here’s a brief rundown of how to make 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. Tap the “+” sign to create a new action.
4. Begin by selecting what you would like to occur. To illustrate, you may want to turn on a light, arm your system, or commence a surveillance recording. You’ll find many possibilities.
5. Next, indicate what will cause the action. As an example, you may want a light to illuminate when a motion detector triggers or a surveillance device to record when a door lock activates. You may also schedule an action based on the time of day.
6. The last step is to check your action, ensure you save it, and toggle it on to activate it.

If it appears difficult, it really isn’t. Thanks to the app's usability, you can virtually just touch what you want and slide rules on or off. If you want a camera to record when a door is opened, you can pick which camera you want from a list. You'll also select the door if there are more than one options. The rule can be set to run 24/7 or only for particular timeframes.

Get advanced smart home automation by choosing a Vivint security system

Take some of life’s daily responsibilities off your to-do list and let your new Vivint smart home manage them for you! By using smart home automation, you’ll discover another level of convenience while attaining a better defense for your loved ones. Start designing your smart home in Albuquerque today by placing a call to (505) 605-2321 and speaking to a Vivint professional.