The invention of the first smart impact hammer provides new ways of mechanical excitation for structural dynamic applications. Smart means that the device processes its signals internally. The modal hammer Wave Hit MAX guarantees fully automatic, reproducible, and high-precision excitation of the test object without double hits. The user can set the number of hits, impact force and the delay between hits accounting for different degrees of damping / delay times. All pre-settings like zero point or impact force search are made automatically by the hammer. Manual adjustment by the user is no longer necessary.