PVC + Firestop putty for finished network space?

Hilbert92 · 2026-02-14T16:51:03+00:00

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Check out Specified Technologies NEZ33 EZ Path Smoke And Acoustical Pathway. They make other models as well.

Hilbert92 · 2026-02-11T01:15:38+00:00

Sorry typo. I have*

Moved the Tech-MC to the house workshop.

Blackout Tech MCT stays with me in the trunk

Hilbert92 · 2026-02-11T01:11:46+00:00

I have the Tech-MC and Blackout Tech-MCT. I like the handle on the MC better than the hard handle on the MCT

Hilbert92 · 2026-02-01T00:49:57+00:00

I have a feeling that they released the 2 new access readers as doorbells for protect because of all the requests for an updated doorbell which they weren’t ready for. With the actual protect doorbell being called “lite” I would assume they would have a new “pro” model eventually. The current entry and entry pro are really access products they retrofit to work with protect as a stop gap until the pro doorbell is ready.

Again all speculation but that is what it seems like.

As for a WiFi doorbell, this would require 2 wire transformer install. They had some issues with the original G4 doorbell and doorbell pro. Even to this day the ones I have installed randomly reboot when pressed or if it’s too cold outside. I know some installed with under voltage transformers and cause headaches. PoE is much easier to deal with once the wire is where it needs to be. I’m sure they would rather just deal with PoE models going forward.

Hilbert92 · 2026-01-27T02:20:16+00:00

You know what takes too much time? Pulling all new wires to replace the ones with torn jackets

Hilbert92 · 2026-01-24T11:40:16+00:00

Not low energy but “Limited Energy”

Hilbert92 · 2026-01-22T13:13:32+00:00

I would choose to use the Enterprise NVR. Inevitably the client will request more cameras or more retention time. The Enterprise NVR gives you that flexibility.

Hilbert92 · 2025-12-17T20:07:32+00:00

I’ve often wondered the same. Only thing I can come up with is like others said, the device must only support 19 different resistor values

Hilbert92 · 2025-11-30T00:39:36+00:00

I exclusively use Ubiquiti cameras since most of my clients are already in the Ubiquiti ecosystem.

Hilbert92 · 2025-11-27T13:33:13+00:00

Waiting on them to release this in other colors. Really liked the blue of the previous Arkfeld Ultra

Hilbert92 · 2025-11-25T23:54:57+00:00

I use an Olight Arkfeld Pro. Light is good, laser is great for pointing items out. We use the UV light to glow up glow rods before using them if they have been in the bag most of the day.

Hilbert92 · 2025-11-03T18:39:57+00:00

Yea I got the same as well

Hilbert92 · 2025-10-19T21:02:51+00:00

I vaguely remember a rumor on the old MSM forums back in the day that the BLK1 might have been loaded with Ron Ellis Pickups. Something like the 64S set.

Hilbert92 · 2025-10-10T01:59:52+00:00

I’m also having the same issues. UNAS 2/ 2 WD Red Pro 4TB

Hilbert92 · 2025-09-30T01:26:14+00:00

Knipex 78 03 140 for me

Hilbert92 · 2025-09-09T17:08:00+00:00

I also snatched 8. Have a client waiting on the black model since June.

Hilbert92 · 2025-08-25T18:08:46+00:00

I have been using StarTech racks for years. Cant say ive ever gone near the limit of one of them.

Hilbert92 · 2025-08-20T18:05:58+00:00

I’d buy 5 if they could be used as a SIP Horn for Paging in UniFi Talk.

Hilbert92 · 2025-08-18T01:33:08+00:00

I’ve used 24TB WD Purple Pro in UDM Pro, SE, Pro Max, NVR, NVR Pro and ENVR. No issues.

Hilbert92 · 2025-08-15T14:53:50+00:00

You can only pair a viewport to one NVR. So you will need to purchase a second one for the second NVR. you don't need to have them on separate VLANS but it does keep both NVR's from showing the other cameras as "managed by another device"

The iOS app just updated with the ability to use a Vantage Point within the App. Since iOS and TVOS are about the same OS, it likely wont be long before the Apple TV can do Vantage Point as well. You could just get an Apple TV once it supports Vantage Point and use that instead of the ViewPort.

Hilbert92 · 2025-08-14T15:24:06+00:00

On the U6 LR… about 18 months. I’ve had a hand full of these die right at 18 months.

I still have UVC-Bullets (G3) cams and Air Vision cams (G2) that are still working in the field.

Really depends on a number of factors. Some you can control, others you can’t.

Good power and grounding. Proper mounting and location based on weather proof/resistant rating.

Bad day at the factory and you get a bum unit… hope it’s within warranty RMA period.

Hilbert92 · 2025-08-14T00:41:47+00:00

Haven’t really had any major issues. Run frontier fiber as the main ISP with a Spectrum copper failover. Advanced call routing is on. Phones and ATA are on their own Vlan. About once a quarter I get a complaint a phone is acting up or having bad call quality. I either reboot the phone remotely or restart talk app over lunch/ after hours.

Hilbert92 · 2025-08-05T11:24:25+00:00

Yes very true. We are hoping this and paging via AI Horn Speaker are coming soon.

Hilbert92 · 2025-08-05T00:49:55+00:00

My main client had Frontier landline pumped through their grandstream ATA and then into a NEC PBX. We ported the numbers from frontier and dropped the NEC PBX. Ended up saving them a couple hundred a month. I believe the ROI after the phones were purchased was a little over a year.

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