How to use smart home automation actions and scenes in your Helena home

Home security is more than alarms and motion detectors. Today, your advanced system centers on smart home automation and pre-programmed scenes. Through the use of your cell phone app or central hub, you can incorporate custom actions that enhance your conveneince and security. See how to create your own in only a few easy steps. 

What’s possible with smart home automation?

Modern smart homes let you do so much, like checking video streams or changing thermostat settings remotely from your smartphone. But that’s really just the beginning. Smart home automation allows different elements of your home to work together. 

Here are some examples of what you can do:

• Disarm your system when someone opens the door with a PIN
• Unlock your front door when a fire alarm or CO detector trips
• Re-lock doors a specific amount of time after they are opened
• Configure indoor cameras to record if a door opens or motion detector activates
• Activate and deactivate your system at certain hours

Your choices are virtually limitless. You could even establish a varied bedtime scene that dims lights, activates your system, and locks doors in unison. The best home security systems in Helena make it effortless with easy-to-use cell phone apps.

Setting home automation actions in your Helena home

If you’re hesitant about technology and think you won’t be able to master customizing your smart home automation, think twice. Cell phone apps like the one Vivint offers allow you to make life easier with custom actions in merely a couple of minutes. Vivint’s app even comes pre-configured with various recommended automation actions you can easily switch on.  

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

1. Open the Vivint app on your mobile device.
2. Tap the menu icon in the upper left of the display and select “Smart Actions.”
3. Press the “+” sign to create a new action.
4. Choose what you would like to occur. For example, you could want to activate your system, begin a camera recording, or switch on a light. You’ll find many options.
5. Next, indicate what will cause the action. For example, you may want a smart light to illuminate when a motion sensor trips or a video camera to record when a front door lock activates. You can also have an action take place simply based on the hour.
6. Then, you just have to verify your work, save the new rule, and toggle it on to activate it.

If it appears complex, it really isn’t. Because of the app's intuitive design, you can virtually just press what you want and toggle rules on or off. If you want a surveillance device to record when a door lock activates, you may pick which camera you want from a list. You'll also select the door if there’s more than one choice. The rule may be programmed for all hours or only for certain times.

Get advanced smart home automation by choosing a Vivint security system

Take some of life’s everyday responsibilities off your schedule and have your new Vivint smart home take care of them for you! Through smart home automation, you’ll enjoy a new level of convenience while attaining better protection for your household. Design your smart home in Helena today by dialing (406) 926-5388 and connecting with a Vivint expert.