I have no time for that stuff, that would have received a huge PITA charge for sure. Folks like that are never happy no matter how good your install was.
Experience with Unifi Protect and UNVR Pro
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I helped her out a few weeks later. She paid to have a gate installed at the top of her drive by a neighboor with a tractor.. The original security guy said no cameras would reach that far, so i installed two ubiquiti M5's a good poe switch and 3 cameras. I also had a friend thats cert electrician add 120 volts thru conduit because she thought a gate from harbor freight with a solar pannel and a battery would work her gate......she seemd suprised when i told her it will never keep the battery charged or power the switch and cameras. The xvr struggled with the 6mp cam but was OK with the two 3mp cams.
Nice lady but no technical knowledge. I told her to talk with her son that lives out of state and does her IT work to explain it further. She makes good money. Has a buisness that brings over H1B nurses. Huge house, a nice pond and lots of land.
Nice lady but no technical knowledge. I told her to talk with her son that lives out of state and does her IT work to explain it further. She makes good money. Has a buisness that brings over H1B nurses. Huge house, a nice pond and lots of land.
My hats off to you, sounds like you really went above and beyond for her. Funny how it’s often the rich folks that cheap out and sometimes end up spending much more than if they had just done it right from the start.
Just a quick update. Still loving the Unifi Protect system. So easy to use and absolutely hassle free (even my wife can use it which says alot). The Unifi G6 Instant camera for watching the dogs inside has been working great (and covers the back door entrance). I did test out the Protect triggers on the camera and they worked great but my useage case/location I don't have alot of need for that sort of thing but if they start adding more AI capability for the 3rd party cameras I will definitely try that out. The 3rd drive in the UNVR Pro is set up in RAID5 so I have 36TB of storage (should be around 60+ days of 24/7 footage from all my cameras) and one 18TB drive to provide redundancy. Everyone I show the system to is just blown away by how well it all works together. Overall super happy with the system and definitely recommend if you want something easy and reliable that can be accessed on your phone from anywhere.
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I’m actually still waiting to install the security camera system at the bar. The owner has had a few issues come up personally which delayed the start so it sounds like that should likely happen later this summer. I have a bunch of things I want to try so I’ll try to post up on this as well when I do.
You can view UniFi Protect on a laptop by navigating to unifi.ui.com in your web browser, or by accessing the local IP address of your UniFi console with the specific Protect port (e.g., https: / ip-address / protect/ ) if you are on the same local network. After logging in and selecting your console, you can find your cameras and access live feeds and recordings.
UI3 has more granularity but it's alot clunkier and more difficult to use IMHO than Unifi Protect.
I had another question. Why did you buy both the Cloud Key Gen 2 Plus and the UNVR Pro? Don't both of them have UniFi Protect installed? I'm just confused about how unifi gear works.
Remember the NVR needs to process all the incoming camera streams to record them which can be around 3-4MB/s each on a 4k camera (double that if using 8K). So yes the UCK G2 Plus has Protect but hardware wise it's really only good for recording like maybe 3-4 (4K) cameras so you need to upgrade if you want more capability. The UNVR will handle up to maybe 12-14 (4K) cameras and the UNVR Pro will do up to around 20-22 (4K) cameras (beyond that you need to move to the ENVR which can go to around 70 cameras). So in my case I'm just using the UCK G2 Plus as a controller for everything on my Unifi system. It's nice because it's always on (no need for a server or anyting like that) and allows me to make changes, view all the switches/APs/etc so it's really the best way to do that unless you're using a Unifi gateway which I don't.
If you want to play around with the capabilities then you can go to the Unifi store, select the device and click on the "capacity calculator" tab near the bottom. Then move the slider next to the type of camera you want to use, it can be mixed so no need to use all the same type or size (ex you can have 3 of the 2K and 5 of the 4K and it will show you how much of the processing capability you're using on each device). Also better to upgrade to the next model if you get near the limit of a device's capabilities:
CloudKey+ SSD - Ubiquiti Store
Compact UniFi Console that connects directly to the Site Manager at https://unifi.ui.com/ for powerful, multi-application site management.
store.ui.com
Network Video Recorder - Ubiquiti Store
A video recorder with (4) 2.5/3.5" HDD bays that can support up to 30 days of storage for (18) 4K cameras or (60) Full HD cameras.
store.ui.com
Network Video Recorder Pro - Ubiquiti Store
A 2U-sized video recorder with (7) 2.5/3.5" HDD bays that can provide up to 60 days of storage for (24) 4K cameras or (70) Full HD cameras.
store.ui.com
Enterprise Network Video Recorder - Ubiquiti Store
3U NVR with (16) 2.5/3.5” drive bays, supporting up to (70) 4K cameras or (210) Full HD cameras.
store.ui.com
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Okay, so you have other unifi networking gear to look after. That's where I was confused why you needed both devices for your cameras. So you have unifi switches and AP's..........what do you use for your gateway if not unifi?Remember the NVR needs to process all the incoming camera streams to record them which can be around 3-4MB/s each on a 4k camera (double that if using 8K). So yes the UCK G2 Plus has Protect but hardware wise it's really only good for recording like maybe 3-4 cameras so you need to upgrade if you want more capability. The UNVR will handle up to maybe 12-14 cameras and the UNVR Pro will do up to around 20-22 cameras (beyond that you need to move to the ENVR which can go to around 70 cameras). So in my case I'm just using the UCK G2 Plus as a controller for everything on my Unifi system. It's nice because it's always on (no need for a server or anyting like that) and allows me to make changes, view all the switches/APs/etc so it's really the best way to do that unless you're using a Unifi gateway which I don't.
If you want to play around with the capabilities then you can go to the Unifi store, select the device and click on the "capacity calculator" tab near the bottom:
CloudKey+ SSD - Ubiquiti Store
Compact UniFi Console that connects directly to the Site Manager at https://unifi.ui.com/ for powerful, multi-application site management.Network Video Recorder - Ubiquiti Store
A video recorder with (4) 2.5/3.5" HDD bays that can support up to 30 days of storage for (18) 4K cameras or (60) Full HD cameras.Network Video Recorder Pro - Ubiquiti Store
A 2U-sized video recorder with (7) 2.5/3.5" HDD bays that can provide up to 60 days of storage for (24) 4K cameras or (70) Full HD cameras.Enterprise Network Video Recorder - Ubiquiti Store
3U NVR with (16) 2.5/3.5” drive bays, supporting up to (70) 4K cameras or (210) Full HD cameras.
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Yeah it's just provides a slick way to access everything on my network all in a single device (Protect runs off my UNVR Pro). If you just want cameras and an NVR then obviously you can just stick to those and run Protect right off the NVR and be done with it. When you get alot of cameras and network devices then having a quick way to look at the switch IPs/traffic/ports for troubleshooting can help tremendously but that's probably a bit more advanced than most folks are looking for.
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Aren't you concerned about not being able to get motion alerts from your 3rd party cameras?