Hey there,
As for the doorbells, you need to decide which one you'd want based on your needs, I'm personally waiting for the G6 (standard), I kinda like it more than the g4
Secondly, you'd need to run a cable like the cat 6a with rj45 termination at both ends for both the chime and the doorbell, as the cameras and chimes both have the only option to be powered by a single poe cable...
You can have as many chimes as you want, you can also use the new poe siren as the doorbell chime (though it haven't done that as I don't have that yet)
Now about the doorbell, you can have them in either of the 2x topologies;
Option 1(with UNVR): Internet > Router / Firewall > PoE Switch, the following to the switch:
> Doorbell (PoE)
> UNVR (Protect Controller + Storage)
Option 2 (recommended): > Internet > Router > PoE Switch, the following all to the switch:
> Doorbell (PoE)
> Cloud Key Gen2 Plus (Protect)
> chime
You'd need a separate controller and a router which i hope you'd already have to make the doorbell work. The cloud key stores the footage from the doorbell and makes it work...
Hope I was helpful...
Probably going Lite then Standard. The pro model with the screen is over 8 1/2" tall which is a little on the large side for a house. Although I usually tend to go for the better spec'd versions I may hold back on this one just because of the size.
I also have another 4k camera that covers the entry way so the drop in quality shouldn't be a big deal really. Anything is better than the Nest Doorbell I had that I wouldn't count as HD at all.
Probably going Lite then Standard. The pro model with the screen is over 8 1/2" tall which is a little on the large side for a house. Although I usually tend to go for the better spec'd versions I may hold back on this one just because of the size.
I also have another 4k camera that covers the entry way so the drop in quality shouldn't be a big deal really. Anything is better than the Nest Doorbell I had that I wouldn't count as HD at all.
So I’ve actually gone the opposite direction. Went back from a G4 Pro to a traditional doorbell and a G6 Instant. My wife preferred the old chime and button to it being all in one.
The one I'm eyeing is definitely the g6 standard https://store.ui.com/us/en/category/cameras-doorbells/collections/doorbell-entry/products/uvc-g6-entry?variant=uvc-g6-entry
Lite is interesting but the target audience of a 99$ doorbell and not having WiFi and standard doorbell two wire power seems rough.
Max power on the lite is 8w and the g6 entry is 16w with the pro at 18
They could have definitely made the 8w lite without any questions run on 16-24vac
This basically kills it for me x.x... I don't know why they are not doing a wifi and 16-24v ac power.... It obviously sells well as the Poe kit for the g4 pro is in stock but not the wifi doorbell.
No wifi unless they show it later https://store.ui.com/us/en/category/cameras-doorbells/collections/doorbell-entry/products/uvc-g6-entry?variant=uvc-g6-entry
UI’s new offerings:
* G6 Pro Entry: 220mm (8.7”)
* G6 Entry (Standard): 176mm (6.9”)
* Doorbell Lite: 137mm (5.4”)
For comparison:
* G4 Doorbell Pro: 161mm (6.3”)
* Aqara G4: 141mm (5.55”)
* Logitech Circle View 118mm (4.68”)
* Ring doorbell: 101mm (3.98”)
The G6 Pro is pretty massive, and the G6 Standard is large by any other standard. Doorbell Lite is within normal range.
I have a Unifi G6 Entry doorbell.
It’s wired with Ethernet into my home network and powered with PoE. The chime is wired to a separate PoE-powered relay controller. The Unifi Protect application is configured to call a webhook when someone rings the bell. A small bit of software I wrote runs on a Raspberry Pi (also PoE powered), receives that webhook and commands the relay to ring the mechanical chime.
The doorbell, relay controller, and the RPi are all connected to a PoE switch.
The Raspberry Pi is also running Scrypted, which captures the chime events as well as the doorbell’s video and relays them to HomeKit Secure Video, which makes it so that in addition to the mechanical chime, my HomePods also ring and my wife and I get a notification on our phones.
I like this because the wifi bits are limited to the phones and homepods, which were going to be on wifi anyway. Most of this (not the HomeKit parts) works even if we lose internet, and thanks to a UPS, even if we lose power.
I'll add that I'm using PoE to a G6 Entry paired with a smart relay that rings my traditional chime. Works great. I didn't go the Shelley route; instead I used a Modbus PoE relay and whipped up some custom software to drive it.
I have one too. Love it!
I wish there was a way to disable the package camera. Deliver people don’t put packages under our doorbell because we have a package box, so for me it’s a pointless view of the ground that occasionally catches someone’s feet as they walk in or out the door. But it’s there, recording to Protect, taking up space and shortening my recording history. 😕 (I run Protect on a CGFiber with a 2TB SSD. I could upgrade to something bigger, but that’s expensive!)
I’m using a G6 Entry for my doorbell. Works great, would recommend.
Just have a plan for the chime. It can’t ring a traditional 24v bell directly, and everybody says Unifi’s own chimes are too quiet.It can call a webhook on ring, so if you have HomeAssistant or something, easy peasy.
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