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

Home security is more than alarms and wires. Today, your modern system focuses on smart home automation and pre-configured scenes. Through the use of your smartphone app or command hub, you can implement 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?

Leading smart homes permit you to do many things, like inspecting video streams or changing thermostat settings directly from your phone. But that’s really just the beginning. Smart home automation lets different parts of your home to work together. 

These are several examples of what you can program:

• Deactivate your alarm when someone unlocks the door with a PIN
• Unlock your main entrance when a CO or smoke detector activates
• Have doors lock automatically a certain amount of time after they are unlocked
• Program interior cameras to record if a door opens or motion detector activates
• Activate and deactivate your system at certain times of day

Your possibilities are nearly limitless. You can even configure a multifaceted end-of-day scene that arms your system, secures doors, and dims lighting simultaneously. The best home security systems in Lancaster make it effortless with easy-to-use mobile apps.

Configuring home automation actions in your Lancaster home

Configuring smart home automation is simpler than you think, even if you are daunted by new technology. Cell phone apps like the one from Vivint allow you to add convenience to your life in only a minute or two. Vivint’s app also comes pre-configured with many optional automation actions you can easily turn on.  

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

1. Launch the Vivint app on your smartphone.
2. Press the menu icon in the upper left corner and select “Smart Actions.”
3. Touch the “+” sign to create a new rule.
4. Pick what you would like to occur. To illustrate, you may wish to turn on a light, arm your system, or begin a camera recording. You’ll find numerous choices.
5. Next, indicate what will cause the action. As an example, you might want a light to turn on when a motion detector trips or a surveillance device to record when a front door lock activates. You can also schedule an action based on the hour.
6. The last step is to verify what you’ve done, make sure it’s saved, and toggle it on to activate it.

If it seems complex, it really isn’t. Thanks to the app's usability, you can virtually just tap what you want and slide rules on or off. If you want a camera to record when a door is opened, you may pick which camera to initiate from a list. You'll also choose the door if there’s more than one possibility. The rule may be set for all hours or only for particular times of day.

Get the best in smart home automation with a new Vivint security system

Take some of life’s routine tasks off your plate and let your new Vivint smart home manage them for you! Through smart home automation, you’ll discover another level of convenience while obtaining better security for your household. Design your smart home in Lancaster today by dialing (717) 922-5237 and speaking to a Vivint specialist.