Control program updating device and storage medium for storing a control-program updating program

摘要

A control program updating device includes: a divider that divides each control program into one or more split control programs, based on a program capacity that each of a high-volume paper feeding unit and a multiple post-processing unit can update in one updating operation; and a transmit controller that allows a communication interface to transmit a set of split control programs for each unit produced by the divider to the respective units in a predetermined order and, during updating of a split control program for one unit, transmit a split control program to the other unit in the following order.

主权项

1. A control program updating device connected to a plurality of option units to cause the plurality of option units to update their respective control programs, comprising:
a transmitter configured to transmit the respective control programs to the plurality of option units; a divider configured to divide each of the control programs into one or more split control programs, based on a program capacity of each option unit for one update process; and a transmit controller configured to allow the transmitter to transmit a set of split control programs for each control program produced by the divider to the respective option unit in a predetermined order and to allow the transmitter to transmit a split control program to at least one other option unit in the plurality before all of the split control programs in the set of one respective option unit are transmitted to the one respective option unit.