SmartHomeBeach audience attending the professional programme

SmartHomeBeach 2026

From devices
to real solutions.

A one-day meeting point for the smart-home, building-automation and professional installation communities.

100
participants
2
parallel tracks
29 Aug
2026
HU
Kápolnásnyék

02 / The event

Technology became
a conversation.

Deep Dive sessions for professionals ran alongside an accessible Beach programme for homeowners and enthusiasts. Talks, moderated roundtables and hands-on exhibitor conversations kept both audiences connected.

A moderated SmartHomeBeach roundtable discussion
Expert roundtables
Participants discussing connected products at an exhibitor stand
Hands-on exchange
Participants gathered for a SmartHomeBeach presentation
Two audiences, one community

03 / Live Tech Showcase

Extreme load.
Real radio conditions.

The venue was not an empty laboratory. It was a working community centre with an operational Z-Wave mesh network, creating a genuinely busy radio environment for the Long Range demonstration.

100Shelly Wave LR devices
4controllers
2live Z-Wave networks
1shared radio environment
Mesh network with multiple redundant connections between peer nodes

Existing network

Z-Wave mesh

Already operating throughout the community centre.

Bothperformed reliablyeven under extreme load
Star network with endpoint nodes connected directly to one central hub

Showcase network

Z-Wave Long Range

Built for the live test with 100 devices and four controllers.

04 / What we learned

The radio test was one part
of a larger systems story.

01

Integrate first

Connected products create value when the system works as a whole.

02

Measure reality

Live behaviour, signal conditions and operating data matter more than assumptions.

03

Document the system

A solution is only maintainable when others can understand and support it.

04

Prepare the user

Handover includes education, understandable controls and clear responsibilities.

05

Plan across trades

Automation, HVAC, electrical work, shading and interior design must meet early.

A smart home is finished only when it is reliable, understandable and ready to be handed over.

05 / Community

A community
proving it together.

Manufacturers, integrators, designers, installers and users met around working technology, difficult questions and shared experience.

100 participantsOne practical conversation
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