r/UnifiProtect

I just purchased the NVR instant. I haven’t opened it yet. I just wanted to know what is the downside of using my gateway fiber as the NVR versus using the NVR instant. I am currently only using two pro 4K bullets.

Multi-siren idiocy.
(Forced to silence each siren individually)

Does anybody on the UniFi Protect alarm team actually use this stuff day to day in the real world?

Yesterday I discovered that when the alarm is triggered, I have to silence each siren individually. And this is made worse by the fact that, once the alarm is triggered there is no sensible delay giving you time to disarm the system before the sirens start going off.

This is the newest issue, amongst the growing very long list of stuff that needs fixing. I’ve now added multiple sirens because one siren is not enough for a larger property. One is PoE, the others are SuperLink wireless.

So now you are standing there with sirens going off all over the property, trying to use a mobile UI under stress, and instead of one clear “silence all sirens” button, you have to go around silencing them individually.

In what world is that the only sensible real-world workflow?

I understand that in a larger commercial setup, or with a proper zoned alarm or fire alarm system, there may be cases where you want to silence some sirens and not others. Fine. Keep that option when we get smoke alarms or other zoned and fire integrations.

But in a domestic property, or normal residential / small business setup, if the alarm is going off, I need one obvious default action: silence all sirens. Not turn off the alarm and then separately go through each siren one by one to shut them up.

This makes me wonder if anyone on the Protect alarm team is actually using this stuff in their own homes. Because if they did, they would get frustrated and fix basic stuff immediately.

Ubiquiti Inc Please fix this. This is not the feature you think it is. It is a crappy workflow in the real world, and it is a basic alarm system bug along with many others...

Set up a bunch of cameras, but not we feel like the one indoor, fucks a bit with our privacy, and we would like to only have it turn on at night. I know i can make sure it only records on a schedule, but i would like to have it turned off completely, so we dont feel watched :)

Hiya, long time watcher, first time poster

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Prior to last night my Youtube stream worked fine (https://www.youtube.com/@wlgwetaworker/live).

This is setup via OBS , which has a RTSP stream that my cloud key is providing and that gets sent to Youtube

This stopped working sometime overnight / no feed / black. I'm pretty sure it was a Cloudkey update (when I logged on to the Unifi page, I got a 'new features / bug fix splash screen'.

However can't easily find when the update happened (I can see Networking updates - which were applied late April, however nothing for the cloud key) or recall release notes mentioning changes with RTSP ,only this one. (https://community.ui.com/releases/UniFi-Protect-Application-7-1-60/470e3f55-27fe-4437-918f-1983562f459a)

• Fixed an issue where AI Ports did not update RTSP URLs after a console IP change.

My Setup is

- UCK G2 Plus

- Network version (10.3.58)

- Protect version (7.1.60)

- Multiple cameras (12x) and the camera running the Stream is a G5 Pro (running 5.3.89)

I've done some Internet searching and ,

- Tested on VLC

- Restarted the camera

- Restarted the cloud key

- Re-adopted the camera.

And no luck.

The only way I seem to get it going is to modify the URL

Source (from cloudkey) = rtsps://192.168.1.50:7441/AGfqaPko4pNli3Fx?enableSrtp , which I previously gave OBS this = rtsps://192.168.1.50:7441/AGfqaPko4pNli3Fx

The Modified 'working' url is = rtsp://192.168.1.50:7447/AGfqaPko4pNli3Fx

While this is technically working, I'm not sure what has changed. and also the performance to Youtube was initially really poor (stuttered) , it seems to have come right now (initially the GPU was %100 , now back to a normal %80) and I often get corrupt / grey screens.

Hopefully someone has seen this / has some fixes

Thanks!

I’m surface mounting a G5 Turret in a place where there will be water dripping from above whenever it rains.

I see Ubiquiti sells a weather shield for the G6 and the AI Dome, but nothing for the G5.

Does anyone know of an aftermarket G5 weather shield, or something home brew as an alternative?

Hello everyone

Is there anyone who tested the new UnifiProtect 7.1 with reolink camera ?

Is events détection works well?

Currently save video on events détection only and would like save video 24/24 due to some missed events...

I see 3 options :

Option 1 : add a SSD to ucg fiber and link caméra on ucg fiber

Option 2 : install NVR (reolink or Unifi)

Option 3 : save 24/24 on micro SD installed on each caméra and save it on NAS

My current setup :

UCG-FIBER to bypass my ISP modem with fiber 8gb

Reolink POE switch

Reolink camera 6 poe + 1 wifi (micro sd to NAS)

No NVR yet

I have several cameras and a UNVR set up on my main network...I'd like to set them all up on a VLAN for security's sake... How do I go about doing this? Every video I find on YouTube is using an outdated version of Protect and things aren't where they say they are or are named differently. Thanks in advance for your help...

All,

I have finally pulled down all of my alarm.com adc-vc728pf cameras and replaced them with G6 Bullets. A huge improvement.

I am curious though if anyone has been able to add these adc-vc728pf using the "Discover 3rd-Party Cameras" option into Unifi Protect? I wouldn't mind repurposing these for monitoring my garage and shed.

Thank you very much,

JB

Hi Guys,

I've got one of the new fobs that just got released but on Protect I don't have the option to bind any of the buttons to activate a alarm profile?

Does anyone else have this issue or is it just me?

Running UNVR instant btw

I'm doing some work on my house and replacing the front door. I'm going to run CAT6 so I can have a Unifi doorbell. I'm also repositioning my cameras to better locations and trying to make a plan.

Does the Unifi doorbell an always on camera like the other cameras or is does it work like the Ring doorbell I'm using now? If so do people usually use the doorbell to cover that area?

Thanks for any advice.

Hello everyone, I've successfully connected UNIFI protect creating a local admin account ad a specific API Key for Protec, now I want to integrate Access too its asking me another API Key that when I go to my console (trough ip address) I create a new API key and when I paste in on home assistant it says that's already in use for protect

I have tried adjusting both the person and the motion alarm to only work between 22:00 and 06:00, but it makes a person detection everytime it detects a person. How do i change that?