Smart home on the road: manage your home remotely while on vacation
Summer vacation means fun and relax. That time when you can switch off your mind and enjoy the luxury of "worry-free" living at least for a few days. However, it is difficult to completely put aside anxieties and worries when you go on a trip and leave your home alone.
One of the main advantages of smart homes is related to the opportunity to monitor and manage the home remotely as well: this gives you the feeling of taking a little bit of your home with you wherever you go, spending the vacations more peacefully.
We recently talked about the best automations to set up in the summer in your smart home. At the end of the article, we mentioned two Habits that are particularly interesting if you are leaving for the vacations: automatic turning on of lights, TV and radio to give the impression that the home is not empty, and remote control of appliances, both to monitor their functioning and to turn them on or off directly from a smartphone.
Actually, these are not the only useful automations to set up when you are not at home and want to go on managing it even from miles away. Here are a few more to follow!
Energy consumption monitoring
Avoiding unnecessary energy waste is never more crucial than during the vacations. The new "Consumption" recently available on the Freedompro Home app now allows you to monitor the energy consumption of your connected devices and accessories, checking the energy used in real time or accessing the consumption history for specific periods.
This way, you can easily identify any waste and immediately turn off the device generating it, even if you are in Bali.
Setting up a "vacation scenario"
The advantage of Freedompro solutions - or Habits more specifically - is that they allow you to set up specific automations according to different scenarios.
For example, let's assume one called "Summer Vacation". It could include turning on the garden watering system every other day to continue taking care of your beloved plants, rather than the twice-a-week turning on the air conditioner and air purifier in order to maintain an optimal microclimate inside the home.
Power failure control
Imagine being on a beach in the Caribbean, enjoying the best Piña Colada you've ever tasted, and finding out on Google News that a thunderstorm has broken out at home so severe that it has knocked out the power in some areas of town. The fear that such a situation will also cause power outages to your connected devices is real!
However, with the remote control offered by your smart home, you can monitor the situation and take quick action, such as contacting a neighbor or service department to restore power and ensure that all devices are working properly when you return.
Remote management of the video intercom
As mentioned in this previous article, with the Dry Contact Modules from Freedompro Smart Modules range you can also automate pulse or dry contact devices. One of these is the video intercom, which thus becomes remotely manageable simply by installing the Module behind the handset.
Imagine, then, being able to respond to the arrival of a mailman or courier while you are at your vacation destination: you can speak directly to them, give instructions as to where to leave your package and then perhaps ask a neighbor or relative to pick it up for you. This feature gives you added peace of mind while you travel, because you know you won't miss important deliveries even if you are far from home.
Managing your home remotely while on vacation is now a reality thanks to smart home technologies. With Freedompro devices and the Freedompro Home app, you can now monitor security, control energy consumption, manage appliances, and automate various aspects of your home, all from the palm of your hand.
No matter where you are, your home is always under control, allowing you to enjoy the vacations in total peace of mind.
So have a happy summer!
