# The new Pulsar app (https://docs.pulsarml.com/guides/mobile-app/new-app)

Download the Pulsar app for tablets and phones and use it to log stops, operators, SKUs, production and defects, and to review past shifts.



The Pulsar app is designed for tablets on the plant floor, and also works on phones. To download it, search for **Pulsar App** in the Apple App Store or the Google Play Store, then sign in with your Pulsar email and password.

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  [Watch how to do it](https://app.trupeer.ai/view/PlkDFqm7K/tutorial-aplicacion-pulsar-espanol-2026)

   (in Spanish), step by step.
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  If you open app.pulsarml.com in a tablet's or phone's browser, it takes you to mobile.pulsarml.com, the previous web version for mobile devices. This page describes the app you install from the store.
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The bar at the bottom of the app has three icons: notifications, **Home** and **Settings**. **Home** lists your machines in the **Realtime** view. Each machine's card shows its status, metrics and shift timeline, and below them the buttons you use to enter data: **Annotate Stops**, **Select Operator**, **Select SKU**, **Add Production** and **Add Defects**. Each machine only shows the buttons that apply to its Pulsar plan.

<Screenshot id="new-app-home" alt="The app's Home screen on a tablet, with the Realtime and Historical tabs at the top left and Filter and Sort at the top right. A machine card shows its status, metrics and shift timeline, with the Annotate Stops, Select Operator, Select SKU and Add Defects buttons below." width="1770" height="1012" />

## Log stops [#log-stops]

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  [Watch how to do it](https://app.trupeer.ai/view/uHRHf4IZw)

   (in Spanish), step by step.
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Tap **Annotate Stops** on the machine's card. In the list of stops, tap **Label Stop** on a stop, choose its general cause and specific cause, review the summary and tap **Submit**.

To split a stop, tap the stop and then **Split**.

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  [Watch how to split a stop](https://app.trupeer.ai/view/aZZp2DcKv)

   (in Spanish), step by step.
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<Screenshot id="new-app-annotate-stop" alt="The Annotate Stop screen for a machine, on Step 1: Select a general cause, with a search field and the general causes as cards, such as Quality, Maintenance, Production and Human Resources, and the Next button at the bottom." width="2200" height="1044" />

For the full walkthrough, see [Classify stops in the app](/guides/mobile-app/stop-classification).

## Select the operator [#select-the-operator]

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  [Watch how to do it](https://app.trupeer.ai/view/fpD6g8JSv)

   (in Spanish), step by step.
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Tap **Select Operator** on the machine's card, then tap the operator's name, using the **Search** field if you need to. Save your selection with **Submit**.

Once the machine has an operator, the button shows that operator's name. To change it, tap it: in **Step 1: Change operator** choose the new operator, tap **Next**, and in **Step 2: Select time** set the **Start Time** when the new operator took over. Then tap **Submit**. Operators are recorded in order, so the start time must be after the shift started and before the current time.

<Screenshot id="new-app-operator" alt="The Select Operator screen for a machine and shift, with a search field, the operators' names as cards, and the Show History button at the top right." width="2220" height="748" />

**Show History**, at the top right, lists the operators recorded in the shift. On a phone it shows only as an icon.

## Select the SKU [#select-the-sku]

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  [Watch how to do it](https://app.trupeer.ai/view/8oIux10QQ)

   (in Spanish), step by step.
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**Select SKU** appears on machines whose production is counted automatically. Tap it, then tap the SKU, or type in the **Search** field to find it more easily, and tap **Submit**.

You change the SKU from the same button, which then shows the current SKU's code. When you do, the screen is called **Change SKU**: choose the new SKU, tap **Next**, and set the **Start Time** when production of the new SKU started. You can make as many SKU changes as you need. Always save with **Submit**.

If your account uses production orders, a **Select Production Order*&#x2A; step follows, where you choose an order or create one with **+ Add new**. That step is optional: tap **Skip** to leave it out.

<Screenshot id="new-app-sku" alt="The Select SKU screen for a machine and shift, with text typed in the search field and the matching SKUs as cards, each showing its code and product name." width="2198" height="796" />

## Add production [#add-production]

On machines where production is entered by hand, the card has an **Add Production** button instead of **Select SKU**. You use it to record how much you produced, of which SKU and up to what time. See [Production Lite](/guides/mobile-app/production-lite).

## Add defects [#add-defects]

Tap **Add Defects** on the machine's card. It takes these steps:

1. **Quantity**: enter the number of defects. It must be more than 0 and no more than the total produced.
2. **Select SKU**: choose the SKU the defects belong to. Only the SKUs of the machine's current shift appear.
3. If your account uses them, choose a production order and a quality group.
4. **Defect Type**: choose the type of defect.

Tap **Submit** to save. The button doesn't appear on machines whose defects are counted by a sensor.

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  If the app shows **No defect types found**, ask your Pulsar contact to confirm that your administrator has set up defect categories.
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<Screenshot id="new-app-defects" alt="The Add Defects screen for a machine and shift, on Step 1: Quantity, with a number field in Units, and the Show History button at the top right." width="2182" height="716" />

## Historical shifts [#historical-shifts]

1. On **Home**, tap **Historical**.
2. Choose the **Date** and the **Shift**, such as Morning, Afternoon, Night or Day, depending on your plant's shifts.
3. Tap **Apply**.

A banner tells you that you're viewing historical data for that shift and date. To go back, tap **Realtime**.

<Screenshot id="new-app-historical" alt="The app's Home screen with the Historical tab, next to Realtime at the top left, circled." width="2218" height="1248" />

## Filter and sort [#filter-and-sort]

Use **Filter** to show machines by status: **Producing**, **Stopped**, **Alert**, **No Data** or **Out of Shift**. Use **Sort** to order them by &#x2A;*Machine Name (A-Z)**, &#x2A;*Machine Name (Z-A)** or **Defined by Admin**. Tap **Apply** to use your choice.

## Settings [#settings]

In **Settings** you see your name and email at the top, and these options:

* **Plant**, under **Company**: the plant you're viewing.
* **Machine Group**, under **Machines**: the machine groups shown on **Home**.
* **Language**, under **Preferences**: English or Spanish.
* **Push Notifications**, under **Preferences**: turns alerts on this device on or off. It appears only on accounts with push notifications enabled.
* **Support ticket**, under **App Support**: opens a ticket for Pulsar's support team, the same as in the previous version of the app.
* **Help & Docs**, under **App Support**: opens Pulsar's help site in the browser.
* **App Version**, under **About**: the version of the app you're using.

When a new version of the app is available, the app asks you to update it.

## Notifications [#notifications]

Tap the bell icon, the first one in the bottom bar, to open **Notifications**: your machines' alerts, grouped by day under **Today**, **Yesterday** and earlier dates. Use **All**, **Unread** or **Read** at the top to filter the list, and **Mark all as read** to mark every notification as read. Tap a notification to mark it as read and go to that machine's card on **Home**.

If you still have questions, contact your Customer Success Manager.