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The new AI port looks promising.

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UniFi AI Port - Tech Specs

AI appliance that enhances any UniFi or third-party camera with AI detection, classification, and recognition capabilities.
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If it's not prohibitively expensive it will be a great way of finally getting better quality and more affordable 3rd party cameras working will Unifi protect and use their native alerts system.

The new 4k cam they announced only has a 1/1.8" sensor, which is smaller than the 1/1.2" some of the 4k Hikvision ones and what I've been deploying for a couple of years now.

If the AI port not too expensive it could mean not needing Blue Iris and a dedicated server anymore.

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Surely for $200 for the "AI Port" thing you'd just replace the camera unless what you had already was something special, and avoid having all these weird devices tucked behind ceilings.
 
Caged said:
Surely for $200 for the "AI Port" thing you'd just replace the camera unless what you had already was something special, and avoid having all these weird devices tucked behind ceilings.
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Is that what it's going to cost?!

I couldn't find a price, if so, that's insane.

I figured maybe $50 a pop to enhance the old cameras. Maybe up to $100 max. How disappointing.
 
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Caged said:
Surely for $200 for the "AI Port" thing you'd just replace the camera unless what you had already was something special, and avoid having all these weird devices tucked behind ceilings.
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The devices you'd just plug into the cable before they enter your switch, doesn't need to be in the ceiling.
 
Marginally better, though now you have loads of these things hanging out your switch. The design is clearly intended to not go in the comms room or they'd have them as cards in a rack chassis like you can do with media converters. Just a strange choice really.
 
Not great for density is it. I think they're working with the limitations of their existing product lineup and would expect the AI accelerator thing to be a slot in option on their NVRs at some point, or for a 1U device with a lot of them in to connect directly to the NVR via a 10/25Gb interface.
 
If you already own a NAS that is on 24x7 then running the controller on that is sensible, however if you're going to buy one of their gateways anyway then it makes no sense to not get one that runs the controller as well.
 
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It's fine to test but in the end a CloudKey or one of the gateways is a better, less hassle option.
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After starting with a CK1 and then a CK G2+ I moved to a VM on one of my local servers for the controller. Far better if you have an appropriate device and are fed up with software upgrade issues compared to just reverting a VM.

I agree that having a standalone device has its benefit and that's how I run my firewall, but Ubiquiti software can be such a pain (eg. for months now I cannot reboot my network without moving cables due to Pro Max switch bugs)
 
Simon42 said:
After starting with a CK1 and then a CK G2+ I moved to a VM on one of my local servers for the controller. Far better if you have an appropriate device and are fed up with software upgrade issues compared to just reverting a VM.

I agree that having a standalone device has its benefit and that's how I run my firewall, but Ubiquiti software can be such a pain (eg. for months now I cannot reboot my network without moving cables due to Pro Max switch bugs)
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What are the bugs on the Pro Max switch?
 
robj20 said:
What are the bugs on the Pro Max switch?
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I have several issues, one where a LAGG doesn't come up on start. That issues also prevents it getting an IP and the switch ignores the IP set in its configuration which is another bug to make matters worse. I have another Pro Max with an issue with an issue with trying to get its IP from the wrong VLAN.

I reported the issues a long time back and the only releases which one fix had memory leaks so I waited. The two main issues finally appear fixed in 7.1.26 but given all the reports of that release causing network failure due to it enabling storm control by itself and not necessarily indicating that I have decided to wait again. I've had so many issues with Ubiquiti firmware over the last 7 years which is why I stick to just using their APs and switches which on a good firmware release are very reliable.
 
I have a question about best practices with how I want to control my son in laws devices. He has his usual distractions like his ipad, phone and switch. He needs to focus more on his studies and not jump straight to his ipad.
I've created a secondary ssid (hidden) for his devices to connect to and if we (my wife and I) feel we need him to work on his studies we switch off this SSID. However when doing so on the Unifi control access, it somehow momentarilary kills off the main WIFI off in the whole house. I really need a way to have quick access to switch on and off, without geting into all his devices on the Unifi console. Suggestions?
 
Schizophonic said:
I have a question about best practices with how I want to control my son in laws devices. He has his usual distractions like his ipad, phone and switch. He needs to focus more on his studies and not jump straight to his ipad.
I've created a secondary ssid (hidden) for his devices to connect to and if we (my wife and I) feel we need him to work on his studies we switch off this SSID. However when doing so on the Unifi control access, it somehow momentarilary kills off the main WIFI off in the whole house. I really need a way to have quick access to switch on and off, without geting into all his devices on the Unifi console. Suggestions?
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Like you said, manually blocking each device individually is a pain and time consuming.

My kids are all on android devices, Windows and Xbox. I use a combination of Microsoft Family, Google Family Link and Circle Parental Controls, to schedule downtime and focus time etc. Together, they work pretty well overall.

Circle isn't free but the others are. I would have thought Apple have something simlar?
 
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hooj said:
Like you said, manually blocking each device individually is a pain and time consuming.

My kids are all on android devices, Windows and Xbox. I use a combination of Microsoft Family, Google Family Link and Circle Parental Controls, to schedule downtime and focus time etc. Together, they work pretty well overall.

Circle isn't free but the others are. I would have thought Apple have something simlar?
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Screen time on apple devices works reasonably well, but there are ways round it. Also - sadly - we live in a world where a certain type of person will claim this is coercive control via technology and sadly will be believed… I wish I was joking, but I am not.
 
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