Patent ID: 8516579

Claim:
A controlling device for a wireless communication device comprising a wireless communication performing unit configured to perform a wireless communication, the controlling device comprising: a processor configured to execute: acquiring setting information regarding a wireless setting for a wireless communication currently being set in the wireless communication device; determining, using the setting information, whether the wireless setting indicates a first type of authentication method in which authentication is performed by an authentication server or a second type of authentication method in which authentication is performed by a device with which the wireless communication performing unit performs a wireless communication directly; providing a first screen to a displaying unit in a first case where a determination is made that the wireless setting indicates the first type of authentication method, the first screen indicating contents of a plurality of setting items included in the wireless setting; and providing a second screen which is different from the first screen to the displaying unit in a second case where a determination is made that the wireless setting indicates the second type of authentication method, the second screen indicating contents of a plurality of setting items included in the wireless setting, wherein content of at least one setting item of the plurality of setting items included in an object screen is configured to be changed via the object screen, the object screen being at least one of the first screen and the second screen, the processor is further configured to execute: performing an error decision whether or not contents of the plurality of setting items included in the object screen include an error, wherein the error decision is performed by changing a target setting item used for the error decision in accordance with content of a specific setting item indicating an authentication method included in the object screen.