Data is usually fetched using modems. The Airviro computer first runs an external protocol, which contacts a specified remote station. The station answers and waits for instructions. The external protocol then sends instructions to the remote station including a request for the latest data. The station responds to the instructions, the computer receives the new data and the conversation is complete. The new data is then loaded into the time series database so that other programs (such as the Indico Presentation Client) can access it.

Automatic data collection is carried out via external protocol programs. Every external protocol is different, because every type of logger is different. This means that the documentation cannot really become specific enough to be able to lead you by the hand through the external protocol editor where all the external protocol information is given.

Indico Administration Client is one of the three main tools in Airviro ( Indico Presentation, and Indico Report and Indico Validation), intended for acquiring, storing, editing, presenting, analyzing, reporting and exporting time series data.