How to create smart home automation actions and scenes in your Los Angeles home

Home security is more than door sensors and alarms. These days, your modern system centers on smart home automation and pre-configured scenes. Through your command panel or cell phone app, you can integrate custom actions that enhance your conveneince and security. Learn how to design your own in just a few simple steps. 

What is possible with smart home automation?

Leading smart homes permit you to do so much, like inspecting video feeds or adjusting thermostat settings directly from your smartphone. But that’s really just the start. Smart home automation permits different elements of your home to work together. 

Here are several examples of what you could do:

• Disarm your alarm when a door is opened with a PIN
• Unlock your front door when a fire alarm or CO detector trips
• After doors are unlocked, have them lock again following a specified duration
• Set indoor cameras to record if a door opens or motion detector trips
• Arm and disarm your system at designated hours

Your options are practically limitless. You might even create a multifaceted bedtime scene that dims lights, activates your system, and secures doors all at once. The best home security systems in Los Angeles make it a breeze with easy-to-use smartphone apps.

Configuring home automation actions in your Los Angeles home

If you’re hesitant about technology and think you won’t be able to master creating your smart home automation, you should reconsider. Smartphone apps like the one from Vivint let you simplify your life in only a minute or two. Vivint’s app even comes pre-programmed with some optional automation actions you can just toggle on.  

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

1. Launch the Vivint app on your smartphone.
2. Tap the menu icon in the top left corner and select “Smart Actions.”
3. Touch the “+” sign to create a new rule.
4. Select what you would like to happen. For example, you might wish to illuminate a light, arm your system, or begin a camera recording. You’ll find various options.
5. Next, specify what will initiate the action. As an example, you may want a smart light to switch on when a motion sensor activates or a surveillance camera to record when a front door lock activates. You can also initiate an action based on the time of day.
6. The last step is to verify your action, save the new rule, and toggle it on to implement it.

If it appears complex, it’s not. Because of the app's user-friendliness, you can virtually just touch what you want and toggle rules off or on. If you want a surveillance device to record when a door lock activates, you can choose which camera to initiate from a list. You will also select the door if there’s more than one choice. The rule may be implemented to run all day or only for certain times of day.

Enjoy advanced smart home automation with a new Vivint security system

Take some of life’s daily tasks off your schedule and let your new Vivint smart home take care of them for you! By using smart home automation, you’ll benefit from another level of convenience while obtaining better protection for your household. Design your smart home in Los Angeles today by dialing (310) 861-9194 and connecting with a Vivint specialist.