Smartify Academy
Learn to design, install and hand over smart homes.
Short, practical lessons for electricians, installers and integrators in India, written for concrete walls, shallow switch boxes and power cuts. Each one is checked by a named technician before it goes live.
From the guide to the job
- Step 1
See how it works
Follow a labelled diagram - Step 2
Check your understanding
Try a question from a real job - Step 3
Take it to site
Use a checklist as you work
Read at your pace. Come back on site.
Courses
Courses for installers.
Each course is an ordered set of lessons with a clear outcome. Take one start to finish, or open a single lesson.
Installer starter course
Survey a home, retrofit a switchboard without surprises, plan the loads, and hand over a room the client can run. Five short lessons written for Indian homes.
5 lessons · about 24 min · Beginner
Wireless networks that work in concrete homes
How Wi-Fi, Zigbee, Thread and Matter fit together, how to plan a Zigbee mesh, and how to find and fix dead zones in RCC buildings.
4 lessons · about 16 min · Intermediate
Scope and quote a smart-home project
From survey to quote: choose a protocol by project type, plan the loads, build a bill of materials, price labour and write an AMC that says what it covers.
4 lessons · about 18 min · Intermediate
Wired KNX for new builds
How a KNX installation is put together, when wired is the right choice, and how to commission and hand it over.
3 lessons · about 14 min · Intermediate
See it on site.
Practical video walkthroughs are in preparation. Start with the illustrated guides while we film.
Start here
Where should you start?
Electrician or installer
You fit smart switches, relays and sensors, or manage those jobs.
Start the installer starter course →
Integrator working with wireless systems
You set up hubs, meshes and Matter devices in finished homes.
Take the wireless networks course →
Designer or builder
You scope, specify and price smart-home work.
Take the scope and quote course →
Homeowner
You are planning a smart home and want plain-language answers.
Read what home automation is →
Checklists and tools
Checklists and tools for the job.
Made for a phone in a switchboard room, or for printing. Tick items as you go or fill in a worksheet; what you enter stays on this device.
Site survey checklist
What to collect, ask and check on a smart-home site visit, step by step, before you quote.
Commissioning and handover checklist
Six pass-or-fail gates for the last week of a job, from naming and labelling to acceptance and the handover pack.
Load schedule template
List every load on a job with its circuit, nameplate rating and type, check the gaps the lesson warns about, and download or print it.
How it works
How a lesson works.
Read it in a few minutes
Short sections, a safety note wherever mains work is involved, and a source list on every lesson.
Check yourself
Where a lesson has them, questions from real jobs. Open the answer when you are ready.
Use it on site
Checklists and templates made for a phone in a switchboard room, or for printing.
Topics
Browse by topic.
Foundations
What a smart home is made of, and the vocabulary you need before you plan one.
1 lesson
Design
Plan rooms, circuits and controls so the system fits the way a household lives.
5 lessons
Zigbee
How Zigbee networks form, scale and fail, and how to build a reliable one.
2 lessons
Matter
What Matter changes for installers: controllers, border routers, bridges and what to promise a client.
1 lesson
KNX
Wired KNX basics for residential projects: topology, ETS, group addresses and power supplies.
1 lesson
Installation
Wiring, commissioning and handover practice for installers and electricians.
5 lessons
Reference
Guides and references.
Glossary
42 smart-home terms in plain words, each linked to its lesson.
Protocols
How the main smart home protocols compare, in plain language.
Concepts
The ideas behind a smart home, explained one at a time.
Knowledgebase
Setup guides and tutorials for smart home devices.
What is Home Automation?
Introduction to smart home technology.
FAQs
Answers to common smart home questions.
Ready to Get Started?
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