One of the many amazing features of having a smart home automation system placed in your home, is to have smart locks in place. There are several amazing features of smart locks and we realize there may seem to be a bit of confusion as to how exactly smart locks work with a smart home automation system. Thus, we decided to give a quick rundown to help clarify the confusion.

Choosing the Right Smart Lock

Before we get down to it, it is important to note that some brands or products have better compatibility to smart home automation systems. For instance, we suggest installing a Weiser or Kwikset electronic deadbolt since we believe they have the best functionality of any wireless Z-Wave lock on the block.

Customize Your Smart Lock Settings

Once its installed, program the deadbolt codes through the alarm.com web portal, add a user, program a code and tell the system when you want the code to function. Example: Cleaning Person has access on Wednesdays only from 8am-4PM, where as the dog walker has access on Monday, Wednesday & Friday from 10am – 2pM.

Have More Control with your Smart Home

With an electronic deadbolt that is paired with your alarm.com smart home solution, you can program your home alarm to disarm when the code is entered to unlock the door, turn on a light inside the house so that you are not entering a dark home at night and the Smart home thermostat will automatically change the temperature to your preferred setting. – Now, that’s smart!

Manage Users And Give Access Remotely

With a smart lock you can have access to remote user management feature, all you’ll need to do is login into the web portal from anywhere and add a user to the system. Have a plumbing leak and need a plumber to get into your home to fix the work while you’re at work or away on vacation? Well, this will never be a problem again, simply login to alarm.com, enter your login info and program the code. – it’s that easy!

Live Key-Free!

When you get a smart lock placed in your smart home system, you will never need to carry around any keys. You can simply unlock and lock the deadbolt from your smartphone app or web login to let a visitor have access to your home or cottage; you’ll never need to have any duplicate keys lying around hiding beneath the flower pots!

Remotely Answer Your Door And See Who’s There

What’s more you ask? Well, you can integrate the SkyBell video doorbell to the lock. With this in place, when a visitor pushes the video doorbell button, you will receive a push notification on your smart home, you can then open the app, talk to the visitor and can instantly unlock the door when needed to let them in. – how cool is that?!

Stylish and Smart!

In addition to all the cool things we mentioned, you can match the finish of your door hardware with Venetian Bronze, satin nickel and brass finishes! This means you don’t have to compromise on the look and style of your doors. Thus, having stylish doors that are smart!

Smart Home Automation & SecurU

If you’re not convinced already, getting a Smart Home Automation system can really do wonders for how you manage your home locks. When you have complete control over how you manage your locks, life becomes a lot easier and fun, won’t you agree? At SecurU, we take immense pride in knowing that we help our clients live a more relaxed and stress-free lifestyle. Our clients are based in Milton, Oakville and Burlington among other locations. If you’d like to know more about our offerings or would just like to say hello, don’t be shy and contact us today – we don’t bite, we promise!