For hearing aid users and professionals, "Link" refers to wireless communication tools for programming or remote control.
: For industrial automation, Siemens uses "intelligent link" modules to bridge data between hardware and IT systems for data transparency.
IO-Link is a standardized, intelligent communication protocol for connecting sensors and actuators to a control system. Siemens has fully integrated IO-Link into its SIMATIC environment, and configuring it involves two main tools: TIA Portal and the S7-PCT (Port Configuration Tool).
For advanced automation engineers, dynamic linking is a powerful concept. Functions like SetLink and GetLink are used in scripting environments (such as WinCC) to dynamically connect or read the properties of objects (like text fields or buttons) to specific data tags.
To make the link useful, you must tell the system which "points" to monitor: Select the .
