Patent ID: 8265780
Filing Date: 2012-09-11
Classification: G05D

Abstract:
1. An apparatus control system comprising an apparatus which requires a plurality of different settings, an apparatus controlling device for controlling the apparatus, and a server which is communicatively connected to the apparatus controlling device via a network, wherein the apparatus controlling device includes: a setting status information transmitting section for transmitting, to the server, information relating to the apparatus setting status and the network setting status monitored by the setting status monitoring section, wherein the server includes a setting status information receiving section for receiving the information relating to the apparatus setting status and the network setting status transmitted by the setting status information transmitting section, the setting status monitoring section stores the information relating to the apparatus setting status and the network setting status, the setting status information transmitting section judges whether the setting by the network setting section has been performed, and responsive to judging that the setting by the network setting section has been performed, the setting status information transmitting section transmits, to the server, the information relating to the apparatus setting status and the network setting status stored in the setting status monitoring section, and the setting status information transmitting section judges whether the setting by the apparatus setting section has been performed, and responsive to judging that the setting by the apparatus setting section has been performed, the setting status information transmitting section transmits, to the server, the information relating to the apparatus setting status and the network setting status stored in the setting status monitoring section.