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How-to & troubleshooting · 1 min read
Why your cameras reboot at night: PoE budgets explained
The most common fault in camera systems installed by someone else is not the cameras. It is the switch that powers them.
UniFi · 3 min read
UniFi Protect 7.1 and 7.2: tamper-proof video, fewer false alerts, and what a shop owner should care about
Two Protect releases this summer added cryptographic evidence verification, a second-pass AI that cuts false positives, PPE detection and a POS hook. Here is what is useful at small scale.
Cameras & security · 2 min read
Security cameras without a monthly subscription: what you actually give up
Local recording costs more up front and nothing after. Here is an honest comparison with the subscription brands, including the things local systems do worse.