Patent ID: 7865601

Claim:
A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a connection setting program for causing a computer to perform a method for setting logical connection between the computer and a device in a music system, said music system comprising the computer and one or more devices that are all connected to a network, each of the computer and said one or more devices in said network being capable of organizing a plurality of wave data streams into a packet and isochronously transferring the packet to another device or the computer in said network, each of said one or more devices including at least either one or more output plugs for transmitting one or more wave data streams, or one or more input plugs for receiving one or more wave data streams, the input plugs or output plugs being different in number between the devices, said method comprising: a step of reading, from a memory, a plurality of automatic connection setting styles in advance of the computer executing the connection setting program; a step of detecting a predetermined condition for performing automatic setting of logical connection; a step of, in response to detection of the predetermined condition, detecting a type of each of said one or more devices connected to said network; a step of determining whether an automatic connection setting style specific to the detected type or types of said one or more devices is included in said automatic connection setting styles; and a setting step of, when it is determined that the specific automatic connection setting style is included in said automatic connection setting styles, preparing one or more input plugs or one or more output plugs in the computer according to the specific automatic connection setting style and automatically setting at least one logical connection between the one or more input plugs or one or more output plugs prepared in the computer and the one or more output plugs or one or more input plugs in said one or more devices on the basis of the specific automatic connection setting style, wherein the number of the one or more input plugs or the number of one or more output plugs prepared in the computer by said setting step varies from the number of logical connections set by said setting step, and wherein the number of logical connections set by said setting step varies in accordance with the specific automatic connection setting style.