How to use smart home automation actions and scenes in your New Haven home

Home security is more than alarms and wires. Today, your innovative system revolves around smart home automation and pre-configured scenes. Through your phone app or command panel, you can integrate custom actions that improve your security and convenience. Discover how to create your own in just a few easy steps. 

What’s possible with smart home automation?

Leading smart homes allow you to do quite a bit, like changing temperature settings or inspecting video streams remotely from your smartphone. But that’s only the start. Smart home automation permits different aspects of your home to work together. 

Here are a few examples of what you can program:

• Disarm your system when someone opens the door with a PIN
• Unlock your front door when a CO detector or fire alarm trips
• After doors are opened, have them lock again after a certain amount of time
• Set indoor cameras to record if a door opens or motion sensor trips
• Activate and deactivate your system at designated hours

Your choices are virtually limitless. You can even establish a comprehensive nighttime scene that adjust lights, arms your system, and secures doors in unison. The top home security systems in New Haven make it effortless with easy-to-navigate smartphone apps.

Creating home automation actions in your New Haven home

If you’re intimidated by technology and think you can’t manage creating your home’s automation, think twice. Mobile apps like Vivint’s allow you to add convenience to your life in only a few moments. Vivint’s app also comes pre-programmed with many suggested automation actions you may just toggle on.  

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

1. Launch the Vivint app on your smartphone.
2. Touch the menu icon in the upper left of your screen and select “Smart Actions.”
3. Press the “+” sign to initiate a new action.
4. Choose what you want to occur. For example, you could wish to activate your system, begin a video recording, or switch on a light. You’ll find various possibilities.
5. Next, indicate what will trigger the action. For example, you may want a light to illuminate when a motion detector activates or a surveillance device to record when a front door lock opens. You can also have an action occur simply based on the time of day.
6. Finally, you only have to review your action, save the new rule, and toggle it on to implement it.

If it appears complicated, it’s not. Due to the app's intuitive design, you essentially just touch what you want and toggle rules on or off. If you want a camera to record when a door opens, you will pick which camera to initiate from a list. You'll also choose the door if there are more than one choices. The rule can be programmed to run 24/7 or only for certain times of day.

Enjoy the best in smart home automation by choosing a Vivint security system

Take some of life’s everyday responsibilities off your plate and let your new Vivint smart home handle them for you! Through smart home automation, you’ll enjoy a higher level of convenience while getting a better defense for your household. Customize your smart home in New Haven today by dialing (203) 625-1716 and speaking to a Vivint professional.