Electronic device that can perform communications based on a plurality of communication standards, control method for the electronic device, and recording medium

A control method for an electronic device including a connector constituted by plural types of pins and configured to perform a communication in accordance with a first communication standard for requesting a symmetrical pin arrangement or a second communication standard for requesting an asymmetrical pin arrangement, the control method comprising:

• inputting a signal for detecting that an external apparatus connected to the connector is an apparatus in conformity to the first communication standard or the second communication standard via at least one of the pins in the connector;
• and
• controlling in a manner that signal assignment of the plural types of the pins of the connector is switched to a first state corresponding to the first communication standard or a second state corresponding to the second communication standard in accordance with the input signal.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium which stores a program for causing a computer to execute a control method for an electronic device including a connector constituted by plural types of pins and configured to perform a communication in accordance with a first communication standard for requesting a symmetrical pin arrangement or a second communication standard for requesting an asymmetrical pin arrangement, the method comprising:

• inputting a signal for detecting that an external apparatus connected to the connector is an apparatus in conformity to the first communication standard or the second communication standard via at least one of the pins in the connector;
• and
• controlling in a manner that signal assignment of the plural types of the pins of the connector is switched to a first state corresponding to the first communication standard or a second state corresponding to the second communication standard in accordance with the input signal.