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title: "Functional areas"
description: "TapHome guides by functional area: heating and cooling, lighting and dimming, blinds and awnings, irrigation and alarm."
url: "https://taphome.com/en/docs/functional-areas/"
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lastmod: 2026-11-09
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# Functional areas

Last updated: 2026-11-09

Functional areas are the specialized parts of a TapHome system that have their own configuration: heating and cooling, lighting, blinds and awnings, irrigation, and alarm. This section is for installers and users who want to set up one of these areas in TapHome. Find your task below and open the guide that covers it. The section has one guide for each of these areas. Several guides also show how to automate the area with smart rules.

## Functional area tasks

- [Heating / Cooling](https://taphome.com/en/docs/functional-areas/heating-cooling/) — Configure heating and cooling, including equithermic regulation and mode switching
- [Irrigation](https://taphome.com/en/docs/functional-areas/irrigation/) — Set up automatic irrigation of several zones
- [Blinds](https://taphome.com/en/docs/functional-areas/blinds-slides-awnings/) — Configure blinds, roller shutters and awnings, with calibration and slat angle
- [Lighting](https://taphome.com/en/docs/functional-areas/lighting/) — Set up lighting with PWM, 0–10 V or 1–10 V dimming
- [Alarm](https://taphome.com/en/docs/functional-areas/alarm/) — Watch a video demonstration of the alarm in TapHome