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A component is a device that provides data channels
A component can be an inverter, meter, battery, CHP and so on
- A component can also be a virtual device when using just a channel from an external ressource (e.g. IFTTT)
- A component must have one or more channels
- A component is assigned to a datasource
- A component can be a virtual aggregation device to store aggregated channels
- A component provides a address (network, serial, number)
An inverter component always has one or more string assignments
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