Is MIDI necessary if you're connected via Line6 Link?

[klasi 0]

If I'm running my HD500(x) into my DT25 via the L6 Link am I getting the same functionality I would be getting if I were connected via MIDI?   When I switch between patches on the HD500 is it changing all the topology features in the DT25 that would happen if I were instead using a MIDI connection?

Edited January 25, 2019 by klasi
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[gtrman100 335]

The Link connection is all you need. No midi cable necessary.

[bobcoss 16]

I have verified this with many patches, the topology, class, etc.  All change to whatever you have set in the preset.    Its like it's doing a behind the scenes send to your DT with a return, so you can put your effects after the amp, and then the final output goes back to the DT.    So you are using the preamp or amp on your POD, but the output stage on your DT and the effects show up however you specify in your chain on the POD.