Patent ID: 7555587

Claim:
A communication system including an electronic appliance and a communication apparatus communicating with the electronic appliance for data communications, wherein: the communication apparatus includes a group of data communication terminals to be connected with the electronic appliance; and the group of data communication terminals includes: end data communication terminals arranged at an end of a cabinet of the communication apparatus; and central data communication terminals arranged at a central side of the cabinet relative to the end data communication terminals in array with respective end data communication terminals, the communication apparatus further includes storage means for storing the data indicating if it can operate for data communications by way of both the end data communication terminals and the central data communication terminals or not; and the electronic appliance further includes: read means for reading out the data stored in the storage means of the communication apparatus; and communication means for communicating with the communication apparatus for data communications by way of both the end data communication terminals and the central data communication terminals when it recognizes that the communication apparatus can operate for data communications by way of both the end data communication terminals and the central data communication terminals on the basis of the data read out by the read means.