Patent ID: 8265780

Claim:
An apparatus control system comprising an apparatus which requires a plurality of different settings, an apparatus controlling device for controlling the apparatus, and a server which is communicatively connected to the apparatus controlling device via a network, wherein the apparatus controlling device includes: an apparatus setting section for accepting an input by a first operator, and performing a setting, the setting being at least one of a setting on a connection between the apparatus and the apparatus controlling device, and a confirmation on an operation of the apparatus including a test run of the apparatus using the apparatus controlling device; a network setting section for accepting an input by a second operator different from the first operator, and performing a setting on a connection between the apparatus controlling device and the server; a setting status monitoring section for monitoring an apparatus setting status representing whether the setting by the apparatus setting section has been performed, and a network setting status representing whether the setting by the network setting section has been performed; and a setting status display section for displaying the apparatus setting status and the network setting status detected by the setting status monitoring section; and a setting status information transmitting section for transmitting, to the server, information relating to the apparatus setting status and the network setting status monitored by the setting status monitoring section, wherein the server includes a setting status information receiving section for receiving the information relating to the apparatus setting status and the network setting status transmitted by the setting status information transmitting section, the setting status monitoring section stores the information relating to the apparatus setting status and the network setting status, the setting status information transmitting section judges whether the setting by the network setting section has been performed, and responsive to judging that the setting by the network setting section has been performed, the setting status information transmitting section transmits, to the server, the information relating to the apparatus setting status and the network setting status stored in the setting status monitoring section, and the setting status information transmitting section judges whether the setting by the apparatus setting section has been performed, and responsive to judging that the setting by the apparatus setting section has been performed, the setting status information transmitting section transmits, to the server, the information relating to the apparatus setting status and the network setting status stored in the setting status monitoring section.