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March 01, 2022

Smart Home Automation Tips And Tricks In Fayetteville

You use smart components, but are they making your life better? Most smart devices should help you become effective and responsive. Here are a few Fayetteville home automation tips and tricks to enable your smart devices work for your home.


Tip: Install Smart Door Locks To See When Kids Come Home From School

If your family is made up of school-aged kids, it's good to find out when they come through the door from the bus. Employ this Fayetteville home automation tip to get an mobile alert when they step into the house. First, lock and then program it to alert your mobile device when they enter their private unlock code. Then give them a quick hello through the two-way talk feature on your indoor security camera.

Trick: Link Your Automation Components

One of the neatest things about a smart home security system is linking all of your devices together. For example, don't trouble yourself about remembering to lock your doors when you leave. Instead, use your security system’s mobile app to simply lock your doors when your mobile device is no longer on your premises. You can also set schedules where your smart lights come on as soon as your security cameras recognize sudden motion or have your smart thermostat turn on the exhaust if your smart alarms go off.

Tip: Make Scenes For Your Home Automation

As a homeowner, you get how annoying it is to decode which breaker controls which area of your residence when your fuse box aren't correctly labeled. It's the same with your smart devices. When setting up your smart cameras, you don't need to be puzzled about which smart camera is active or which smart camera is buzzing. Getting a warning that the living room window has been broken takes the guesswork out of trying to understand which, say, a notification that door one has been broken.

Trick: Protect Your Packages with Home Automation

The theft of expected packages could be a normal annoyance. However, by putting in a doorbell camera with your home security system, you can prevent missing deliveries. You can schedule your home security to transmit to alerts when your boxes are delivered, then automatically get a 30-second clip if the camera is triggered afterward. You could even set it to trigger your smart locks or use the 2-way talk feature, so it always looks like you're home.

Let Us Assist You With Some Fayetteville Home Automation Ideas

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