Communication apparatus for controlling a display menu dependent upon a write inhibit state of a recording medium

摘要

A communication apparatus includes a communication unit configured to communicate with a control apparatus, which has a recording unit and executes processing in accordance with a command written to the recording unit, an accepting unit configured to accept selection of a command by a user, and a writing unit configured to write the selected command to the recording unit, and the communication apparatus comprises: a sensing unit configured to sense connection to the control apparatus via the communication unit; a determination unit configured to determine whether the recording unit has been set to a write inhibit state if the connection has been sensed by the sensing unit; and a notification unit configured to notify the user of the fact that the recording unit has been set to the write inhibit state, if the determination unit determines that the recording unit has been set to the write inhibit state.

主权项

1. A control apparatus capable of being connected to a predetermined recording apparatus, which has a recording medium configured to record a control file and executes processing in accordance with a command that is written to the control file, the control apparatus comprising:
a display control unit configured to display, on a display unit, a control menu for accepting a control instruction to the predetermined recording apparatus by a user operation; a writing control unit configured to control to write a command corresponding to the control instruction accepted using the control menu to the control file in the recording medium; and a first determination unit configured to determine whether or not a data-writing inhibit state is set by a hardware switch of the recording apparatus after detecting connection to the predetermined recording apparatus and recognizing the predetermined recording apparatus, wherein the data-writing inhibit state is a state for inhibiting data from being written to the recording medium, wherein if it is determined by the first determination unit that the data-writing inhibit state is set, the display control unit controls the display unit so as to make a user recognize that the user cannot control the predetermined recording apparatus using the control menu.