Wireless communication device for establishing wireless connection with external device

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium that stores a computer program for a wireless communication device, the computer program including instructions for causing one or more processors of the wireless communication device to perform:

• repeatedly executing, when a first operation is performed, a set including a response process and a search process in a first period,
• the response process including receiving a search signal from a specific external device and sending a response signal to the specific external device in response to the search signal, the search signal received from the specific external device being a signal for the specific external device to search for the wireless communication device, and
• the search process including sending the search signal to the specific external device and receiving the response signal from the specific external device, the search signal sent to the specific external device being a signal for the wireless communication device to search for the specific external device;
• communicating a wireless profile with the specific external device so as to establish a wireless connection with the specific external device by using the wireless profile in a case where the first operation is performed;
• and
• executing, before the first operation is performed, the response process without executing the search process in a second period, wherein the time for executing the response process in the second period is longer than in the first period.

A wireless communication device configured to be capable of operating selectively in any state among a plurality of states including a parent state performing as a parent station of a wireless network and a child state performing as a child station of the wireless network, the wireless communication device comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• a memory that stores a computer program including instructions to be executed by the one or more processors, wherein the instructions cause the one or more processors, when executed by the one or more processors, to function as:
• a communication controlling unit configured to repeatedly execute, when a first operation is performed, a set including a response process and a search process in a first period after the first operation,
• the response process including receiving a search signal from a specific external device and sending a response signal to the specific external device in response to the search signal, the search signal received from the specific external device being a signal for the specific external device to search for the wireless communication device, and
• the search process including sending the search signal to the specific external device and receiving the response signal from the specific external device, the search signal sent to the specific external device being a signal for the wireless communication device to search for the specific external device;
• and
• an establishing controlling unit configured to communicate a wireless profile with the specific external device so as to establish a wireless connection with the specific external device by using the wireless profile in a case where the first operation is performed,
• wherein the communication controlling unit is further configured to:
• execute the response process in a second period before the first operation is performed;
• and
• start the second period with a second operation for changing a first setting to a second setting as a trigger,
• wherein the first setting is a setting in which the wireless communication device is incapable of operating selectively in any state among the plurality of states, and
• wherein the second setting is a setting in which the wireless communication device is capable of operating selectively in any state among the plurality of states, and
• wherein the establishing controlling unit is configured to:
• communicate the wireless profile with the specific external device by sending the wireless profile to the specific external device in a case where the wireless communication device operates in the parent state;
• and
• communicate the wireless profile with the specific external device by receiving the wireless profile from the specific external device in a case where the wireless communication device operates in the child state.