@@LarsKlintTech Very cool. It's a great book, BTW and has helped me quite a bit. Thanks and glad I could financially help support you in a tiny way with the MEAP purchase.
Go up the top-right and select the focus set icon. This will allow you to set the correct focal point manually. LNPR and all other features are done on the camera. Final stream is what is sent to the UNVR hence why the UniFi Protect recording devices have SFA hardware inside the empty boxes. Wireless links will drop the camera or the bit-rate will drop on the stream, not stop the plates reading.
Great review Lars, been waiting for this one. I've recently got the G5 Pro with Vision Enhancer and I really like it. For the number plate recognition im thinking i'll buy the AI Pro and Vision Enhancer too. Then can configure Home Assistant to automatically open the garage door when our cars enter the driveway.
4:13 “Sold Out” Do these have improved person/face detection over G5 pro, by chance? _Maybe_ not, but just curious what your experience is. I got lucky yesterday, there was a very narrow window of availability (just a few hours) and got 2x of these instead of the G5 Pro. The AI Pro is major overkill for my needs, since the cams I need won’t be facing the road but rather some areas that I want to ensure _no_ people are walking around in or will be recognized/notified immediately if so.
😂😂I know, right! G5 Pro doesn't have face recognition/detection at all, so yes. Person detection is marginally better at distances I would say. The AI Pro is a much better camera, but I do hear you on the overkill. But I still love it 😊And my resident wombat has never been so clear at night 😂
Great Video! This and the previous one have helped me when looking at these G4/G4/AI models, informative and to the point(instant like and sub for that). I have 2 questions: 1) Does the plate reader on the AI work at night, in IR or Color mode? 2) When you show the plate reader @10:22, do you know how far away that is from the camera when it first reads it? I see the radar kick in a few sec later saying ~24 m, I am curious what the max range you have seen it able to read the plate at in daytime.
Thanks for the feedback, and hopefully I am more to the point, less waffling (although I can definitely waffle on 😂) 1) Yes, it works at night too in colour/floodlight mode. It should also work in IR mode, but only if the number plate it visible. It is overall less accurate at night for me. 2) I am not 100% sure. I would say at 30-35 meter it should work, if the number plate is visible.
Looks like a great camera. Though I think I'd like to see more features with the licence plate reader. Like phone notifications for certain plates (i.e. "{Name} has pulled up outside"), or even the ability to use it to open a driveway gate. Still early days though, so those might still come.
Have you tried the Vision Enhancer on the G5 Pro? I know that doesn't have the radar or speaker, but thinking it could be a good experience for situations that don't need the AI Pro's extra AI Detections.
@@LarsKlintTech I have a few of the protect flood lights but they are only white light not infra red. They do work quite well though and link to cameras. If UI released a combo floodlight with IR and white light that was stand-alone, that would give the best of both worlds
I wonder how bright the floodlight is from the perspective of the driveway. It was a bit hard from the video to determine how much light was coming from the AI Pro Enhancer versus other sources.
@@LarsKlintTech Thanks for the follow-up. I was aware of lumens rating but wanted to know if from a user perspective (understanding it’s subjective) the floodlights are sufficient. I will give the AI Pro and Enhancer a try. Much appreciated! Great videos!
I would like to see usage of this kind of this license plate recognition function as ANPR camera, which can open my driveway gate. Maybe Unifi can make a wireless signal relay for that purpose, which sends allowed licence plate number signal to gate opener.
Great video, thank you! You mentioned the ptz and dslr are for a niche market. Would you mind elaborating on those? I’m just in the process of getting the ai pros for my home, but thinking to maybe add the other two as well but not sure if I should.
Sure thing. The price is one thing. That automatically cuts out a lot of consumers. The PTZ requires quite a unique mounting position to take full advantage of it, and it speaks to a scenario where someone is monitoring it and using the PTZ actively. The DSLR has almost photographer quality lens and can be bought for wide angle of long distance. I would stick to the AI Pro. It is a fantastic camera.
How is the license plate detection with the Vision Enhancer at night? How is the license plate detection with the Vision Enhancer without the floodlights at night (we can kind of see in this video that the more IR does improve and can see farther back)? Excellent video by the way.
It depends on both the angle, the type of number plate (how reflective) and more. I get about 50/50 results of reading and not reading it. A different angle lower down would make a difference I think.
Thank you taking the time to write back. If you turn off the flood light and maybe do an optical zoom would it improve the reading of license plate at night?
I am talking about optical zoom because it improved the ability to read license plate for me during the day from incorrectly reading to grabbing every single one correctly. Now the question is at night with that new IR
@@murilobarroso-w6r Good question and I haven't tested that specifically. I will include that in a later video I have planned though. Thanks for suggesting it 😊
Thank you for thanking the time. I will be looking forward in that next video. Once again great work. You are helping people in making up their mind if it is worth it. At least this is my case. Thank you once again.
@@LarsKlintTech not spinning , I misworded, circling light? You're the first video I have watched with these products in action , I've been watching all the videos I can find to understand this product line by unify , I think i heard someone call it a status light... It kinda makes it look something from the Terminator movie
@@anpc86 Oh, the flood light? That is for night time colour footage, rather than a traditional flood light. Thanks for noticing the action part. All my videos are using the devices in a real world setting as much as I possibly can. It is difficult to get the longevity testing obviously, but I use the devices for a few days while filming to get as good a sense for how they work as I can.
There’s a thin blue light constantly orbiting the lens. I thought that was what @anpc86 meant. Does it do that constantly or is that some kind of adoption/pairing mode?
@@LarsKlintTech darn. Yeah I purposefully would not necessarily need it for the flood light as I would not want someone who is trespassing to see where the camera is but I would want to use the loudspeaker to warn them to move away.This would be great to manually control the on/off status of it.
@@LarsKlintTech This is the test I would love to see! I am in a situation in an apartment complex where I cannot have the floodlight coming on all the time. So, I would be interested in the performance of the IR Vision Enhancer without Color Night Vision enabled...
That is a very good point, but I haven't noticed it being blinding or anything. It probably depends on the angle too, where I have it pretty high up. Lower down it might be more in your face and annoying.
Hi Lars Thanks for a great video. Do you know if you can do something when a specific number plate arrive ? Like open a gate ? Or trigger an event.. I am using Home assistant, is the camera compatible do you know ?
The camera is amazing, but it is also pricey of course. I doubt there will be a solar option, as that will then compromise the stability and reliability of the connection. I have a couple of solar cameras and there are compromises to make it work.
@@LarsKlintTech You are telling me then that the solar cameras with 4glte that flock is placing all over the streets are compromising their stability and much more, because if that were the case then the authorities of each county would not use them the same as Motorolas. I believe that Unifi has the infrastructure and capacity to create the same type of cameras to meet the same objective at a lower cost than the competition.
@@effrem123 Yep, fair comment, so let me elaborate. In order to have a camera that records constantly you need 2 things for a solar powered camera: 1) Enough power to never stop recording, and 2) stable connectivity to upload the footage offsite for storage. To achieve the first point you will need a battery big enough to allow for many days with no sun to charge it. I run a 24V system with two very large bulky 170aH batteries, which alone are $500, not to mention the weight. Even that runs out after 7-10 days with no or little sun (I run an AP, camera, door bell and NanoStation on the system). For the second point you might need LTE or Wifi. If it is LTE/4G you have the costs of the data usage, and the complexity of the 40+ different bands used all over the world (which is why the Unifi LTE backup is AT&T only). If you are using Wifi, this is another power source you need to supply, and Wifi is flaky as it is. That is why I don't think it is feasible for Unifi to create solar powered cameras. It doesn't fit with their current goals.
Definitely not the best in the game. Unless you know what is out there, the other companies and their products, you have been limiting yourself to overpriced and outdated specs compared to stuff thats been out for a while now. But at least they are trying harder now finally.
I built my own system with a Dell R720XD running windows server 2022 and blue iris. I would love add this functionality to my set up. Will this camera work with other NVR software like blue iris.
I have the occasional bird sitting on top of one of the llama cams, but in general I don't notice nor think about it. We don't get super cold winters here, but frosty nights and mornings are no problem. In general I've never had a Unifi camera fail due to cold or hot, and we get 40C+ here in summer at times.
@@LarsKlintTech ok I'm just wondering if they will poop on it I live in a condo now on top floor and they installed those bird spikes everywhere to prevent them from perching and messing the place up... Moving to house now so trying to understand these products but this video of the AI enhancer wow .
@@anpc86 You will get all sort of crap (pun intended) on the camera over time if it is outside. Bird spikes can sometimes help, but I don't have any on mine. See how you go and adjust as needed?
What's the delay like using the speaker when off the network? I have a (in comparison) cheap Eufy one and the delay off network is so bad it's next to unusable to communicate with anyone
Good question. Considering I am on Starlink it might not be the best test case, but I will give it a go regardless. I suspect it should be okay, but let's see.
In terms of the price, remember this camera setup is also for semi-commercial use. So if you do the enhancer, should you just go ahead with the low-end DSLR camera in terms of price and necessity?
I show at 2:38 how it connects. There is a USB-C plug on the camera, which plugs into the USB-C plug on the Enhancer when you push them together. No extra wire needed.
Yeah, can do, and it seems okay to me, using human eyes and brain. Someone suggested trying to add a white border to the number plate and see if it helps.
Nice add-on to that AI cam, I had the IR extenders on my old G3´s and it made a huge difference even back then. I am however rather curious as to how much or many "false" detections you get from spiders and spider webs blowing in front etc? I have a lot of issues here and constantly have to go brush off my cams, so how do you cope with this "downunder" in the land of spiders? :D :D
Spiders are definitely a problem here. I clean the cameras regularly, and a small amount of bug spray (long lasting) can deter the critters for a month or two.
@@LarsKlintTech I just found this from Ubiquiti that it does do speed measurements with the radar feature ruclips.net/user/clipUgkxIFPnEHHMWfqC1JmhWrbICm57BhZoWCdg?si=3Nf1Gt7YJNCGx86X
Looks better than the IR extender I have for my G4's - they are total junk and end up just flashing due to a fault, on multiple cameras! The fix is to take down the camera, pack them up and send them back, what a waste of time and now that the warranty has expired, there is no recourse Ubiquity knew there were issues with many of the G4's and the IR extender, they should have issued a recall statement on mass rather than wait for people to log tickets and have to get recourse via the rma process
I am sorry you had that experience, but I am not sure how to help. How do you know Ubiquity knew there were issues with them? In general the RMA process is how faulty devices are dealt with. I have used it myself for my floodlights as well.
Excellent video as usual, Lars. One issue I struggle with is my AI pro is mounted perpendicular to the street. That’s not Ubiquiti’s issue, of course, but it’s what I’m stuck with given I can neither move the house nor the street. With that said, I’ve tried various mounting angles and I have yet to find a sweet spot as far as license plate recognition goes. Oh, how I wish I could mount it straight on as you did with yours. Anyway, I’m pretty sure I’ll add the AI Pro Enhancer now that I’ve seen it in action on your informative channel.
Hmmm, I think you'll just have to buy another house. No other option 🤷♂ Without knowing what the camera sees, it is tricky to comment on. However, I can kinda imagine your scenario. Do you get any license plates at all? Also, thanks for watching and the kind words ☺
Thanks for sharing your opinion, but could you be more specific? What other brand and model could you recommend that is more aesthetically pleasing, has same features and specifications, and of course a better price point? I am genuinely keen to learn from your vast knowledge, and if you can link to your content as well, that would be awesome. That way we can all learn. Cheers.
Two videos in and I’m subscribed. Well shot, well spoken and informative.
Thanks Eric for the kind words. I do put a lot of time into getting the videos put together, so I appreciate the watch. Cheers.
Excellent video, great looking camera - Ubiquiti are on a roll these days!
Thanks mate. It's a great camera and the enhancer makes it even better!!
I have the entire kit ready to install, wish it was a bit more streamlined but the features seem really valuable.
As I mention, it isn't the most aesthetically pleasing device, but it works so well.
Very helpful video. BTW: you have a great presentation style: informative, entertaining, comedic slices of time and just very helpful. Thank you.
Thanks so much Mike. The is the exact style I am going for (mostly).
Thanks for watching and your support.
Lars! My Manning book title "Microsoft Azure in Action" is written by, well, Lars Klint. Great book. Same guy?
@@Mike-if2mf Yes, indeed. The hardest thing I've ever done. I am on the last chapter though!
@@LarsKlintTech Very cool. It's a great book, BTW and has helped me quite a bit. Thanks and glad I could financially help support you in a tiny way with the MEAP purchase.
@@MikeSchmidt-s1l Thanks mate. I appreciate you 😊
Go up the top-right and select the focus set icon. This will allow you to set the correct focal point manually. LNPR and all other features are done on the camera. Final stream is what is sent to the UNVR hence why the UniFi Protect recording devices have SFA hardware inside the empty boxes. Wireless links will drop the camera or the bit-rate will drop on the stream, not stop the plates reading.
That is a good point. I have set the focal point, so that shouldn't be it. I will continue to test it ☺
This one is on my wish list now. It's getting to be expensive following your channel 😀
Haha, wait until you see next week's video (the Unifi one).
@@LarsKlintTech Ohh no 😀
Was hesitating on the enhancer, but after this review it convinced me. Cheers Lars!
It does make a huge difference. I notice it most with the IR might vision, but I like the radar feature and spotlight too.
Great review Lars, been waiting for this one. I've recently got the G5 Pro with Vision Enhancer and I really like it. For the number plate recognition im thinking i'll buy the AI Pro and Vision Enhancer too. Then can configure Home Assistant to automatically open the garage door when our cars enter the driveway.
Thanks Daniel. It is a pretty awesome piece of kit.
Funny you should mention it, I have a very similar plan .... 😏
Before and after comparison of the improved IR illuminator would have helped a lot.
There is indeed that included. Check out 9:13.
This camera detection looks so professional I gotta pick one of these up
It is a really great camera. The best of the ones I have tested.
4:13 “Sold Out”
Do these have improved person/face detection over G5 pro, by chance? _Maybe_ not, but just curious what your experience is.
I got lucky yesterday, there was a very narrow window of availability (just a few hours) and got 2x of these instead of the G5 Pro. The AI Pro is major overkill for my needs, since the cams I need won’t be facing the road but rather some areas that I want to ensure _no_ people are walking around in or will be recognized/notified immediately if so.
😂😂I know, right!
G5 Pro doesn't have face recognition/detection at all, so yes. Person detection is marginally better at distances I would say.
The AI Pro is a much better camera, but I do hear you on the overkill. But I still love it 😊And my resident wombat has never been so clear at night 😂
Great Video! This and the previous one have helped me when looking at these G4/G4/AI models, informative and to the point(instant like and sub for that). I have 2 questions:
1) Does the plate reader on the AI work at night, in IR or Color mode?
2) When you show the plate reader @10:22, do you know how far away that is from the camera when it first reads it? I see the radar kick in a few sec later saying ~24 m, I am curious what the max range you have seen it able to read the plate at in daytime.
Thanks for the feedback, and hopefully I am more to the point, less waffling (although I can definitely waffle on 😂)
1) Yes, it works at night too in colour/floodlight mode. It should also work in IR mode, but only if the number plate it visible. It is overall less accurate at night for me.
2) I am not 100% sure. I would say at 30-35 meter it should work, if the number plate is visible.
Looks like a great camera. Though I think I'd like to see more features with the licence plate reader. Like phone notifications for certain plates (i.e. "{Name} has pulled up outside"), or even the ability to use it to open a driveway gate. Still early days though, so those might still come.
I an pretty sure this is a feature you have to implement yourself, which I am planning a video on using Home Assistant. Stay tuned 🤓
Have you tried the Vision Enhancer on the G5 Pro? I know that doesn't have the radar or speaker, but thinking it could be a good experience for situations that don't need the AI Pro's extra AI Detections.
I haven't tried the G5 enhancer, but I am considering getting dedicated IR floodlights instead, but really want to find a PoE powered on though.
@@LarsKlintTech I have a few of the protect flood lights but they are only white light not infra red. They do work quite well though and link to cameras.
If UI released a combo floodlight with IR and white light that was stand-alone, that would give the best of both worlds
@@EsotericArctos I have three floodlights as well for humans to see where they are going, but for cameras IR is preferable.
Brilliant video. Thank you, my friend.
You are most welcome. Thanks for watching and supporting the channel.
I wonder how bright the floodlight is from the perspective of the driveway. It was a bit hard from the video to determine how much light was coming from the AI Pro Enhancer versus other sources.
The floodlight is 600 lumens, so quite bright. It illuminates about 10 meters in front quite well I'd say.
@@LarsKlintTech Thanks for the follow-up. I was aware of lumens rating but wanted to know if from a user perspective (understanding it’s subjective) the floodlights are sufficient. I will give the AI Pro and Enhancer a try. Much appreciated! Great videos!
@@clarencemartin2687 No worries at all. I use the lumens as a guide, as I know my Unifi Floodlights are 500 lumens. Let me know how you go.
I would like to see usage of this kind of this license plate recognition function as ANPR camera, which can open my driveway gate.
Maybe Unifi can make a wireless signal relay for that purpose, which sends allowed licence plate number signal to gate opener.
It does get exposed in the Protect API, and you can get it into Home Assistant, which is a future video. Stay tuned.
@@LarsKlintTech can't be wait, I hope, I can implement this solution in my Athom Homey smart home system.
UniFi now has a video of an AI camera being used for automatic gate access, baked right into UniFi Access 2.0
@@Sevenfeet0 yep, it's the new Gate Access Starter kit 😊
ruclips.net/user/postUgkxYXimX2a_rY_IZhqbj8Alu0lfnCNoal23?si=L35lNLHxn1RUAuru
Not only Subscribe to the channel, but everyone should smash that Like button to show Lars some love for all of the hard work he does on his videos!
Thanks mate. That is very kind of you.
Great video, thank you!
You mentioned the ptz and dslr are for a niche market. Would you mind elaborating on those? I’m just in the process of getting the ai pros for my home, but thinking to maybe add the other two as well but not sure if I should.
Sure thing. The price is one thing. That automatically cuts out a lot of consumers. The PTZ requires quite a unique mounting position to take full advantage of it, and it speaks to a scenario where someone is monitoring it and using the PTZ actively.
The DSLR has almost photographer quality lens and can be bought for wide angle of long distance.
I would stick to the AI Pro. It is a fantastic camera.
@@LarsKlintTech Thank you 🙏🏼 keep the great content!
How is the license plate detection with the Vision Enhancer at night?
How is the license plate detection with the Vision Enhancer without the floodlights at night (we can kind of see in this video that the more IR does improve and can see farther back)?
Excellent video by the way.
It depends on both the angle, the type of number plate (how reflective) and more. I get about 50/50 results of reading and not reading it. A different angle lower down would make a difference I think.
Thank you taking the time to write back.
If you turn off the flood light and maybe do an optical zoom would it improve the reading of license plate at night?
I am talking about optical zoom because it improved the ability to read license plate for me during the day from incorrectly reading to grabbing every single one correctly. Now the question is at night with that new IR
@@murilobarroso-w6r Good question and I haven't tested that specifically. I will include that in a later video I have planned though. Thanks for suggesting it 😊
Thank you for thanking the time. I will be looking forward in that next video. Once again great work. You are helping people in making up their mind if it is worth it. At least this is my case. Thank you once again.
Any idea if they'll come out with a white version of this AI Pro Vision Enhancer to match the white AI Pro camera that is supposedly coming soon?
I don't have any inside knowledge but it would make sense to make a white version.
That spinning light , is just wild, lol
Which spinning light? 🤔
@@LarsKlintTech not spinning , I misworded, circling light?
You're the first video I have watched with these products in action , I've been watching all the videos I can find to understand this product line by unify , I think i heard someone call it a status light... It kinda makes it look something from the Terminator movie
@@anpc86 Oh, the flood light? That is for night time colour footage, rather than a traditional flood light.
Thanks for noticing the action part. All my videos are using the devices in a real world setting as much as I possibly can. It is difficult to get the longevity testing obviously, but I use the devices for a few days while filming to get as good a sense for how they work as I can.
There’s a thin blue light constantly orbiting the lens. I thought that was what @anpc86 meant. Does it do that constantly or is that some kind of adoption/pairing mode?
@@360theosiris The thin blue light is when a motion event is occurring.
Second video I watched. Subscribed 👍
Thanks mate. Welcome and thanks for the support 😊
Thanks so much for the thorough video. Can the floodlight remain off if you don't want it to be turned on?
No, that isn't a feature, only on the dedicated Floodlights. Could be a nice addition to be able to control it manually.
@@LarsKlintTech darn. Yeah I purposefully would not necessarily need it for the flood light as I would not want someone who is trespassing to see where the camera is but I would want to use the loudspeaker to warn them to move away.This would be great to manually control the on/off status of it.
@@bonittodaley8426 If you turn off colour night vision, it will turn off the floodlight. You can then still use the extended IR and loud speaker.
@@LarsKlintTech This is the test I would love to see! I am in a situation in an apartment complex where I cannot have the floodlight coming on all the time. So, I would be interested in the performance of the IR Vision Enhancer without Color Night Vision enabled...
@@Moonraker11 I am pretty much doing that and showing it at 9:06.
Good video, did you mean to show a bit teams window at @4:16 - 4:54?
Hahahaha, no, not really. But I guess it is in there now. Thanks for letting me know. It must have taken the focus without me realising.
Can the license plate info be read by home assistant?
It absolutely can. That is a future video. Stay tuned 😉
How is it with floodlight right in your face when you’re driving or walking in dark?
That is a very good point, but I haven't noticed it being blinding or anything. It probably depends on the angle too, where I have it pretty high up. Lower down it might be more in your face and annoying.
1:24 that laugh was soo, Shinchan 🤣🫠
Is that good? 😏
@@LarsKlintTech :P
Hello and thank you for this video, I have a question, is the distance can be used in home assistant ? Thanks
I don't believe so. I am yet to test that all out properly and will record a video on it too.
Hi Lars
Thanks for a great video. Do you know if you can do something when a specific number plate arrive ? Like open a gate ? Or trigger an event.. I am using Home assistant, is the camera compatible do you know ?
Yes, the licence plate info comes through the UniFi Protect integration into HA. I have a video planned on that too 😊
Would be nice if the license plate is an attribute of the identity users profile, that will open the gate when driving to the gate. By HA is nice too.
@@justindeweger You'd still need to get the event to the gate, so it knows to open.
Wow very nice camera I hope unifi came out with a wifi solar power line up of these cameras !!
The camera is amazing, but it is also pricey of course. I doubt there will be a solar option, as that will then compromise the stability and reliability of the connection. I have a couple of solar cameras and there are compromises to make it work.
@@LarsKlintTech You are telling me then that the solar cameras with 4glte that flock is placing all over the streets are compromising their stability and much more, because if that were the case then the authorities of each county would not use them the same as Motorolas. I believe that Unifi has the infrastructure and capacity to create the same type of cameras to meet the same objective at a lower cost than the competition.
@@effrem123 Yep, fair comment, so let me elaborate. In order to have a camera that records constantly you need 2 things for a solar powered camera: 1) Enough power to never stop recording, and 2) stable connectivity to upload the footage offsite for storage.
To achieve the first point you will need a battery big enough to allow for many days with no sun to charge it. I run a 24V system with two very large bulky 170aH batteries, which alone are $500, not to mention the weight. Even that runs out after 7-10 days with no or little sun (I run an AP, camera, door bell and NanoStation on the system).
For the second point you might need LTE or Wifi. If it is LTE/4G you have the costs of the data usage, and the complexity of the 40+ different bands used all over the world (which is why the Unifi LTE backup is AT&T only). If you are using Wifi, this is another power source you need to supply, and Wifi is flaky as it is.
That is why I don't think it is feasible for Unifi to create solar powered cameras. It doesn't fit with their current goals.
Ubiquiti is definitely one of the best out out there, it's not cheap, but you get what you paid for
Agree. By far most of their devices have been worth it.
Definitely not the best in the game. Unless you know what is out there, the other companies and their products, you have been limiting yourself to overpriced and outdated specs compared to stuff thats been out for a while now. But at least they are trying harder now finally.
@@Lafiro Thanks for watching and participating. Which brands offer better devices, and why? Share some of your insights, so we can all learn. ☺
I built my own system with a Dell R720XD running windows server 2022 and blue iris. I would love add this functionality to my set up. Will this camera work with other NVR software like blue iris.
You sort of can by enabling RTSP in Unifi Protect and using that link in Blue Iris. You don't get a lot of the features though I'd imagine.
Im just curious, do you guys with cameras outside need to worry about birds?
Also for cold winters , Lars please give us an update around that time
I have the occasional bird sitting on top of one of the llama cams, but in general I don't notice nor think about it.
We don't get super cold winters here, but frosty nights and mornings are no problem. In general I've never had a Unifi camera fail due to cold or hot, and we get 40C+ here in summer at times.
@@LarsKlintTech ok I'm just wondering if they will poop on it
I live in a condo now on top floor and they installed those bird spikes everywhere to prevent them from perching and messing the place up... Moving to house now so trying to understand these products but this video of the AI enhancer wow .
@@anpc86 You will get all sort of crap (pun intended) on the camera over time if it is outside. Bird spikes can sometimes help, but I don't have any on mine. See how you go and adjust as needed?
What's the delay like using the speaker when off the network? I have a (in comparison) cheap Eufy one and the delay off network is so bad it's next to unusable to communicate with anyone
Good question. Considering I am on Starlink it might not be the best test case, but I will give it a go regardless. I suspect it should be okay, but let's see.
Hi. How did you get one in Au?
I’m wondering the same thing!
It was sent from the US.
Thanks Laras. Looks like I have to go hunting.
@@benjaminhuang a australian pc store mwave has them up for preorder
In terms of the price, remember this camera setup is also for semi-commercial use. So if you do the enhancer, should you just go ahead with the low-end DSLR camera in terms of price and necessity?
The Unifi AI DSLR is quite a different beast from the AI Pro + Enhancer though. Almost three times the price, and a very different use case.
Do you see an improvement on license plate detection with this device?
At night you get an improvement with the floodlight.
I’m wondering how does this connect? You say it’s a usb-c. Do you need another wire along with cat wire?
I show at 2:38 how it connects. There is a USB-C plug on the camera, which plugs into the USB-C plug on the Enhancer when you push them together. No extra wire needed.
@@LarsKlintTech understood. Thanks for the reply
Great review man!
Thanks my friend, and thanks for watching.
What's the number plate recognition like at night. Does it get washed out by headlights..?
So far it has worked pretty well. A lot more testing is needed though to establish how well it performs.
Would you be able to pause the playback when it detects the car plate and zoom in to see if it's visible?
Yeah, can do, and it seems okay to me, using human eyes and brain. Someone suggested trying to add a white border to the number plate and see if it helps.
@@LarsKlintTech I ordered a g5 pro. There was no AI pro in stock. Little disappointed the AI is better even though the sensor specs are the same.
@@lawdawg1942 Yeah, same sensor, but the processing power is a lot more to cope with the added AI features.
The G5 Pro is a great camera too.
Nice add-on to that AI cam, I had the IR extenders on my old G3´s and it made a huge difference even back then. I am however rather curious as to how much or many "false" detections you get from spiders and spider webs blowing in front etc? I have a lot of issues here and constantly have to go brush off my cams, so how do you cope with this "downunder" in the land of spiders? :D :D
Spiders are definitely a problem here. I clean the cameras regularly, and a small amount of bug spray (long lasting) can deter the critters for a month or two.
Can the AI Pro Enhancer radar feature measue an objects speed?
It can not. It is meant for knowing when to turn on the floodlight.
@@LarsKlintTech I just found this from Ubiquiti that it does do speed measurements with the radar feature ruclips.net/user/clipUgkxIFPnEHHMWfqC1JmhWrbICm57BhZoWCdg?si=3Nf1Gt7YJNCGx86X
No white version for the ai pro enhancer?
@@AM93000 not yet at least. Hopefully it is coming.
Looks better than the IR extender I have for my G4's - they are total junk and end up just flashing due to a fault, on multiple cameras!
The fix is to take down the camera, pack them up and send them back, what a waste of time and now that the warranty has expired, there is no recourse
Ubiquity knew there were issues with many of the G4's and the IR extender, they should have issued a recall statement on mass rather than wait for people to log tickets and have to get recourse via the rma process
I am sorry you had that experience, but I am not sure how to help. How do you know Ubiquity knew there were issues with them? In general the RMA process is how faulty devices are dealt with. I have used it myself for my floodlights as well.
I want one, scratch that I want two. Thanks again.
You and me both!
Thanks for watching 🙂
Excellent video as usual, Lars. One issue I struggle with is my AI pro is mounted perpendicular to the street. That’s not Ubiquiti’s issue, of course, but it’s what I’m stuck with given I can neither move the house nor the street. With that said, I’ve tried various mounting angles and I have yet to find a sweet spot as far as license plate recognition goes. Oh, how I wish I could mount it straight on as you did with yours. Anyway, I’m pretty sure I’ll add the AI Pro Enhancer now that I’ve seen it in action on your informative channel.
Hmmm, I think you'll just have to buy another house. No other option 🤷♂
Without knowing what the camera sees, it is tricky to comment on. However, I can kinda imagine your scenario. Do you get any license plates at all?
Also, thanks for watching and the kind words ☺
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Goedemorgen!!
Very cool but definitely not for everyone. 700 USD for a single channel is 3x a standard outdoor bullet cam.
Oh, 100%. It depends on your use case, budget, needs and much more. It is currently the best camera they produce I'd say though.
Auto gate opening with AI camera at gate … hmm cool
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Hmm good stuff - alas for me to convert from Ring to UniFi would be astronomically expensive #sigh
Yep, do what is right for you mate. 😊
And thanks for your support as always ❤️
What’s right and what my bank account can afford are two different things 😂😂😂
@@KeranMcKenzie get a new bank account.
Are you really Batman?
I can neither confirm nor deny.
These cameraes are a JOKE ! looks like shit and cost way too much
Thanks for sharing your opinion, but could you be more specific? What other brand and model could you recommend that is more aesthetically pleasing, has same features and specifications, and of course a better price point? I am genuinely keen to learn from your vast knowledge, and if you can link to your content as well, that would be awesome. That way we can all learn. Cheers.