# Guides (https://docs.pulsarml.com/guides)

Learn how to set up Pulsar for your plant and use it every day, on your computer, your phone and the TV on the floor.



Pulsar detects when your machines run and when they stop. Your team tells it why they stopped, who operated them and what they produced. These guides show you how to set that up once, and how to use it every day.

## Getting started [#getting-started]

<Cards>
  <Card title="First access to Pulsar" href="/guides/getting-started/first-access" description="Sign in for the first time from a computer, tablet or phone." />

  <Card title="Change or reset your password" href="/guides/getting-started/change-password" description="Change your password, or reset it if you've forgotten it." />

  <Card title="Raise a support ticket" href="/guides/getting-started/support-ticket" description="Ask the Pulsar team for help from inside the app." />
</Cards>

## Use Pulsar [#use-pulsar]

* [Desktop app](/guides/desktop-app/real-time-and-tv): real time, the dashboard, databases, notifications, AI Analytics (beta), analytics, the metrics table, reports and data exports.
* [Settings](/guides/settings/stop-catalog): stop catalogs, production, shifts, operators, TV mode, goals, alerts, users and machine groups.
* [Mobile app](/guides/mobile-app/new-app): the Pulsar app for phones and tablets on the floor.
* [TV](/guides/tv/fire-stick): show real time on a TV with a Fire TV Stick.
* [Technical support](/guides/support/machine-running-at-zero): what to check when a machine's data looks wrong, including its hardware status.

Looking to connect Pulsar to your own systems? See the [API reference](/).