Patent ID: 7272389

Claim:
A wireless communication apparatus comprising: a first wireless communication apparatus; and a second wireless communication apparatus; the second wireless communication apparatus including: a storage unit configured to store group identification data set up in advance, the group identification data being a predetermined data set corresponding to the second wireless communication apparatus; a switch configured to give instructions for changing group identification data; a transmission/reception unit which transmits group identification data read out from the storage unit to the first wireless communication apparatus to be put together in a group by wireless communication, and receives a setting up completion signal transmitted from the first wireless communication apparatus; and a control unit which supplies the group identification data from the storage unit to the transmission/reception unit when the switch is operated, the control unit compares the group identification data transmitted from the first wireless communication apparatus and the group identification data stored in the storage unit when the transmission/reception unit receives the setting up completion signal, and confirms the setting up by a comparing result.