r/accesscontrol

Everything was retrofitted without any drywall damage, had to fish up from the crawlspace for every drop. Client was a DIYER, so everything was already adopted and ready to mount. The POE chime wall had a horizontal bracing I had to drill through, used a magnetic chain and retrieved it from the cavity below in the crawlspace, the viewer was on an exterior wall, and the stud bay was the exact width of the viewer and this bay sat right on top of a joist so that was really fun, I had to fish up the light switch bay to the left then go sideways to get into my viewer bay since I couldn’t drill directly up. Then the doorbell was a little easier, it was already prewired with cat5 so I found it in the crawlspace, cut the wire, spliced with a new cat6 and rerouted it to the network closet. Of course I had to terminate and test to make sure all pairs were good. Everything is working- I go back to add 2 Unifi cameras. The client was very knowledgeable- he added a module between the doorbell so when the doorbell rings it automatically shows on the viewer, he said without the module it will just ring, I love how Unifi makes bringing access control to the home possible.

Starting to dress out 5 S2 Nodes in Trove2 enclosures. The cable contractor pulled this Skittles colored composite cable. Never saw this cable before. NGL, I don't hate it, breaks up the white jacket monotony.

So I got a customer who's being a bit difficult. Rather than use a Trove or LSP panel setup the demand Hoffman enclosures. Pictured is my most full backplane for a floor. They want as few enclosures as possible. Think this will be okay? The actual enclosure size is 60x36 so from the black corder to the walls of the enclosure I have 3 inches in each direction at least. The yellow squares a 2x2in so that I could space evenish gaps between boards.

Will have trough on top and right side for cable. Battery box below panel. Cable will be stripped back to its conductor pairs before twisted. Access Composite cable. Magnetic cable management in panel. PM doesn't want to split this into two panels since the specs call for 1 panel on this floor.

It's cramped but think there's enough to work with? Trim out and wiring will be done by a tech we have who does great work and is basically the trim out guy for this region so that makes me feel better about the cramped panel.

For anyone doing larger UniFi Access installs, figured I’d share a setup I’ve been working on.

If you’re doing a bunch of doors and don’t want 10 different enclosures hanging on the wall, Altronix Trove is worth looking at. It also lets you keep the strike power separate from the UniFi Door Hubs, which I prefer.

This setup is for 9 doors and everything will fit into 2 enclosures.

And before anyone asks why I didn’t just use the Enterprise Access Hub (EAH-8), I wanted more flexibility. The EAH-8 is a bit limited on reader inputs and relays. If you want the option of 2 readers on certain doors, or extra relays for postal locks, delivery access, intercoms, etc., the standard UA-Hub-Door works better IMO.

The UniFi hubs handle the access control, and the Altronix AL400ULXB2 + ACM8CB handle the strike power separately.

Parts:

• 9x UA-Hub-Door
• 2x TROVE2BL2
• 2x AL400ULXB2
• 2x ACM8CB
• 2x USW-Flex-2.5G-8-PoE
• 2x UACC-Switch-DIN

Makes for a pretty clean setup and gives you a lot more flexibility than having individual power supplies/enclosures everywhere.

Anyone else doing larger UniFi Access installs this way? Curious what everyone else is using for enclosures and lock power.

So these are against my religion to install. But it was necessary in a Behavioral unit “seclusion room”. It was installed a year ago. Customer says it no longer works. Found a pinched wire, corrected the issue. Cleared the fault. A month later they complain of it being hot… checked polarity and voltage. All correct… the module starts to short/fry whatever.

Does this need cleaner power? It is supplied with 24vdc. Maybe try 12v?

I’m stumped 🤔

(GF3000 Schlage)