SecurityIn our house
Unlocks as you walk up, locks when you leave
- When
- You reach the front door / you pull away
- Then
- Touch the deadbolt or tap Home Key on your phone or watch to get in. It locks itself behind you once you're gone.
Level Lock ProHome Assistant
SecurityIn our house
9 PM lock check
- When
- 9:00 PM
- Then
- Front door locks itself, nobody touches it. If the door is still standing open, you get told instead.
Smart lockDoor sensor
EverydayIn our house
Cleaners Mode
- When
- You tap Cleaners Mode
- Then
- Every blind opens and every light switches to bright cool white, so the cleaners can see every corner.
Smart blindsSmart lights
EverydayIn our house
Trash-night bulb
- When
- The night before pickup
- Then
- A lamp turns brown for trash, green for recycling, and stays that way until you tap the tag on the bin.
Color bulbNFC tag
EverydayIn our house
Tap to open the garage
- When
- Your phone taps the tag by the garage
- Then
- The garage door opens. No remote, no app, no code.
Garage controllerNFC tag
LightingIn our house
Lights on before you're home
- When
- Live drive time home drops under 10 minutes
- Then
- Entry and kitchen lights come on and the thermostat heads back from eco, based on real traffic, not a circle on a map.
Smart lightsThermostat
LightingIn our house
First one home after dark
- When
- The front door opens after sunset and nobody's home
- Then
- Lights are already coming up low as you walk in. You never touch a switch.
Smart lightsDoor sensor
LightingIn our house
Outside lights follow the sun
- When
- The sun drops below the horizon
- Then
- Porch and permanent outdoor lights come on by sun position, so they're right all year with no timer to reset.
Outdoor lights
ComfortIn our house
Presence-based climate, room by room
- When
- You walk into a room, or leave one empty
- Then
- Vents open where you are and close where you're not. One thermostat, every room you're in comfortable.
Smart ventsRoom sensorsThermostat
ComfortIn our house
Humidity held at 45–50%
- When
- Indoor humidity leaves the 45–50% range
- Then
- The system adjusts to pull it back, and tells you if it can't.
Humidity sensorsThermostat
ComfortIn our house
Stale air gets flagged
- When
- Indoor CO2 climbs past a set level
- Then
- The house moves air and lets you know a room needs fresh air.
CO2 sensorThermostat
SafetyIn our house
Smoke or CO: every light, every phone
- When
- A smoke or CO alarm goes off
- Then
- Every light in the house flashes, and an alert breaks through Do Not Disturb. You can sleep through a beep; you can't sleep through this.
Smoke/CO sensorSmart lights
EverydayIn our house
Alerts that clear themselves
- When
- Something you were alerted about gets handled
- Then
- The notification disappears from every phone in the house, so the alerts you see are the ones that still matter.
Home Assistant
Security
Lock up when the last person leaves
- When
- The last phone in the house leaves home
- Then
- Every door locks, the garage closes, the alarm arms and the thermostat goes to eco.
Smart lockGarage controllerAlarm
Security
Alarm disarms as you arrive
- When
- Your phone gets home and the door unlocks
- Then
- The alarm disarms on its own, so there's no keypad countdown at the door.
AlarmSmart lock
Security
Package on the porch
- When
- The doorbell camera sees a package
- Then
- Phone alert with a snapshot. After dark the porch light comes on too.
Video doorbell
Security
Someone at the door after dark
- When
- Porch motion after sunset
- Then
- Porch light to full for five minutes and a snapshot to your phone.
Video doorbellPorch light
Security
Garage closes itself at 10 PM
- When
- 10:00 PM and the garage is open
- Then
- The garage light flashes for 30 seconds as a warning, the door closes, you get a notification.
Garage controller
Security
Garage left open
- When
- The garage has been open 10 minutes
- Then
- Phone alert with a close button. It clears itself once the door is down.
Garage controller
Security
Window left open when you arm
- When
- You arm the alarm or leave
- Then
- Tells you exactly which window or door is still open.
Door/window sensorsAlarm
Security
Lived-in look while you travel
- When
- Away mode for more than a day
- Then
- Lights and blinds follow your normal evening pattern, a little different each night.
Smart lightsMotorized blinds
Lighting
Night path to the bathroom
- When
- Motion in the hall after 11 PM
- Then
- Hall and bath lights at 5%, warm, off once you're back in bed.
Presence sensorSmart lights
Lighting
Lights follow you room to room
- When
- A presence sensor sees someone in a room
- Then
- Lights on where you are, off a few minutes after you leave. They stay on while you sit still reading.
Presence sensorSmart lights
Lighting
Wake-up light
- When
- 20 minutes before your alarm
- Then
- Bedroom lights fade up slowly, then the blinds open.
Smart lightsMotorized blinds
Lighting
Game-day colors
- When
- The Titans or Preds are playing
- Then
- Permanent outdoor lights switch to team colors for the game, then back.
Permanent outdoor lights
Lighting
Holiday lights on a calendar
- When
- Thanksgiving through New Year's, July 4th, Halloween
- Then
- Permanent outdoor lights run the right colors and patterns on the right dates, no ladder.
Permanent outdoor lights
Lighting
Doorbell flashes the lights
- When
- Someone rings the doorbell
- Then
- Living room lights pulse twice, for anyone wearing headphones or hard of hearing.
Video doorbellSmart lights
Comfort
Blinds follow the sun
- When
- Sunrise / sunset
- Then
- Blinds open in the morning and close at dusk on their own.
Motorized blinds
Comfort
Blinds close against afternoon heat
- When
- Sun on the west windows and the room passes 76°
- Then
- Those blinds lower partway and reopen at sunset.
Motorized blindsRoom sensor
Comfort
Bathroom fan on its own
- When
- Bathroom humidity jumps
- Then
- Fan on until humidity is back to normal, then off.
Humidity sensorSmart switch
Comfort
Cooler bedroom at bedtime
- When
- Goodnight scene runs
- Then
- Bedroom vents open fully, thermostat to 68°, other rooms ease off.
ThermostatSmart vents
Energy
Nobody home, AC eases off
- When
- Everyone has left
- Then
- Thermostat to eco, back to comfort when someone heads home.
Thermostat
Energy
Window open, HVAC pauses
- When
- A window is open for 2 minutes
- Then
- Heating or cooling pauses until it's shut.
Window sensorThermostat
Energy
Heat pump backup-heat watch
- When
- Electric backup heat runs longer than it should
- Then
- You get told before the power bill does. A common cost leak on Middle Tennessee heat pumps.
Thermostat
Energy
AC not keeping up
- When
- Cooling has run an hour and the house isn't dropping
- Then
- Alert with the numbers, so a duct or refrigerant problem gets caught early.
ThermostatRoom sensors
Energy
Filter change by runtime
- When
- The system hits 300 hours of run time
- Then
- A reminder to swap the HVAC filter, based on use instead of the calendar.
Thermostat
Energy
Standby power off overnight
- When
- Midnight, nobody up
- Then
- Smart plugs cut power to TVs, consoles and chargers; back on at 6 AM.
Smart plugs
Safety
Leak? Water shuts off
- When
- A leak sensor gets wet
- Then
- Main water valve closes and your phone gets an alert naming the room.
Leak sensorsWater valve
Safety
Tornado warning for Davidson County
- When
- The National Weather Service issues a warning for your county
- Then
- Every light on full, an announcement on the speakers, critical alerts on every phone.
Smart lightsSpeakers
Safety
Hard freeze coming
- When
- Forecast low below 28°
- Then
- A reminder the evening before to drip the faucets and cover the outside spigots.
Home Assistant
System health
Device dropped off
- When
- A sensor, lock or light stops reporting
- Then
- Tells you which one, before an automation quietly fails because of it.
Home Assistant
System health
Low battery roundup
- When
- Sunday evening
- Then
- One message listing every device under 20%, instead of a dozen surprise beeps.
Home Assistant
System health
Backups that leave the house
- When
- Every night
- Then
- Your whole setup is backed up somewhere other than the hub, and you hear about it if a backup fails.
Home Assistant
Family
Kids home from school
- When
- A kid's code or phone opens the front door, weekdays 2–5 PM
- Then
- You get "Home: Ava, 3:42 PM" and the entry lights come on.
Smart lock
Family
Teen out past curfew
- When
- 11 PM and a teen's phone isn't home
- Then
- A quiet notification to the parents, nobody else.
Home Assistant
Family
Check-in on an aging parent
- When
- No kitchen motion by 10 AM
- Then
- Texts a family member so someone can call.
Presence sensor
Pets
Dog walker access, weekdays 11–2
- When
- The walker uses their code
- Then
- Works only in that window, relocks behind them, and tells you when they came and went.
Smart lock
Pets
Keep the dog comfortable
- When
- Nobody home and the house passes 80°
- Then
- Cooling comes on regardless of eco mode.
Thermostat
Everyday
Guest mode
- When
- You switch on Guest mode
- Then
- Guests get their own door code, the guest room vents open, and motion lighting stays out of their way.
Smart lockSmart vents
Everyday
Laundry's done
- When
- Washer power drops to idle
- Then
- An announcement and a phone notification, so clothes don't sit wet.
Smart plugSpeakers
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