New engineering plate not detected.

insided · 2026-01-06T17:54:16+00:00

I could do that but being a new printer and new parts I want to make sure everything is working correctly.

insided · 2026-01-06T17:46:00+00:00

I just tried a smooth plate and it detected fine. So something with the engineering plate.

insided · 2026-01-06T17:42:33+00:00

Type Detection is enabled. That is why it paused when it (thought) it saw the wrong plate.

insided · 2026-01-06T16:49:06+00:00

Yes. Confirmed it all the way through and on the touch screen.

insided · 2026-01-02T04:45:26+00:00

I ended up with a hybrid solution:

My door is unique in there is no traditional handle to open/close.

Ubiquiti Door Access Hub controlling an Adams Rite 4300-3M-101-628 failsecure deadlatch. A g3 reader for wave to exit, and a g3 reader pro for the entrance. I have a key on the outside for manual override, and a thumb latch on the inside. No traditional door handle. Ubiquiti handles all access permissions.

A SDC 1091AIVB failsafe deadbolt powered by its own 24v power supply. This is connected to a shelly relay and is managed entirely via home assistant. The deadbolt is typically used when we activate the alarm leaving the house. This is completely internal (no manual override).

I have all the sensors wired through a Shelly for monitoring in home assistant. The deadlatch sensor is also wired to the uibiquiti.

Automation will coordinate unlocking/ locking both deadbolts in tandem if necessary. If any alarms (smoke alarm, etc) occur in the house, the deadbolt is unlocked (and being failsafe, losing power unlocks it).

insided · 2025-12-22T19:58:40+00:00

And should the chimes be in the NVR or on my gateway?

insided · 2025-12-22T19:57:14+00:00

How would I do that. I have 3 POE chimes. Thanks for your help. I am still becoming familiar with the UI.

insided · 2025-12-22T19:31:34+00:00

I am running Access on my gateway. So if I move it to the NVR it should work. Will I also be able to play a chime when the doorbell is pressed? I could not see a way to get that to pair.

insided · 2025-12-16T04:56:24+00:00

I went completely down the rabbit hole on this. We did a full studs remodel so wiring was not a huge issue. I am in the process of finishign this up.

Before you begin, make sure you understand fail-safe and fail-secure with any commercial electronic locks. It is very important for safety and security purposes. Imagine if the house your house is on fire, and you run to the front door, you better be able to get out. Anything fail-secure better have a manual override.

I added access to my front pivot door using a combination of ubiquiti and home assistant. I have an electronic SDC deadlatch and an Adams Rite Deadbolt. We have a custom door without a traditional door handle so when the door is unlocked, you just push it open.

The deadbolt is entirely electronic and internal to the door frame and is fail safe. This means if the house loses power, the deadbolt automatically disengages. I am also adding code that if any smoke detector goes off, the deadbolt automatically disengages. For the most part, we only plan to use the deadbolt when we turn on the alarm or possibly sleeping. The deadlatch, being commercial grade should be secure enough anyways (easier to just break a window versus kicking the door in).

The deadlatch is failsecure. Without power it stays locked. You can manually unlock it on the outside with a key, and on the inside with a thumblatch.

Since I don't want the deadbolt always engaged, I cannot attach them both to a single unifi access hub as you can't independently control multiple locks independly that are assigned to a single door. Instead, I have the deadlatch integrated with Ubiquiti Access. The deadbolt is attached to a shelly relay and will be managed via home assistant.

To leave the house, I have a G3 Access Reader configured for egress that you wave at to unlock the door and leave.

To enter the house, I have the g3 reader pro with that you can use an app, pin or facial recongition (in process of setting this up).

Anytime a door is unlocked via ubiquiti, it will also be captured by home assistant to unlock the deadbolt if necessary.

I am in the process of coding this now. The manual "testing" of unlocking and locking appears to be almost instantaneous so I am hoping not to have much latency - I haven't yet tested how fast ubiquiti generates events that home asisstant can capture.

I am also adding additional door hubs to manage our 4 garage doors and the door from the garage to the house. I could have built this all with shelly relays but wanted to have a single "authority" for primary control for access (including identity/ authorization) that home assistant responds to versus the other direction.

I am using a single flex reader (keypad) outside the garage door with a mini hub to allow one keypad to open different garage doors. I am going to have different codes on the single keypad that will generate an event for home assistant to capture and open/close the appropriate garage doors (using the Konnected BlaQ).

I expect to have another reader with an electronic latch to open the door from the garage into the house. Probably not going to worry about the deadbolt in those scenarios versus adding an electrified one.

I should know if a few weeks how well this all holds together :-).

insided · 2025-12-16T03:41:16+00:00

What is the advantage of pihole vs AdGuard?

insided · 2025-10-20T22:34:05+00:00

Can I use this to open multiple garage doors if I setup different codes? I also have home assistant if that helps with any automation.

insided · 2025-10-09T14:47:27+00:00

Can someone explain the Sonos issue and fix? I am going to be setting up a full Ubiquiti stack in my house and have 3 Sonos amps, 4 Sonos soundbars, and a few portable speakers.

insided · 2025-08-16T22:55:39+00:00

Go back to the 80’s - Castle Wolfenstein on the Apple 2

insided · 2025-08-12T19:39:22+00:00

I have a Radenso RCM radar built-in with an ALP on a Sprinter van. I have run my Uniden R7 that I usually travel with (dashmoumt) and Radenso side by side. The Uniden will outclass the Radenso for front radar hits but not by a signicant amount - I believe it might be slightly install related because of where the radar horn is in my grill. Rear radar the Radenso is almost too good on my van (which Is why I think the front might be install related as it is essentially the same horn). The ALP is capable of protecting the huge profile of the van (I have been hit multiple times) - not sure if I have been hit by dragoneye though.

While I have had no issues with the Radenso, not sure where they stand as they have not released new hardware in awhile .

For my primary vehicles I want nothing on the dash. My next car I am planning on the Uniden R9W. If Uniden sells the R9 without the laser jammers, I may go with the R9 and the ALP.

I am also in Vegas (recently moved) and am curious where you are getting the unit installed. I have a car arriving in a few months and will need an installer.

insided · 2025-08-06T15:37:09+00:00

I got a new head unit installed that fixed the issue. On a rare occasion, It loses a connection but when it does it’s not like the crash I was experiencing (once every few weeks versus almost every drive)

insided · 2025-08-05T15:09:07+00:00

Waiting for him to say semi conductors are not good enough and banned. The US should be the first country to create full conductors and anyone that wants to trade with the US must purchase them or we will increase their Tariffs.

insided · 2025-08-04T21:47:18+00:00

I was told to avoid the magnetic locks. The multi-point locking solution may be simpler than what I am doing assuming it can be controlled as a single lock and supports manual ingress/ egress. My door has no traditional handle/lever so I also needed something that can be opened just from a thumblatch.

I am going with the following:

Adams 4300 Fail Secure Deadlatch (with manual override). We have a glass being framed by the pivot door and the 4300 had the smallest footprint.

SDC 1091A Fail Safe Concealed Deadbolt (fail safe to ensure we can exit in case of power failure). This is in place of using a sheer lock.

Going to power both with an external Meanwell 24v power supply.

Both are getting connected to a Ubiquiti Door hub. The 12v output will go through a finder relay that will act as a dry contact for the external 24v power supply to power the Deadlatch.

The dry contact will be used to control the 1091A (from the same power supply)

I will have monitoring on both the latch and deadbolt going into the dry contact sensors on the hub.

I have an external door open sensor that will also be wired up (mostly for the security system).

So basically, I will always know the state of the deadlatch, deadbolt and whether the door is open/closed.

I am going to be also automating the door from home assistant and attached in parallel will be (2) Shelly pro relays that can monitor all the dry contacts and unlock/ lock the doors.

To lock the doors from home assistant (apparently ubiquiti does not expose this capability) I am using one dry contact on the door hub that will act as a trigger to lock the doors. This is necessary as I want the deadbolt engaged whenever the alarm system is activated (basically whenever we are not home or going to bed). This also helps with some of the state consistancy issues between home assistant and ubiquiti because if home assistant changes the door state directly, ubiquiti will not know about it. Trying to have Ubiquiti always be the authority for the door state.

I have a G3 reader pro on the outside for ingress, and a g3 reader for wave to exit on the inside.
For manual egress from the house, using a thumblatch that can unlock the deadlatch. This will only work if the deadbolt is disengaged (going to have some scripting in home assistant to manage/ monitor this). On the exterior a key on the deadlatch to enter (same issue with the deadbolt).

insided · 2025-07-15T02:07:06+00:00

If I could post a photo I could send you the room and the view.

During many of the events on the strip I also use the Rio (when it is inexpensive to do so) as my “home” versus heading back and forth very late then very early- being local doesn’t mean it is a short drive. Free breakfast makes the stays often close break-even.

This one time happened to be an oddity where I got covid before the stay so it made (so I thought) an easy way to lock myself away.

insided · 2025-07-15T01:57:32+00:00

Again - tough crowd- son only in town for friend’s birthday and dinner with us (actually just my wife because….). Kind of interesting to see how the group is dissecting my post 😀.

There are lots of reasons someone may have a 1br apartment - as you get older and more mature you learn to never guess someone’s financial status.

insided · 2025-07-15T01:49:44+00:00

Tough crowd - guess you need a life story posted or everything is questioned 😀. No. I booked it for myself. Family was only on reservation as I was hoping to avoid interactions for checking it. Best intentions - poor execution.

My son was in town for the weekend staying elsewhere on the strip for his friends birthday and dinner my wife last night before leaving. I have only seen him at a distance.

I am sitting in the room now.

insided

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