True but I mentioned it because they were looking at a 25m roll, that’s a lot of cable for just patching. It sounds more like they are planning some longer runs which inevitably means going through walls in a house.You don't normally put patch cables through a wall though
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I use monoprice ones have them in different lengths but here are some in my server cab. I think they are "aesthetically pleasing".
Like these ones, will check them out, I just get a job lot of Cat6 in various lengths, usually black.
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Any recommendations/best practices for a basic unifi protect config setup? I will be starting with the doorbell camera first and slowly add more cameras as budget allows.
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Woohaaaa huge update!
I'll kick that off as I have not long got in and see what breaks.
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Yup I understand the higher costs compared to other like reolink/hikvision etc. I prefer to be in the same ecosystem so its simpler and plug and play. Plus i will be mostly going used.
As above, UI Protect isn't the cheapest but that aside I love mine.
It's been faultless and just works, the single pane of glass experience makes it much more sleek as well.
My next project with the AI cameras is opening and closing the garage door by just reading the number plate of the car.
It's been faultless and just works, the single pane of glass experience makes it much more sleek as well.
My next project with the AI cameras is opening and closing the garage door by just reading the number plate of the car.
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I have unifi cameras but they cost double what some other brands cost and most of the time they are better then the unifi ones.
You can now use non unifi cameras on protect tho in a very basic fashion.
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The ecosystem seems to be still broken into different apps no much more work than just opening a reolink app.
I use Excel Cable for the runs per room and patching I use either UniFi Etherlighting Patch Cable or UniFi Enterprise Patch Cable (10Gb Patching).
It totally depends on what exactly you are trying to achieve, how much coverage you need and how far invested you already are into Ubiquiti products.
If you don't expect to have more than 4-5 cameras then a cloud key gen 2 plus will act as your NVR for cameras and network controller for their networking products. It's biggest limiting factor is that it can only take 2.5" hard drives which limited you to 5tb.
If you just want to record smart detections then you might be able to get away with using a Gateway Max as the NVR which can have an NVME SSD, I don't recommend spending more to buy models with larger SSD's or swapping the SSD for a larger one yourself - once you are spending that kind of money, you might as well just buy a Dream Machine Pro or SE.
If you plan to have over 4 cameras or use 4k cameras then you'll need their dedicated NVR or something like a Dream Machine Pro, SE or Max to act as an NVR.
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I have a cloud key gen2+ and doorbell for starting up Protect with Ultra and U7 for my network so still in the early stages. Im mostly after the best practices for the software configuration of Protect. Like is it better to have it running on its own vlan, any tips/gotchas, etc
I dont see myself having 5+ cameras in the next 3-6 months unless I win the lottery so baby steps in the hardware for now.
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You need other ubiquiti products to set up Vlans (a gateway of some description) so that keeps things simple.
Plug in, switch on, set up in app, job jobbed.
‘Best practice’ is an overused term and rarely means anything of actual use. Your use case will differ from others. Hence what is best for you is not best for others.
It’s pretty much set and forget for home use.
I have Protect on a UDM with 3 Reolink cameras; it is "ok" but too much of a pain to bother looking through the video. The playback is just very unresponsive and tedious. I presume it is recording fine but it is too painful to check.
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What drive do you have in it?
It's expensive for the specs, but I went with Unifi for the ease of setup and maintenance and it just works.
I have a G5 Ultra and a couple of lights so far, going to replace the G5 Ultra with the newly announced G5 Ai turret camera, and add a doorbell soon as well.
Getting the notifications right takes a bit of time and setting up zones and line crossing that sort of thing.
I have it so my camera notifies me if anyone or thing walks up the drive.
I use an old 3tb WD green drive at the minute in my DM SE. I don't find playback difficult at all either check for smart detections or line crossing that will 95% of the time get me what I want otherwise just use the slider thing to rewind the footage.
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4tb Skyhawk.