UniFi Protect cameras

The Unifi Protect integration (added in 2022.2) is working well for me. I’m happy with Protect for my use, but it has limited camera options and isn’t the most cost effective camera/NVR solution out there. You do need Unifi hardware that runs Protect and what you pick defines your storage options. Any one of these will run Protect (both CK2+ and an NVR not needed): NVR or NVR Pro (Protect only purpose built appliance) Cloud Key 2+ (cheapest) UDM Pro or UDM SE (if you want Unifi routing and an all-in-one appliance; those might be negatives) Dream Router (not recommended)

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I’m using unifi dome and bullet cams along with their doorbell and cloud key. Going strong for two years and integrates with HA.

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Vibration Sensors for the windows are a good idea! I got a Zigbee Siren from China, loud as hell as well. But Reolink cameras? I used ReoLink extensively but once I got hands on a UniFi camera I have replaced all cameras. They integrate so much better in my opinion. Reminder, this was before the HA certification of Reolink and I‘m also aware that UniFi is more expensive than Reolink.

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Using our alarm system (alarmo + konnected based) now turns on/off the power to our indoor cameras (unifi protect) by powering on/off the PoE to the cameras. It selects which cameras to be on that on based on the alarm mode (night/nobody home/partial home partial away) It means we can have indoor cameras in areas you'd not want a camera while at home. Keeping the cameras without power means there's no risk of them getting unwanted action.

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This looks great. I was wondering why not just use the Unify Protect integration to bring cameras into HA and then use the HomeKit Bridge integration (which im already using) to expose them to HomeKit, but it seems that HomeKit Bridge doesn't support HomeKit Secure Video.. which I assume breaks stuff.

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ONVIF by Protect support currently does not support motion/object recognition even when the 3rd party camera can do it. Users are hoping/expecting it to be added but there’s been no official word on it.

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