Patent ID: 11949829
Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 4:
5. A method for controlling a medium processing apparatus including a medium processing mechanism that processes a medium, a first board configured to communicate with an external apparatus by a first communication method and control the medium processing mechanism, a second board configured to communicate with the first board by the first communication method, a third board configured to communicate with the second board by the first communication method and communicate with the external apparatus by a second communication method different from the first communication method, a switcher that switches a communication destination of the first board to the second board or the external apparatus, and a notification section, the method comprising:
making, by the notification section, when the communication destination of the first board is switched to the second board by the switcher, a notification of communication information based on the second communication method, wherein
the third board transmits, when being available for communication with the external apparatus, a first command including the communication information to the second board,
the second board transmits, when receiving the first command, a second command including the communication information to the first board, and
the first board makes, when receiving the second command, a notification of the communication information using the notification section.