How to implement smart home automation actions and scenes in your Eugene home

Home security is more than alarms and wires. Today, your advanced system centers on smart home automation and pre-configured scenes. Through your phone app or command hub, you can implement custom actions that elevate your security and convenience. See how to make your own in just a few simple steps. 

What can you do with smart home automation?

Advanced smart homes allow you to do many things, like inspecting video footage or adjusting HVAC settings straight from your phone. But that’s only scratching the surface. Smart home automation lets different parts of your home to function together. 

The following are several examples of what you can do:

• Disarm your system when someone opens the door with a PIN
• Unlock your main entrance when a fire alarm or CO detector trips
• When doors are unlocked, have them lock again following a set duration
• Program interior cameras to record if a door opens or motion detector trips
• Activate and deactivate your system at specified hours

There’s no limit to what you can do. You might even create a varied end-of-day scene that locks doors, lowers lights, and arms your system all at once. The best home security systems in Eugene make it effortless with user-friendly mobile apps.

Setting home automation actions in your Eugene home

If you’re intimidated by technology and think you’re not able to handle creating your smart home automation, you should reconsider. Mobile apps like the one Vivint offers let you make life easier with custom actions in only a minute or two. Vivint’s app even comes pre-configured with some suggested automation actions you can simply toggle on.  

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

1. Open the Vivint app on your smartphone.
2. Touch the menu icon in the top left of your screen and pick “Smart Actions.”
3. Press the “+” sign to start a new action.
4. Set the action by choosing what you would like to occur. For instance, you might want to commence a surveillance recording, activate your system, or turn on a light. You’ll find various possibilities.
5. Next, specify what will trigger the action. For example, you could want a light to illuminate when a motion detector trips or a video camera to record when a door lock opens. You can also have an action initiate based on the hour.
6. Then, you just have to verify what you’ve done, ensure you save it, and toggle it on to enable it.

If it sounds complex, it really isn’t. Due to the app's intuitive design, you essentially just touch what you want and slide rules on or off. If you would like a camera to record when a door opens, you can select which camera you want from a list. You will also pick the door if there’s more than one possibility. The rule can be programmed to run all day or only for specified times of day.

Find innovative smart home automation by choosing a Vivint security system

Take some of life’s everyday tasks off your schedule and let your new Vivint smart home manage them for you! Through smart home automation, you’ll benefit from another level of convenience while attaining a better defense for your household. Design your smart home in Eugene today by placing a call to (541) 313-4091 and connecting with a Vivint professional.