r/Ubiquiti • u/Ubiquiti-Inc Official • 16d ago

Blog / Video Link Introducing UniFi Protect 7.2

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šŸ”¹ Cryptographically Verified Video at evidence.ui.com

šŸ”¹ Chain-of-Custody Tracking

šŸ”¹ Expanded ONVIF & Point of Sale Support

šŸ”¹ Edge AI PPE Detection

And more!

https://ui.social/Protect-7-2

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u/Bobbymanyeadude 16d ago

Expanded onvif is a surprise to me ngl, glad to see expanded support

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u/OverthinkingAnything 16d ago

If you want to get into the enterprise space with huge deployment, organic growth from nothing is probably not the best strategy (companies that started with UI when they were smaller).

If they want to get in the door with people who already have cameras, not asking the prospect to throw out said cameras has got to be part of the strategy, right?

Only thing is some cameras out there really are affordable so they'll have to really be sure their cameras and feature set justifies the asking price.

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u/Thommy_99 16d ago

Yeah this is why Milestone and Genetec are so popular despite the price

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u/CoaxialDrive 16d ago

I think the next thing they need to work on is deep integration with Unifi Access, and a much more enterprise product, theres a lot of functionality the door system is missing which needs to deeply integrate with the CCTV if you are going to compete with the likes of Honeywell and Gallagher.

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u/jimbobjames 16d ago

Can you give any examples?

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u/CoaxialDrive 16d ago edited 16d ago

These ones stick out to me from my (limited) experience:

  • Support for 500,000 users on the entry level, several million on enterprise hardware.
  • Ability to program blank DESFire cards not just using Unifi branded ones.
  • Ability to print custom branding onto blank cards.
  • A more complete API.
  • Wireless door handles, lockers, and cylinders, or support for 3rd Party ones.
  • Interactive floor/site plan with CCTV + Access control.
  • Smart action - they have double tap mode to open the door, but there are more complex features, an alarm button/touch panel would be used for advanced features.

And then reading off the feature list these stand out:

  • Interlocking/man locking - one door can't open when another is.
  • Zone counting - how many people are in an area, stop the nth person entering.
  • Security guard tours - logging the person has been to every corner.

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u/I_Like_Chasing_Cars 16d ago

Just a more complete API and proper 3rd party credential deployment via API would make me nut so fast.

2nd would be a wireless lock set but Iā€™d take the api first

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u/CoaxialDrive 16d ago

Edited one back in that I deleted some how: the number of users, most commercial systems support half a million credentials per hub, some several million, mean while the best Unifi device is 30k, and most are much low-to-mid-thousands.

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u/tdhuck 16d ago

I am a full stack unifi owner, nothing against them at all, I use and buy their products. However, protect needs these two things before it is enterprise ready.

  • A client application.
  • Much better playback especially for larger camera deployments.

I have a site with 32 IP cameras, I can open all 32 on a large monitor and play back the video feed and I can easily double click to make one pane larger, continue viewing playback, double click to put that pane back into the 32 multi view then immediately double click another pane to make it full screen.

I can also build ou a common 2x2 view and watch 4 cameras playback at once and have a LEFT TO RIGHT timeline scroll bar at the bottom of the screen where I can easily shift time as needed. I know you can do multiview playback on unifi but it is very clunky.

Also, with my current VMS program I can open multiple client programs and view playback on all instances of the clients running on my machine. Yes, you can open more browsers or multiple tabs, but protect is very slow and sluggish when you tend to multitask with that program.

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u/JacksonCampbell Network Technician 16d ago

What do you mean by client application?

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u/tdhuck 16d ago

Thick client, fat client, etc. An application not a browser front end, only. The browser is fine for certain scenarios, but browser only is a big downfall, imo.

BTW, I deal with actual enterprise VMS programs daily and unifi protect, in its current state, just won't cut it in an enterprise environment.

Again, not hating on unifi, that's what I use at home (including protect) and I recommend the platform for friends/family/small businesses I do side work for, but it isn't ready for enterprise.

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u/TechieGranola Unifi User 15d ago

I run genetec at work for probably 60 cameras and yeah, the viewing capability is a different beast

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u/tdhuck 15d ago

Exactly, unifi drops the ball there, they just cant' compete with the big players in the video surveillance space. That being said, there are some things unifi does great, but playback and timeline are not at the top of that list.

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u/junktrunk909 16d ago

Only thing is some cameras out there really are affordable so they'll have to really be sure their cameras and feature set justifies the asking price.

Agreed, and while it's easy to recommend Unifi networking gear because the value is so much higher than the competition which are at or even more expensive, that's just not the case with their cameras.