Patent ID: 8422639

Claim:
A communication apparatus comprising: a semiconductor DAA configured to include a line-voltage detecting portion which detects a line voltage and a voltage-and-current adjusting portion which adjusts the line voltage and a line current upon closing a line, and configured to perform a line closing processing and a line opening processing for changing a connection state of the line to a line network; and a controller including; an adjustment controlling section configured to control the voltage-and-current adjusting portion on the basis of the line voltage detected by the line-voltage detecting portion such that the line voltage and the line current upon closing the line fall within a predetermined range; an adjustment-control starting section configured to start the control of the voltage-and-current adjusting portion by the adjustment controlling section; an adjustment-control stopping section configured to stop the control of the voltage-and-current adjusting portion by the adjustment controlling section; and a change detecting section configured to detect a change of conditions of supply of the line voltage, wherein the adjustment-control starting section is configured to start the control of the voltage-and-current adjusting portion by the adjustment controlling section in the case where the line closing processing has been performed by the semiconductor DAA and in the case where the change of the conditions of the supply of the line voltage has been detected by the change detecting section, wherein the adjustment-control stopping section is configured to stop the control of the voltage-and-current adjusting portion by the adjustment controlling section when a predetermined length of time has passed from the start of the control by the adjustment-control starting section, in at least one of the case where the line closing processing has been performed by the semiconductor DAA and the control of the voltage-and-current adjusting portion by the adjustment controlling section is being performed, and the case where the change of the conditions of the supply of the line voltage has been detected by the change detecting section and the control of the voltage-and-current adjusting portion by the adjustment controlling section is being performed, and wherein the adjustment-control stopping section is further configured to stop the control of the voltage-and-current adjusting portion before a dial transmitting processing is started, and after the dial transmitting processing is finished, the adjustment-control starting section starts the control of the voltage-and-current adjusting portion by the adjustment controlling section.