PULSE vs. the Mobile App—Understanding the Differences

The web version of PULSE is available through a browser at https://platform.vas.com from any desktop computer, laptop, or mobile device that has an active WiFi or data connection (e.g., a tablet or mobile phone).

The primary purpose of the web version of PULSE is to monitor, manage, and analyze the status of your dairy. As such, it is typically used by dairy owners and mangers, herd and feed managers, and dairy consultants.

PULSE brings together your most important feed, herd, parlor, and industry partner data into a single web-based platform, offering the following capabilities from any web browser:

• Easy access to your data in a single, web-based format
• Access to data such as animal records, lactation information, and milk production
• Dashboards so you can graph animal data to provide important insights
• Command line functionality to generate many of the same reports you do in DairyComp 305 (for DC Unlimited dairies)
• Worklist and event status data

The mobile app is primarily used for work on the dairy. While the mobile app allows you to look up most of the same CowCard information that's in the web version of PULSE, you can also use the mobile app to scan animals, enter animal events (BRED, MOVE, etc.), process worklists, and enter embryo transfer events.

Unlike the web version of PULSE, the mobile app can be used both online or offline and has the ability to work with a paired Bluetooth device to make scanning and working with animals even easier.

With the functionality defined above, the mobile app is typically used while workers are outside the office or cow‑side.

The main functions of the web version of PULSE and the mobile app are summarized below:

Function	Web Version of PULSE	Mobile App
View dairy and company dashboards	ü
Search for an animal and view its CowCard	ü	ü
View historical lactation data on the CowCard (including all events, testdays, lactation totals, and pen changes)	ü
Customize View Animal Details on CowCards	ü
View item definitions	ü
Utilize Industry Partners data/widgets	ü
Work with RFID scanners		ü
Use Command Line to run common DairyComp 305 reports (DC Unlimited dairies)	ü
View and edit FeedWatch data Tell me more! FeedWatch Overview Page View Ingredients and details View Inventory and Projections with details Edit DM% Dry Matter Percentage of ingredients and by location Equipment export after changes Change recipe A combination of ingredients used to make feed for animals mixing order View and Change DM The dry weight of an ingredient with no mositure and AF As fed quantities Bunk scoring – see last 4 days intake and can edit animals fed and target DM/HD Dry Matter per Head	ü
View Parlor data	ü
View pens list and pen details	ü
Process worklists		ü
View open worklists	ü	ü
Monitor worklist progress (view percent completed as work is performed, avatar of who completed task)	ü
View & enter events	ü	ü
Make pen corrections		ü
Enter embryo transfer events, selecting fresh and frozen embryos from inventory		ü
Add embryos to fresh and frozen inventory	ü	ü
Edit and delete embryos from inventory	ü