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

Home security is more than alarms and wires. Today, your advanced system centers on smart home automation and pre-configured scenes. Through the use of your cell phone app or command panel, you can implement custom actions that elevate your home’s safety and convenience. Learn how to design your own in only a few easy steps. 

What’s possible with smart home automation?

Leading smart homes allow you to do many things, like inspecting video footage or adjusting thermostat settings remotely from your cell phone. But that’s really just the start. Smart home automation allows different aspects of your home to work off each other. 

The following are some examples of what you could program:

• Deactivate your alarm when a door opens with a PIN
• Unlock your main entrance when a CO or smoke detector trips
• Lock doors a specific amount of time after they are unlocked
• Set indoor cameras to record if a door opens or motion sensor activates
• Activate and deactivate your system at designated times of day

Your options are nearly limitless. You might even establish a multifaceted bedtime scene that activates your system, secures doors, and dims lighting in unison. The top home security systems in Madison make it effortless with user-friendly smartphone apps.

Creating home automation actions in your Madison home

If you’re apprehensive about technology and think you won’t be able to master customizing your home’s automation, think again. Mobile apps like the one Vivint offers enable you to add convenience to your life in merely a few moments. Vivint’s app also comes pre-configured with some recommended automation actions you can easily switch on.  

Here’s a quick rundown of how to make a new action, also called a rule:

1. Access the Vivint app on your cell phone.
2. Tap the menu icon in the top left of your screen and select “Smart Actions.”
3. Press the “+” sign to start a new action.
4. Begin by choosing what you want to occur. To illustrate, you could wish to start a camera recording, activate your system, or turn on a light. You’ll find many options.
5. Next, determine what will trigger the action. For example, you might want a light to turn on when a motion detector activates or a video camera to record when a front door lock activates. You might also have an action occur based on the time of day.
6. Finally, you only have to verify what you’ve done, save the new rule, and toggle it on to implement it.

If it seems complicated, it’s far from it. Due to the app's user-friendliness, you essentially just press what you want and toggle rules off or on. If you would like a video camera to record when a door opens, you can select which camera to use from a list. You'll also pick the door if there’s more than one option. The rule may be implemented for all hours or only for certain timeframes.

Find innovative smart home automation with a new Vivint security system

Take some of life’s routine responsibilities off your schedule and have your new Vivint smart home handle them for you! By using smart home automation, you’ll enjoy a new level of convenience while attaining better protection for your family. Design your smart home in Madison today by placing a call to (608) 470-6808 and speaking to a Vivint specialist.