摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To surely collect information on a device to be monitored while reducing the load of a device monitoring device and an administrator. <P>SOLUTION: In the device monitoring system, in which one or more devices including at least one device capable of operating with both of PULL communication and PUSH communication are connected with a device monitoring device for monitoring the one or more devices by communication network, the device includes a storage unit that stores device information to be notified to the device monitoring device. The device monitoring device includes a first function of determining and registering a communication method to be applied to the device based on the communication method that the device is operable with, and a second function of receiving a request to switch the communication method from each device, and determining whether or not to switch the communication method in accordance with a predetermined rule. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2012,JPO&INPIT |