JP6805659B2 - Wireless communication equipment, wireless communication system, and wireless communication setting program - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to wireless communication devices, wireless communication systems, and wireless communication setting programs.

Patent Document 1 describes a first wireless communication device and a first wireless communication device that communicate with each other by a first communication method that uses preset setting information and a second communication method that communicates without using the setting information. The first wireless communication device includes two wireless communication devices, and the first wireless communication device includes a communication means that performs wireless communication by the first communication method and the second communication method, and a holding means that holds the setting information. Then, the communication means is made to perform wireless communication by the second communication method to detect the second wireless communication device, and the communication means is made to perform wireless communication by the second communication method. The second wireless communication device is provided with a transmission means for transmitting the setting information held by the holding means, and the second wireless communication device is based on the first communication method and the second communication method. A communication means that performs wireless communication, a receiving means that causes the communication means to perform wireless communication by the second communication method and receives setting information from the first wireless communication device, and setting information received by the receiving means. The wireless communication system is described, which comprises setting means for setting the above as setting information used in the first communication method.

Patent Document 2 describes a relay that is connected to a wireless network in which a plurality of communication devices communicate via a relay station and stores relay identification information in advance, which is essential for grouping communication targets in the wireless network. It should be used when connecting the storage unit, the relay function unit that establishes a wireless network based on the relay identification information stored in the relay storage unit by functioning as the relay station, and the relay station as the station. A terminal storage unit that receives and stores terminal identification information via a wireless network established by the relay function unit, and a wireless network provided by a predetermined relay station prepared externally and corresponding to the terminal identification information. A station including a terminal function unit that establishes the connection of the above and stops the function of the relay function unit during the connection is described.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2008-035214 Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2003-143156

The present invention periodically disconnects from the wireless network and connects to the network to which the target device to be set is connected, and connects to the wireless network as compared with the case where the setting of the wireless network is attempted. It is an object of the present invention to provide a wireless communication device, a wireless communication system, and a wireless communication setting program capable of reducing the frequency of disconnection.

In order to achieve the above object, the wireless communication device according to claim 1 includes a storage unit that stores setting information for connecting to a predetermined relay device that is a relay device for wireless communication, and a relay device for wireless communication. When the search unit to be searched and the result of the search by the search unit include a wireless communication device that is operating as a relay device for wireless communication and performs initial settings for connecting to the predetermined relay device . A connection unit that connects to the wireless communication device that performs the initial setting by wireless communication when the process requested to be executed by another device is not executed via the predetermined relay device that is connected to the device . The storage unit includes a transmission unit that transmits setting information for connecting to the predetermined relay device stored in the storage unit to the wireless communication device that performs the initial setting.

Further, the wireless communication device according to claim 2 is the wireless communication system according to claim 1, wherein the connection unit is connected to the wireless communication device that performs the initial setting from the predetermined relay device to which the connection unit is connected. To switch.

Further, the wireless communication device according to claim 3 is the wireless communication device according to claim 1 or 2 , wherein the transmission unit identifies the relay device existing in the result of searching for the wireless communication relay device. identification information for transmits if it is identification information for identifying the wireless communication device that performs the initial setting, the setting information for connecting the relay apparatus to the wireless communication apparatus that performs the initial setting.

The wireless communication device according to claim 4 is the wireless communication device according to claim 3 , and the identification information is an SSID (Service Set Identifier).

On the other hand, in order to achieve the above object, the wireless communication system according to claim 5 is the first wireless communication device which is the wireless communication device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, and the initial stage. When making settings, it includes a second wireless communication device that receives the setting information from the first wireless communication device and performs initial settings related to wireless connection based on the received setting information.

On the other hand, in order to achieve the above object, the wireless communication setting program according to claim 6 relays wireless communication to a search unit that searches a computer for a wireless communication relay device and a result of the search by the search unit. When there is a wireless communication device that is operating as a device and performs initial settings for connecting to a predetermined relay device that is a relay device for wireless communication , and via the connected predetermined relay device. , Stores the connection unit that connects to the wireless communication device that performs the initial setting by wireless communication and the setting information for connecting to a predetermined relay device when the process requested to be executed by another device is not executed. This is for functioning as a transmission unit that transmits the setting information for connecting to the predetermined relay device stored in the storage unit to the wireless communication device that performs the initial setting.

According to the inventions of claim 1 , claim 5, and claim 6 , the wireless network is periodically disconnected from the wireless network and connected to the network to which the target device to be set is connected. It is possible to reduce the frequency of disconnection from the wireless network as compared with the case of trying to set the network.
Further, according to the inventions of claims 1, 5, and 6, it is possible to suppress interruption of communication by wireless communication with other devices.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, it is possible to suppress a plurality of connection destinations of the wireless communication device.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, it is possible to determine whether or not there is a relay device for initial setting in the result of searching the relay device for wireless communication based on the identification information.

According to the invention of claim 4 , it is possible to simplify the setting for connecting to the wireless network by the relay device identified by the SSID.

It is a schematic block diagram which shows an example of the structure of the wireless communication system configured by the wireless network of this embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows an example of the structure of the image forming apparatus which functions as the setting source which transmits the setting information in this embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows an example of the structure of the image forming apparatus which operates as an access point at the time of making the initial setting in this embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the flow of the setting source processing executed by the image forming apparatus of this embodiment, and an example of the flow of the initial setting processing executed by an image forming apparatus. It is a schematic diagram which shows an example of the search result searched in the setting process shown in FIG. In the example shown in FIG. 1, it is a schematic block diagram for demonstrating the state in which the image forming apparatus of the setting source and the image forming apparatus which performs the initial setting of wireless communication in this Embodiment are directly connected. In the example shown in FIG. 1, it is a schematic block diagram for demonstrating the state which the image forming apparatus which made the initial setting of wireless communication connected to a wireless network.

Hereinafter, an example of the embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

In the present embodiment, a case where a new image forming apparatus is connected to a network (hereinafter, referred to as “wireless network”) by a wireless communication network in which a terminal device used by a user and an image forming apparatus are connected will be described. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 1 as an example, the user's terminal device 14 and the image forming device 16 are connected to the wireless network 11 composed of the access points 12 to form the wireless communication system 10. A case where a new image forming apparatus 18 is connected to the wireless network 11 will be described.

The access point 20 shown in FIG. 1 exists within a range that can be used by wireless communication in the image forming apparatus 16, but is not connected to the image forming apparatus 16 by wireless communication.

The terminal device 14 includes, for example, a personal computer, but is not particularly limited, and may be a mobile terminal or the like which is an electronic device which can be carried and carried, such as a tablet type terminal device or a smartphone. Good. As shown in FIG. 1, the terminal device 14 is connected to the wireless network 11 via the access point 12. The access point 12 is an example of the relay device of the present invention.

Next, the configuration of the image forming apparatus 16 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. The image forming apparatus 16 of the present embodiment is, for example, a printer having a scanner function. The image forming apparatus 16 of the present embodiment is an example of the wireless communication device of the present invention, and is an example of the first wireless communication device of the wireless communication system of the present invention.

The image forming apparatus 16 of the present embodiment includes a control unit 30, a storage unit 40, a UI (User Interface) unit 44, a communication I / F (InterFace) 50, an image reading unit 52, and an image forming unit 54. The control unit 30, the storage unit 40, the UI unit 44, the communication I / F50, the image reading unit 52, and the image forming unit 54 can exchange various information with each other via a bus 59 such as a system bus or a control bus. It is connected.

The control unit 30 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 32, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 34, and a RAM (Random Access Memory) 36. The CPU 32 controls the overall operation of the image forming apparatus 16. Various programs including the wireless communication setting program 35 executed by the CPU 32, various parameters, and the like are stored in the ROM 34 in advance. The RAM 36 is used as a work area or the like when the CPU 32 executes various programs. The image forming apparatus 16 of the present embodiment functions as a setting source for transmitting setting information necessary for setting wireless communication by executing the wireless communication setting program 35 by the CPU 32. When the CPU 32 of the image forming apparatus 16 of the present embodiment executes the wireless communication setting program 35, the control unit 30 functions as an example of the search unit, the connection unit, and the transmission unit of the present invention.

The storage unit 40 stores in advance the first setting information 41 for directly connecting to the image forming apparatus (image forming apparatus 18 in the present embodiment) that performs the initial setting of wireless communication. As illustrated in FIG. 2, the first setting information 41 of the present embodiment includes the initial setting SSID 41A and the password 41B (hereinafter referred to as “PW41B”). Note that PW41B is a predetermined password and is a fixed value that cannot be changed by a user or the like.

Further, the storage unit 40 stores the second setting information 42 for connecting to the access point 12 (wireless network 11). Although the description is omitted in FIG. 2, the second setting information 42 includes the SSID and password of the access point 12. The password included in the second setting information 42 may be a fixed value that cannot be changed by the user or the like, or may be a variable value that can be changed.

Specific examples of the storage unit 40 include HDD (Hard Disk Drive) and SSD (Solid State Drive).

The UI unit 44 includes an operation unit 46 and a display unit 48. The operation unit 46 is used for the user to input instructions and various information related to image formation. The display unit 48 displays various information. The UI unit 44 may be configured by using a touch panel display in which the operation unit 46 and the display unit 48 are integrated. The UI unit 44 detects the operation state of the operation unit 46 and controls the display of various information on the display unit 48.

The communication I / F 50 has a wireless communication function. The communication I / F 50 may have a wired communication function.

The image reading unit 52 has a so-called scanner function of reading an image formed on a medium such as paper and generating image data representing the image. The image forming unit 54 has a function of forming an image on a medium such as paper based on the image data generated by the image reading unit 52, the image data received via the communication I / F50, and the like.

On the other hand, the image forming apparatus 18 has the same configuration as the image forming apparatus 16 as in the example shown in FIG. That is, the image forming apparatus 18 according to the present embodiment is, for example, a printer having a scanner function, and as shown in FIG. 3, the control unit 60, the storage unit 70, the UI unit 74, the communication I / F80, and the image reading. A unit 82 and an image forming unit 84 are provided. The control unit 60, the storage unit 70, the UI unit 74, the communication I / F80, the image reading unit 82, and the image forming unit 84 can exchange various information with each other via a bus 89 such as a system bus or a control bus. It is connected. The image forming apparatus 18 of the present embodiment is an example of the wireless communication device of the present invention, and is an example of the second wireless communication device of the wireless communication system of the present invention.

The control unit 60 includes a CPU 62, a ROM 64, and a RAM 66. The CPU 62 controls the overall operation of the image forming apparatus 18. Various programs including the wireless communication setting program 65 executed by the CPU 62, various parameters, and the like are stored in the ROM 64 in advance. The RAM 66 is used as a work area or the like when the CPU 62 executes various programs. The image forming apparatus 18 of the present embodiment functions as the CPU 62 executes the wireless communication setting program 65 to operate as an access point, receive setting information, and perform initial setting of wireless communication. When the CPU 62 of the image forming apparatus 18 of the present embodiment executes the wireless communication setting program 65, the control unit 60 functions as an example of the receiving unit and the setting unit of the present invention.

Similar to the storage unit 40 (see FIG. 2) of the image forming apparatus 16, the storage unit 70 stores the first setting information 41 in advance. Specific examples of the storage unit 70 include HDDs and SSDs.

The UI unit 74 includes an operation unit 76 and a display unit 78. The operation unit 76 is used for the user to input instructions and various information related to image formation. The display unit 78 displays various information. The UI unit 74 may be configured by using a touch panel display in which the operation unit 76 and the display unit 78 are integrated. The UI unit 74 detects the operation state of the operation unit 76, and controls the display of various information on the display unit 78.

The communication I / F 80 has a wireless communication function. The communication I / F 80 may have a wired communication function.

The image reading unit 82 has a so-called scanner function of reading an image formed on a medium such as paper and generating image data representing the image. The image forming unit 84 has a function of forming an image on a medium such as paper based on the image data generated by the image reading unit 82, the image data received via the communication I / F80, and the like.

Next, the operations of the image forming apparatus 16 and the image forming apparatus 18 of the present embodiment will be described. First, the operation of the image forming apparatus 16 of the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.

The image forming apparatus 16 executes the setting source process shown in FIG. 4 by executing the wireless communication setting program 35 stored in the ROM 34 by the CPU 32 of the control unit 30 at predetermined timings. The predetermined timing is not particularly limited, and may be, for example, every predetermined time, for example, every time various services for the terminal device 14 are terminated, or an image by the image reading unit 52. It may be every time when various jobs such as reading and image formation by the image forming unit 54 are completed.

In step S100 of FIG. 4, the control unit 30 searches for available peripheral access points, and in the next step S102, the control unit 30 confirms the SSID of the searched access points.

FIG. 5 shows, as an example, a list of SSIDs of access points obtained as search result 90. An example shown in FIG. 5 includes "WAITING_WIRELESS_SETTINGS", which is a specific example of the SSID 41A for initial setting, SSID 92 of the access point 12, and SSID 93 of the access point 20. The control unit 30 confirms these SSIDs.

In the next step S104, the control unit 30 refers to the first setting information 41 stored in the storage unit 40, and determines whether or not the initial setting SSID 41A exists in the search result 90. If it does not exist, a negative judgment is made and this setting source processing is terminated. On the other hand, when the initial setting SSID41A is included as in the example of the search result 90 shown in FIG. 5, a positive determination is made and the process proceeds to step S106.

In step S106, the control unit 30 determines whether or not a job or service is being executed. Specifically, whether or not the control unit 30 is executing various jobs such as reading an image by the image reading unit 52 and forming an image by the image forming unit 54, or executing various services to the terminal device 14. To judge. If various jobs or services are being executed, a positive judgment is made and this setting source processing is terminated. On the other hand, if various jobs or various services are not being executed, a negative determination is made and the process proceeds to step S108.

In step S108, the control unit 30 switches the wireless communication connection destination from the access point 12 to an image forming device that performs initial setting of wireless communication, which is an access point having SSID 41A for initial setting. In the present embodiment, the image forming apparatus that performs the initial setting of wireless communication is the image forming apparatus 18, so hereinafter, the image forming apparatus that performs the initial setting of wireless communication is simply referred to as "image forming apparatus 18". ..

Specifically, first, the control unit 30 terminates the connection with the access point 12. Then, as in the example shown in FIG. 6, the control unit 30 is directly connected to the image forming apparatus 18 by using the first setting information 41 of the storage unit 40.

In the next step S110, the control unit 30 transmits the second setting information 42 read from the storage unit 40 to the image forming apparatus 18.

The second setting information 42 is setting information regarding the relay device (access point 12) that was connected before the image forming device 16 switched the connection. Therefore, the image forming apparatus 18 can receive and use the information of the connectable access point 12 to which the image forming apparatus 16 is connected.

In the next step S112, the control unit 30 ends the setting source process after switching the wireless communication connection destination from the image forming device 18 to the access point 12. Specifically, first, the control unit 30 ends the connection with the image forming apparatus 18. Then, as in the example shown in FIG. 1, the control unit 30 connects to the access point 12 by using the second setting information 42 of the storage unit 40.

On the other hand, when the power of the image forming apparatus 18 is turned on for the first time by the user, the CPU 62 of the control unit 60 executes the wireless communication setting program 65 stored in the ROM 64, thereby performing the initial setting process shown in FIG. To execute.

In step S200, the control unit 60 starts operating as an access point. The image forming apparatus 18 of the present embodiment operates as an access point in this way when the initial setting of wireless communication is performed. At this time, the image forming apparatus 18 has all of the general access points. It does not have to have the function of. In the image forming apparatus 18 of the present embodiment, if the setting source image forming apparatus has a function of determining that the image forming apparatus 18 is one of the access points and connecting the image forming apparatus 18 by the first setting information 41. Good. In the present embodiment, as described above, the image forming apparatus of the setting source is the image forming apparatus 16, so hereinafter, the image forming apparatus of the setting source is simply referred to as the “image forming apparatus 16”.

In the next step S202, the control unit 60 is directly connected to the image forming apparatus 16 by wireless communication. As described above, according to the execution of the process of step S108 of the setting source process (see FIG. 4) by the image forming apparatus 16, the image forming apparatus 18 and the image forming apparatus 16 are formed as in the example shown in FIG. Connected by wireless communication.

In the next step 204, the control unit 60 receives the second setting information 42 transmitted from the image forming apparatus 16.

In the next step 206, the control unit 60 sets the received second setting information 42. Specifically, the control unit 60 stores the second setting information 42 in the storage unit 70.

In the next step S208, the control unit 60 ends the operation as an access point and performs a setting reflection process for reflecting the second setting information 42. The image forming apparatus 18 of the present embodiment restarts the image forming apparatus 18 as a specific example. When restarting in this way, the control unit 60 temporarily ends the initial setting process, but for convenience of explanation, the processes after this step will be described subsequently.

The specific processing content of the setting reflection processing performed in this step is not limited to this embodiment, and whether or not the setting reflection processing is performed is not particularly limited. Each of them may be determined according to the specifications of the image forming apparatus 18.

In the next step S210, the control unit 30 connects to the access point 12 (wireless communication system 10) by wireless communication as in the example shown in FIG. 7 using the first setting information 41 stored in the storage unit 40. After that, the initial setting process is terminated.

As described above, the wireless communication system 10 of the present embodiment is an image forming apparatus when a wireless communication apparatus (image forming apparatus 18) for initializing wireless communication is present in the search result of the access point for wireless communication. An image forming device 16 that directly connects to 18 by wireless communication and transmits the first setting information 41 for connecting to an available relay device to the image forming device 18, and a relay device that can be used when initial setting is performed. Image forming apparatus 18 that receives the first setting information 41 from the image forming apparatus 16 and performs initial setting based on the received first setting information 41, and then ends the operation as an available relay device. And.

In this way, the image forming apparatus 16 is a wireless communication device that searches for an access point for wireless communication and performs initial setting when there is a wireless communication device (image forming device 18) that performs initial setting in the search result. The first setting information 41 for directly connecting by wireless communication and connecting to an available access point is transmitted to the image forming apparatus 18.

Further, when the image forming apparatus 18 receives the first setting information 41 from the wireless communication device (image forming apparatus 16) having the first setting information 41 for the initial setting regarding the wireless communication and performs the initial setting, the wireless communication When the first setting information 41 is received, the first setting information 41 is stored in the storage unit 70 by performing initial settings based on the first setting information 41, and the operation as an access point. To finish.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, the image forming apparatus 18 operates as an access point when the initial setting of wireless communication is performed. Therefore, the image forming apparatus 16 searches for nearby access points while connected to the access point 12 (wireless network 11), and only when the search result 90 includes the initial setting SSID 41A, the image forming apparatus 16 is connected to the wireless network 11. The connection is disconnected, and the second setting information 42 is transmitted to the image forming apparatus 18 by directly connecting to the image forming apparatus 18 by wireless communication.

Therefore, according to the present embodiment, as compared with the case where the connection with the wireless network 11 is periodically disconnected to connect to the network to which the target device to be set is connected and the setting of the wireless network 11 is attempted. The frequency with which the image forming apparatus 16 disconnects from the wireless network 11 can be reduced.

As a result, according to the present embodiment, the connection between the image forming apparatus 16 and the wireless network 11 is frequently disconnected, which hinders the user from forming (printing) an image using the image forming apparatus 16. Can be suppressed.

Further, the screen size of the display unit 48 and the display unit 78 of the image forming apparatus 16 and the image forming apparatus 18 is relatively smaller than the display unit (not shown) included in the terminal device 14, and the displayed information can be displayed. It is difficult to make complicated settings because it may be difficult to see.

Further, in the image forming apparatus 18 of the present embodiment, it is not necessary for the user to execute software for connecting to the image forming apparatus 18 in the terminal apparatus 14 or to operate the access point 12.

Therefore, according to the image forming apparatus 16 and the image forming apparatus 18 of the present embodiment, when the user turns on the image forming apparatus 18, the image forming apparatus 18 is connected to the wireless network 11. Therefore, the load on the user is reduced, and for example, even a user who is unfamiliar with setting the connection to the wireless network can easily set the connection to the wireless network.

In the present embodiment, when the image forming apparatus 18 performs the initial setting of the wireless communication, the case where the device that functions as the setting source of the wireless communication is only the image forming apparatus 16 has been described, but it functions as the setting source. There may be a plurality of image forming devices and wireless communication devices. In this case, for example, in the image forming apparatus 18, when operating as an access point, the maximum number of connected devices is limited to one, and the device that functions as a setting source for direct connection is limited, thereby avoiding complications. To.

Further, in the present embodiment, the case where the image forming device 16 is the only device that performs the initial setting of wireless communication has been described, but there are a plurality of image forming devices and wireless communication devices that perform initial setting of wireless communication. May be good. In this case, for example, the image forming apparatus 16 responds to a predetermined order such as a time series order searched when searching for peripheral access points in step S100 of the setting source process (see FIG. 4) described above. Therefore, by sequentially directly connecting to the device that performs the initial setting of wireless communication and transmitting the first setting information 41, confusion is avoided.

Further, the image forming apparatus 18 of the present embodiment may be an apparatus that functions as a setting source of wireless communication after being connected to the wireless network 11 (access point 12), similarly to the image forming apparatus 16 described above. In this case, the wireless communication setting program 35 may be stored in the ROM 64 of the control unit 60 of the image forming apparatus 18.

Further, in the present embodiment, the case where each of the image forming apparatus 16 and the image forming apparatus 18 has an image forming function and an image reading function has been described, but it has a wireless function which does not have a part or all of these functions. Needless to say, it can also be applied to information processing devices and wireless communication devices.

Further, in the present embodiment, the case where the SSID is an example of the identification information of the present invention has been described, but the identification information is not limited to the SSID and may be any information that can identify the access point (wireless network). For example, it may be the serial number of the access point.

Further, in the present embodiment, the case where the setting information (first setting information 41 and second setting information 42) for performing wireless communication with the access point (wireless network) includes the SSID and the password has been described, but the setting information Is not limited to those including these. The setting information may include information for being able to connect to an access point (wireless network) by using the setting information.

In the present embodiment, the case where the image forming apparatus 16 transmits the second setting information 42 regarding the relay device connected before switching the connection destination to the image forming apparatus 18 to the image forming apparatus 18 has been described. It is not limited to this form. For example, the second setting information 42 may be setting information regarding all the relay devices that can be used by the image forming apparatus 16, or setting information regarding the relay device to which the image forming apparatus 16 has been connected in the past. May be good.

It goes without saying that the present embodiment is an example of the present invention and can be changed depending on the situation within a range not deviating from the gist of the present invention.

For example, the image forming apparatus 16 and the image forming apparatus 18 of the present embodiment may be devices corresponding to Wi-Fi Direct (registered trademark). In this case, the image forming apparatus 16 operates in the client mode in the same manner as executing the setting source processing (see FIG. 4) described above, and the image forming apparatus 18 operates in the initial setting processing (see FIG. 4) described above. , It may operate in the Group Owner mode in the same manner as it operates as an access point.

10 Wireless communication system 11 Wireless network 12, 20 Access point 14 Terminal device 16, 18 Image forming device 30, 60 Control unit 32, 62 CPU
35, 65 Wireless communication setting program 40, 70 Storage unit 41, 42 Setting information 41A SSID for initial setting
41B PW (password)
90 search results

Claims (6)

A storage unit that stores setting information for connecting to a predetermined relay device that is a relay device for wireless communication,
A search unit that searches for wireless communication relay devices,
In the result of the search by the search unit, there is a wireless communication device that is operating as a relay device for wireless communication and that performs initial settings for connecting to the predetermined relay device, and is connected to the wireless communication device . A connection unit that connects to the wireless communication device that performs the initial setting by wireless communication when the process requested to be executed by another device is not executed via a predetermined relay device .
A transmission unit that transmits setting information for connecting to the predetermined relay device stored in the storage unit to the wireless communication device that performs the initial setting.
Wireless communication device equipped with. The connection unit switches the connection destination from the connected predetermined relay device to the wireless communication device that performs the initial setting.
The wireless communication device according to claim 1. And the transmission unit, when the identification information for identifying the relay device existing on the result of searching the relay device of the wireless communication is identification information for identifying the wireless communication device that performs the initial setting, the relay device The setting information for connecting to is transmitted to the wireless communication device that performs the initial setting.
The wireless communication device according to claim 1 or 2 . The identification information is SSID.
The wireless communication device according to claim 3 . The first wireless communication device, which is the wireless communication device according to any one of claims 1 to 4 ,
When performing the initial setting, the second wireless communication device that receives the setting information from the first wireless communication device and performs the initial setting regarding the wireless connection based on the received setting information.
Wireless communication system equipped with. Computer,
A search unit that searches for wireless communication relay devices,
In the result of the search by the search unit, there is a case where the wireless communication device is operating as a relay device for wireless communication and there is a wireless communication device for initial setting for connecting to a predetermined relay device which is a relay device for wireless communication . A connection unit that connects to the wireless communication device that performs the initial setting by wireless communication when the process requested to be executed by another device is not executed via the predetermined relay device that is connected to the device .
A transmission unit that transmits setting information for connecting to the predetermined relay device, which is stored in a storage unit that stores setting information for connecting to the predetermined relay device, to the wireless communication device that performs the initial setting.
Wireless communication setting program to make it work.