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

Home security is more than door sensors and alarms. These days, your advanced system revolves around smart home automation and pre-configured scenes. Through the use of your hub or phone app, you can implement custom actions that enhance your security and convenience. Discover how to make your own in only a few simple steps. 

What is possible with smart home automation?

Leading smart homes allow you to do so much, like changing smart thermostat settings or inspecting video streams straight from your smartphone. But that’s really just the beginning. Smart home automation lets different parts of your home to work off each other. 

Here are a few examples of what you could do:

• Deactivate your alarm when a door opens with a PIN
• Unlock your door when a CO or smoke detector activates
• Re-lock doors a specific amount of time after they are opened
• Configure indoor cameras to record if a door opens or motion sensor trips
• Activate and deactivate your system at specified times of day

There’s no limit to what you may do. You could even establish a varied bedtime scene that arms your system, secures doors, and dims lighting in unison. The best home security systems in Bend make it simple with user-friendly smartphone apps.

Creating home automation actions in your Bend home

If you’re hesitant about technology and think you’re not able to manage configuring your home’s automation, think twice. Smartphone apps like the one from Vivint allow you to make life easier with custom actions in only a couple of minutes. Vivint’s app even comes pre-programmed with many recommended automation actions you can simply toggle on.  

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

1. Open the Vivint app on your smartphone.
2. Touch the menu icon in the upper left of the display and select “Smart Actions.”
3. Press the “+” sign to create a new rule.
4. Set the action by picking what you would like to take place. For example, you may wish to arm your system, begin a camera recording, or turn on a light. You’ll find numerous options.
5. Next, indicate what will trigger the action. For example, you may want a light to illuminate when a motion sensor triggers or a surveillance device to record when a front door lock is engaged. You may also have an action take place simply based on the hour.
6. The last step is to check your action, ensure you save it, and toggle it on to enable it.

If it seems complex, it really isn’t. Due to the app's user-friendliness, you can virtually just tap what you want and toggle rules off or on. If you would like a camera to record when a door opens, you will pick which camera to use from a list. You will also choose the door if there’s more than one option. The rule may be implemented to run all day or only for specified times of day.

Find innovative smart home automation with a new Vivint security system

Take some of life’s routine tasks off your to-do list and let your new Vivint smart home take care of them for you! By using smart home automation, you’ll discover a higher level of convenience while getting better security for your household. Start designing your smart home in Bend today by dialing (541) 327-4968 and speaking to a Vivint specialist.