Great job, clean install. I would recommend a rack mountable battery backup for power redundancy. Also the blank keystone inserts would be a good touch. I would love to see the completed rack.
But i would assume a single viewport would not fill this unconventional screen ratio. This looks clean and theoretically could show 32 cameras if he ever wanted to
@@hewhorockethyes but the camera views would be so small on the screen that it would be worthless. This is very easy to see what’s happening in each camera from a distance.
A little bit of advice, check the temps, I would recommend to have a bit of space between due to the temps. I found out the case of all tend to get pretty hot.
Could have just used an ultra cheap Raspberry Pi 4B 1GB/2GB and achieved the same goal. There would be absolutely no strain on the Pi with only 8 cameras either (even 4K0, I can say this with certainty. I have three Pi's setup like this with some Ubiquiti and other brand cameras on two separate TVs as well as a monitor in my office and still didn't spend what you spent on just one Viewport. And yes, you could program the Pi to output to any resolution (even an odd one like that monitor).
Yes I could have gone that route but I wanted a turnkey solution that I didn’t have to manage separately. I also would have had to use the web view which I’ve never been a fan of.
@@ManShed First, I set them and forget them. Since I have added no cameras in the last 2 years I have not touched them. And when I do, I simply modify one SSD then copy it to the the other two. Never have to restart them either. As for the web view I am not sure what you are talking about. All three of mine go from the Pi straight to their screen inputs via HDMI. No web portal of any kind is ever used.
Noting when you installed the rack in the garage, you connected the UDMP-Max and the Pro-Max switch together using RJ45 connections, limiting the uplink to 2.5Gb. Just wondering if there was any specific reason why you did it that way instead of using the SFP+ ports to do a 10Gb uplink using DAC, fiber or Cat6 (listed in preference order of what to use). Understandably the Cable modem is only 2.5Gb max connection, but you could have gone with a 10Gb uplink on your LAN
Get video, but here's a couple things I would have done differently. UDM pro max is bit over kill for a home system. You could've saved a lot but getting a basic UDM or UDM SE. Second thing I would've done is used a 10GB DAC cable on the SFP ports to link the UDM and switch. That would give you much more bandwidth.
Weird at my grandparents funeral chapels that opened in 2023 we added a shit ton of cameras and added a unifi view thing to the tv and it showed all 10 cameras using 1 thing
Wow so many strong opinions. Lol Sheesh. Wanna know mine? I love my new bedroom security monitor! Thank you! ❤ I feel much safer, especially if I’m home alone.
I would buy a 10 gig DAC to connect the switch and UDM.
Great job, clean install. I would recommend a rack mountable battery backup for power redundancy. Also the blank keystone inserts would be a good touch. I would love to see the completed rack.
I agree. I’m working on the power backup and I’ll post a picture of the completed rack. I did use blank keystone inserts.
Now set up home assistant to turn the monitor on triggered by Unifi Protect motion events, and turn it back off after set duration
I like that!
PS I’m in our bedroom right now and Alexa heard you say “turn on the monitor.” So she did! Thanks! 😂
Thanks for the demo and info. This is great. Just wondering, what types of Unify Cameras are you using? Have a great day
I have mostly G5s and AI Pros.
@@ManShed Thanks for the feedback and info. Have a great day
You can view 16 cameras on a viewport.
But i would assume a single viewport would not fill this unconventional screen ratio. This looks clean and theoretically could show 32 cameras if he ever wanted to
@ I figured the screen ratio was to have a dual input PnP monitor. A standard 16:9 will show 8x or 16x 16:9 cameras fine
@@SLADE_xLyes exactly and I didn’t want each camera view to be microscopic.
@@hewhorockethyes but the camera views would be so small on the screen that it would be worthless. This is very easy to see what’s happening in each camera from a distance.
@ fair enough. If it works for what you want it to do.
Would be interesting to know your net $/hr all said and done. Nice looking setup.
Good thought. Thank you!
A little bit of advice, check the temps, I would recommend to have a bit of space between due to the temps. I found out the case of all tend to get pretty hot.
That nas cooks
Yea, I’ve added more space and fans to keep everything around 89° tops.
Why not just pull two cables to the monitor location instead of having to mount a switch?
Because I didn’t want to limit myself in the future incase I want to add something else wired in our bedroom.
Tube not fire rated?
Hmmm…didn’t think of that.
@@ManShed Gardner Bender duct seal
Could have just used an ultra cheap Raspberry Pi 4B 1GB/2GB and achieved the same goal. There would be absolutely no strain on the Pi with only 8 cameras either (even 4K0, I can say this with certainty. I have three Pi's setup like this with some Ubiquiti and other brand cameras on two separate TVs as well as a monitor in my office and still didn't spend what you spent on just one Viewport. And yes, you could program the Pi to output to any resolution (even an odd one like that monitor).
Yes I could have gone that route but I wanted a turnkey solution that I didn’t have to manage separately. I also would have had to use the web view which I’ve never been a fan of.
@@ManShed First, I set them and forget them. Since I have added no cameras in the last 2 years I have not touched them. And when I do, I simply modify one SSD then copy it to the the other two. Never have to restart them either. As for the web view I am not sure what you are talking about. All three of mine go from the Pi straight to their screen inputs via HDMI. No web portal of any kind is ever used.
Noting when you installed the rack in the garage, you connected the UDMP-Max and the Pro-Max switch together using RJ45 connections, limiting the uplink to 2.5Gb. Just wondering if there was any specific reason why you did it that way instead of using the SFP+ ports to do a 10Gb uplink using DAC, fiber or Cat6 (listed in preference order of what to use). Understandably the Cable modem is only 2.5Gb max connection, but you could have gone with a 10Gb uplink on your LAN
I have since changed it to SFP+
Good job, except get rid of that TP Link Power adapter that thing is trash and is probably a backdoor into your network...
😮😮😮
Get video, but here's a couple things I would have done differently. UDM pro max is bit over kill for a home system. You could've saved a lot but getting a basic UDM or UDM SE. Second thing I would've done is used a 10GB DAC cable on the SFP ports to link the UDM and switch. That would give you much more bandwidth.
Thanks for the input, I'll consider it for future projects.
Weird at my grandparents funeral chapels that opened in 2023 we added a shit ton of cameras and added a unifi view thing to the tv and it showed all 10 cameras using 1 thing
Yes you can achieve that but the video feeds are so small they are mostly useless unless you have an 85” TV you are displaying them on. 😂
@ yeah lol
Wow so many strong opinions. Lol Sheesh. Wanna know mine? I love my new bedroom security monitor! Thank you! ❤ I feel much safer, especially if I’m home alone.
Why where do you live, Baghdad?
? I’m thinking that you didn’t listen to the part that we have a large property not easy street.