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Home Assistant in a professional installation: what changes from DIY
Home Assistant was built for homes, but it can run real heating systems. What it takes inside a control panel: hardware, updates and responsibility.
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What an open system means: free software, standard protocols and the freedom to choose who installs and maintains it. Here you will find articles on Home Assistant, Node-RED, Modbus, KNX and Zigbee, and answers to the most common doubts.
10 articles · updated August 5, 2026
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Open by choice: five doubts about open source in building systems, answered
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Siemens, Sonoff and other brands in one control system
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Heat pumps and underfloor heating: flow temperature control over Modbus
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Open by choice: what happens when the only authorised installer closes down
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Brick on a DIN rail: panel-grade hardware for Home Assistant
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Why Brick runs on free software: what you can change, and what you can’t
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Modbus, KNX and Zigbee: how they work together in a Brick system
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Node-RED for heating: a flow to manage your zones
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