# APPLICATION COMMUNICATION MODULE

## Overview

The application communication module is a peripheral device required to use "standard applications" on the machine.
When a previously registered standard application is selected the machine retrieves the operation screen of the standard application.

###### To set a standard application in "Setting mode":

In "Setting mode (administrator)", select [Application Settings] → [External Applications Settings] → [Standard Applications].

## Operation

1. #### Tap the [Sharp OSA] key in the home screen

   If no standard applications have been stored, the key cannot be tapped.

2. #### Select a standard application

   If two or more standard applications have been stored, the screen for selecting a standard application will appear. Tap the standard application that you wish to use.
   If only one standard application has been stored, connection to the standard application will begin.

3. #### Connect the machine to the standard application

   Sharp Open Systems Architecture (OSA) is an architecture that enables (external) business applications to be directly connected to a digital multifunction machine over a network.
   Using a digital multifunction machine that supports Sharp OSA, operation panel control and device functions such as scan send can be linked to an external application.
   There are two types of external applications; "standard application" and "external account application". The "external account application" is an application used for centralized account management of a digital multifunction machine on a network. Other applications are referred to as the "standard application".

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