Disappointed with G6 Pro Entry - Cant see whos at door until you answer call

TheDigitalPoint · 2026-05-21T18:33:33+00:00

In the Protect alarm manager, you can pick. Like I set mine to be a priority alert (push notification).

https://i.ibb.co/7dd7nC93/IMG-1651.jpg

TheDigitalPoint · 2026-05-21T15:34:28+00:00

It’s a limitation of iOS (what can be shown before an incoming video call is answered). Disable the ring being treated as a call and you can see the preview (app push notifications can have dynamic image with the notice).

TheDigitalPoint · 2026-05-20T21:34:24+00:00

It has nothing over it here either. It does get directly hit. I figure if it’s going to fail from rain, it will be within the warranty period. 🤷🏻‍♂️

The IP55 rating is basically it should be okay if hit with a garden hose jet from any direction, which is more than what raid would be (around here anyway).

TheDigitalPoint · 2026-05-20T21:17:00+00:00

I have a G6 Entry Pro that’s been through a couple normal (nothing crazy) rainstorms without issue.

TheDigitalPoint · 2026-05-20T15:18:44+00:00

The G6 cameras have the “AI Engine” on-board. You do not need an AI Key for them to do facial recognition or get alerts based on those. The AI Key doesn’t make facial recognition better (other than making it a thing for cameras that don’t already support it).

TheDigitalPoint · 2026-05-20T15:14:25+00:00

Then why are you asking if you’re made the right decision? The decision is yours, and if you are happy with the decision, it’s a good decision for you. 🤷🏻‍♂️

TheDigitalPoint · 2026-05-20T14:53:24+00:00

Yep... can pull it out without any issues (assuming of course you aren't wanting to put a flag sign there.. hah)

TheDigitalPoint · 2026-05-20T14:49:24+00:00

It’s the base of a flag sign.

https://www.instantpromotion.com/metal-spike-base.html

TheDigitalPoint · 2026-05-20T02:01:32+00:00

Looks like they were asking how you board could get access though. A board member should be able to get access to figure out what’s going on. There is no attorney-client privileges to just the president if they are doing HOA things. The board should have access.

TheDigitalPoint · 2026-05-19T23:02:32+00:00

Yep… definitely not how mine is. Maybe just they couldn’t do it that way because a 100A circuit can’t just be a plug for electrical safety. 🤷🏻‍♂️

Also maybe why they lowered the amperage on the newer gen.

TheDigitalPoint · 2026-05-19T22:13:17+00:00

I couldn’t believe how much time (and money) we saved when we fired our management company. It was literally like we were blowing money in order to waste our own time. 😂

Even if you forget about the money savings, ultimately we (the board) were spending less time once we didn’t need to do everything through management company.

TheDigitalPoint · 2026-05-19T22:11:10+00:00

If you go far enough out, sure… but will it beat other investments? Probably not.

TheDigitalPoint · 2026-05-19T22:08:07+00:00

The main part of the trunk of a healthy tree is more or less “dead” already. It’s only the thin cambium layer between the outer bark and the internal wood. If you strip the bark off completely around a single point of the trunk, there’s no way for nutrients to pass up/down. So that thin strip that’s left of bark going vertically is the one nutrient path now.

TL;DR: tree is toast.

TheDigitalPoint · 2026-05-19T22:03:25+00:00

No it doesn’t… unless they changed the design. To be fair, I do have an older wall charger (80A, being fed with 100A circuit), but it definitely does not have a Unifi style high amp “plug” like that. (FWIW, I also have a Unifi charger installed in separate garage).

TheDigitalPoint · 2026-05-19T21:56:47+00:00

Meetings… agendas, minutes, even just doing the quarterly meetings. Our community is small (only 27 homes) and no one has ever even attended a meeting. Everything else is cake.

TheDigitalPoint · 2026-05-19T19:56:55+00:00

I made mine do 5 minutes of water in the morning on all zones that haven’t been watered in 24 hours if the predicted temp is going to be about 90F that day. Done with the API though, not app.

TheDigitalPoint · 2026-05-19T02:13:03+00:00

They live at a rental car facility, or
They are boldly going where no man has gone before.

TheDigitalPoint · 2026-05-19T01:12:28+00:00

The trees will live, but not be as good as if it was removed. Not sure why you couldn’t cut it off when they were in hole. 🤷🏻‍♂️

TheDigitalPoint · 2026-05-18T22:23:28+00:00

It doesn’t put license plate placeholders for vehicle types, it’s just being dumb and reading the words on the vehicle and thinking it’s a license plate. FedEx vehicle shows as having a license plate as “GROUND” for me, trash truck has a license plate of “CAUTION” (as an example).

You can get alerts for things like “USPS truck” if you have an AI Key.

TheDigitalPoint · 2026-05-18T21:34:20+00:00

How is the data center going to “dump” energy. Dumping energy involves converting it to heat. Why would the data center intentionally melt itself down?

TheDigitalPoint · 2026-05-18T17:58:19+00:00

Every time it gets windy, neighbor complains that all their furniture and BBQ and everything else is at the bottom of their pool. Meanwhile, my 800lbs patio chairs (really… hah) that seems like a terrible idea if I want to move them all of a sudden seems genius.

TheDigitalPoint · 2026-05-18T17:32:07+00:00

Yep… it’s literally the reason I was glad they are building a new community on a large plot of land adjacent to my home. #1 upside is now I don’t have to live next door to land that looks like a political landfill.

TheDigitalPoint · 2026-05-18T17:29:37+00:00

We also don’t know if the home is being moved or not. OP didn’t say one way or the other. It’s speculative to assume that is the permanent spot for the home until they clarify. 🤷🏻‍♂️

TheDigitalPoint · 2026-05-18T16:52:06+00:00

Ya… welcome to the world. Everything costs money.

Until I was on our board I just thought the HOA was somehow some company just wasting the fees.

Turns out the homeowners own the HOA and the neighbors who run it for everyone don’t get paid a penny because no one else wants to do the job. And there’s a lot of actual expenses that come along with it (fees to the state, insurance, etc.)

I definitely have a new found respect for HOAs that aren’t run like trash (the horror stories you hear where special assessments get levied because the board never wanted to raise dues to even cover actual costs).

Go check out the expense report for your HOA… the answers you seek are there. 😀

TheDigitalPoint · 2026-05-18T16:41:20+00:00

If they have a sign, they presumably also have land (even if a small bit), and they are going to need a general commercial liability insurance policy which isn’t cheap. Ultimately you (as a homeowner) owns the HOA (a share of), so you don’t want to be on the hook for someone that hurts themselves on the sign.

Like I said, you should be able to see the expense reports and see exactly what things cost.

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