Component supply device and method for operating component supply device

A method for operating a component supply device configured to supply a component to a component installation device by feeding a carrier tape to a component pickup position,

• in which the component supply device includes:
• a body that includes a tape transport path guiding the carrier tape from an insertion port to a discharge port,
• a first carrier tape transporter that is disposed at a downstream portion of the tape transport path and transports the carrier tape to a component pickup position,
• a second carrier tape transporter that transports the carrier tape from upstream of the tape transport path to the first carrier tape transporter,
• detector for detecting a connecting portion between a preceding carrier tape and a succeeding carrier tape passing through the tape transport path, or an end portion of the carrier tape, and
• a controller that controls the first carrier tape transporter and the second carrier tape transporter,
• wherein the method for operating a component supply device operates in one operation mode selected from a plurality of operation modes having a first operation mode and a second operation mode,
• when the first operation mode is selected,
• performs a first notification to the component installation device when the detector detects a passage of a rear end of the preceding carrier tape, and
• performs a second notification to the component installation device when a component stored in the succeeding carrier tape following the preceding carrier tape is stopped at the component pickup position, and
• when the second operation mode is selected,
• performs a third notification to the component installation device when the detector detects the passage of the rear end of the carrier tape, and
• performs a fourth notification to the component installation device when the detector detects the connecting portion between the preceding carrier tape and the succeeding carrier tape.