Management system and managed apparatus, and method of management
A management system in which a plurality of managed apparatuses and a managing apparatus managing the plurality of managed apparatuses are connected so that they communicate via an HTTP server, wherein each of the managed apparatus includes: a communication section accessing the HTTP server and writing apparatus information indicating status of apparatus itself; a timing setting section setting a timing of accessing the HTTP server based on a unique value of apparatus itself set in advance; and a communication control section making the communication section operate periodically based on set timing information; wherein the managing apparatus includes; a communication section accessing the HTTP server and reading out the apparatus information of each of the managed apparatuses.
1. A managed apparatus connected to managing apparatus via an HTTP server so as to communicate with the managing apparatus, the managed apparatus comprising:
a communication control section comprising network interface hardware, the communication control section being structured to access the HTTP server and writes apparatus information indicating status of apparatus itself; and
a control section comprising:
a central processing unit (CPU);
read-only memory (ROM); and
random access memory (RAM);
wherein the control section is structured to set a timing of accessing the HTTP server each time the communication control section accesses the HTTP server, based on a unique value of apparatus itself set in advance,
wherein the control section is structured to make the communication control section operate based on the set timing.
2. The managed apparatus of claim 1 ,
wherein the unique value to the apparatus is a MAC address of the communication control section or a serial number.
3. A method of management for a management system in which a plurality of managed apparatuses and a managing apparatus managing the plurality of managed apparatuses are connected so that they communicate via an HTTP server, the method comprising:
setting, by each of the managed apparatuses, a timing of accessing the HTTP server each time the communication control section accesses the HTTP server, based on a unique value of apparatus itself set in advance;
accessing, by each of the managed apparatuses, the HTTP server based on the set timing and writing apparatus information indicating status of apparatus itself; and
accessing, by the managing apparatus, the HTTP server and reading out the apparatus information of each of the managed apparatuses.