iqInterface® is a versatile development and production tool for IO-Link Master and IO-Link Device components. Instead of establishing laborious system installations with controls, fieldbuses, and IO-Link gateways, you can use a simple connection via RS232, USB or Ethernet of iqInterface® in order to communicate with your IO-Link products during development, testing, approval, or production.

Possible applications in production and testing

-high-performance iqTool GUI for fast implementation and tests accompanying development
-simple and uniform serial communication protocol
-specification for the serial communication protocol is disclosed
-communication DLLs (ANSI C) for connecting iqInterface® to the testing environment
-disclosure of the DLL source codes, making it possible to extend and reuse ANSI C projects in client applications at will
-possibility of directly using the IO-Link hardware on hand in order to realize any client-specific serialprotocols (e.g. calibration mechanisms, bootloader implementation)
-extensive Python test automation library for creating complex and extremely flexible testing procedures for protocol, software module, and black-box tests

IO-Link Device functionality

-configuration of a generic device with any IO-Link communication parameters
-V1.0 and V1.1 IO-Link specification support
-event and error generation
-2kByte freely configurable permanentparameter memory
-data storage device support
-device settings are permanently stored in EEPROM so the generic device is also applicableautonomously without pre-configuration

Parameter Name	Parameter Value
Options	communication USB connection RS232 Ethernet serial
Other characteristics	box