UniFi security cameras.A clearer view of your property.

A camera count is not a security design

The question is what you need to see: a person approaching a door, a vehicle entering a yard, an incident at a counter or activity around a garden office. We assess distances, angles, lighting and obstacles before choosing the equipment. A wide overview and a useful identifying view can require different camera positions.

Business-grade equipment, installed with purpose

We favour suitable wired cameras and a properly planned recording system where practical. A wired Power over Ethernet connection carries data and power through one cable, reducing reliance on wireless reception at the edge of the property. Camera selection still needs to account for exposure, mounting, night-time conditions and the network that supports it.

Useful detail in real conditions

Resolution is only part of the picture. Height, lens choice, glare, headlights and movement affect what you can actually recognise. We agree the priority views and check the results on site. We do not promise that every face or registration plate will be readable in every condition.

A discreet installation where it suits the property

Where the construction and camera choice allow, cameras can be flush-mounted or positioned with cabling hidden in walls, soffits or existing routes. We plan cable paths to avoid unnecessary visible wires or trunking, while keeping the equipment accessible for safe installation and future service. The building, mounting surface and required camera view determine what is practical.

AI that helps you find the right moment

Search for people, vehicles or supported registration-plate detections to narrow down the moment you need. With the required AI Key and compatible camera setup, natural-language search can help find footage using a description. Features vary by camera: some need additional AI hardware, and recognition depends on the view and conditions. We select the useful options for your property and show you how to check results against the recording.

Recording you understand and control

We explain where footage is stored, who can view or export it and how long the proposed storage is expected to retain recordings. Resolution, activity and recording settings affect retention. We also discuss camera boundaries, privacy masking where supported and proportionate user access, so the system fits the setting as well as the hardware specification.

Cameras that help your property respond

A camera can do more than record. With compatible devices and the right integration, a person detected on the driveway could switch on outside lights, a doorbell press could trigger an indoor alert, or activity at a gate could bring the relevant view to your attention. We design these responses around useful everyday situations, with suitable schedules and conditions to avoid unnecessary activity.

Connected lighting, gates and doors

We can plan camera events alongside smart lighting and compatible gate or door-access systems. Depending on the equipment, this may use UniFi functions or an additional automation platform such as Home Assistant. We explain which connections are native, what extra equipment is required and whether the automation depends on internet access. Gate opening and door unlocking need an explicit authorised-access rule; detecting a person is not, by itself, permission to let them in.

Automation that respects the underlying safety systems

Lighting routines can be convenient, while moving gates and controlled doors need additional care. Any integration must preserve the gate’s safety controls, the door’s exit arrangements and a usable manual fallback. We agree what each trigger should do, how you override it and what happens when a device or controller is unavailable, then test the agreed behaviour as part of handover.

Working with your security or monitoring company

If you use a security or remote monitoring company, we can assess how to give their authorised operators access to the cameras they need. We agree the requirements with your chosen provider before specifying the connection, including whether they need live views, recorded footage or event alerts.

Where the equipment and monitoring platform support the required integration, we configure access to the agreed cameras, define permissions and test the connection with the provider. The monitoring service and response arrangements are agreed separately, so everyone knows who receives alerts and what happens next.

We check how your equipment connects. ONVIF support alone does not guarantee a connection to every monitoring platform: UniFi Protect supports bringing compatible third-party ONVIF cameras into Protect, while sharing video with an external monitoring service is a separate integration requirement.

Alerts focused on your entrance, not the whole street

Motion and smart-detection zones let us focus events on the driveway, doorway or other agreed area. Privacy zones serve a different purpose: masking parts of the view that should not be recorded. We configure both deliberately and review sample footage, so reducing unwanted alerts does not get confused with protecting a neighbouring window from view.

Find an incident and keep the useful parts together

Protect’s Case Manager can bring clips from different cameras together with notes, then export the selected video and a PDF timeline. That makes it easier to explain an incident than sending several unlabelled files. We can show the responsible administrator how to assemble and export a case, including checking who has access to it.

Local recording with controlled remote viewing

Protect stores recordings on your local UniFi recorder or console, with secure remote viewing available through its apps. Its AI processing also takes place locally. We set the retention and user permissions around your needs and explain the connection required when viewing away from the property. Local storage does not include an automatic cloud backup; any separate archive arrangement is specified explicitly.

More from UniFi Protect

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