Unifi USW-24-PoE Switch - Install, mistakes, setup 

Hahaha, I aim to please Adam 😂 This is my second one, and the quiet is so nice.

I heard that from someone else too. Thinking of doing it to the NVR I put in, which is loud-ish (but nowhere near the switch).

I also have the same UNVR and that is indeed nowhere near the switch and although I know how quit the noctua fans are, I won't replace the ones in the UNVR, because for me that little noice reduction isn't worth it. Anyway, just found your channel and loving it. I use similar hardware and software, including the fun stuff with the G4 doorbell and Home Assistent. Although in my case I use home assistant to send out an RF signal to my existing digital chimes when someone rings the doorbell. That was actually the whole reason to start with Home Assistent, because I didn't want a mechanical chime and I didn't want to rely on just a phone notification

@@basscheutjens6612 I am going to set up an RF blaster soon too, probably for fan control at first. Interesting idea with the digital chimes. I use TTS and my Google Nest Hubs to notify. Video is here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-sMflKCJhYlE.html

@@LarsKlintTech I've also been thinking about TTS and have some testing stuff in Node-Red to do so, including pausing any media being played and resuming it after the TTS because I have some some smart speakers that have the Google Assistant (und thus would be used for TTS), but I also use them all day for listening to music while working. I also have two dumb (ceiling) fans and those were the first devices I made smart, because I didn't want to test with the digital chimes and have them go ding-dong all the time while testing it out. If you want to start with RF, make sure to take your time figuring out which device you're going to use. Personally I'm using the Sonoff RF bridge with Tasmota firmware. Out of the box, the Sonoff is easy to use (using its mobile app), but you are limited to 4 devices and max 4 commands per device. One of my ceiling fans has 6 speeds and can also be inverted, so I would have to split those over 2 devices and use up half of the capacity of the Sonoff for just one fan. With the Tasmota firmware you can basically send an unlimited amount of RF commands using MQTT, but the downside is that it is more difficult to configure and figure out what the correct commands are. Everything can be found online however, so if you are interested I can provide you with some of the resources I used.

@@basscheutjens6612 Thanks Bas. Really appreciate it. I was planning on getting the Broadlink RM4 Pro for RF blasting.

Haha, yes indeed. It opens into free air, so some sort of wire to hold it might work.

No, the Unifi switches are all just devices on the Unifi Network. You need something like a UDM PRO/SE to be the brain of the network and run the Unifi Network Controller. Check out my video on the UDM SE here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE--lHXYcfH-X4.html

I use a Dream Machine SE. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE--lHXYcfH-X4.html

I upgraded to the 48 port too, which you can see here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-QXeZGbvBMXY.html In my case I was running out of PoE power budget.

I do now. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-WQTGIfUdH50.html

You can safely use non-PoE devices with PoE ports. Unless the device "asks" for power, there won't be any delivered. Auto-detect for the win. Having said that, I do tend to plug in non-PoE devices to non-PoE ports where available, to keep my install logic "clean".

Thanks for the reply. I was hesitant to buy this switch as the Poe wattage was a tad disappointing. I mean my old us-8-150 is fanless yet was rated for more Poe . But I’m looking at the current draw with one AP Pro and five G4 pros at night , and if I use the cameras with their IR’s on I’m drawing 43 watts Poe ,so seeing as I’m probably done with Poe on this switch I should have enough headroom

@@MajorTendonitis I think so too. Most PoE devices use a lot less than I'd thought. Main draw on the office 24 PoE are my two LED panels, which is about 45 watts combined.

I guess because there are no fans, it is somewhat irrelevant. Unless you run it inside an oven, it should be able to cope.

@@LarsKlintTech Well this is almost best case scenario,as my rack is located in my basement,which rarely gets above 70F . I do have the 8 port 150 in my garage , and it will be interesting to see how it copes when it’s 100 degrees in the garage during August. I ran 3 cat6’s to my garage , as there’s two cameras on the outside of the garage I wanted going to my main switch in the house as there’s a UPS on it . I have other equipment I wanted to run in the garage so I used a switch on those , as I didn’t want to run 6 or 7 cat6’s to the garage .I think I’d be tempted to run a bunch of separate runs now , but having switch in there gives me the option of adding more runs if things change. I have a back up switch now in case it burns up , as I upgraded the 8 port in the basement to a 24

@@MajorTendonitis I have about 600 meters of CAT6 currently installed on the farm. I am constantly finding that more options always come in handy.

The rack is a 6RU unit from eBay: www.ebay.com.au/itm/221942882487

@@LarsKlintTech mange tak 👍

@@Tntdruid Hahahaha, selv tak.

Yeah, for this switch there are no fans in any case, so you can't do much about the temp. I'd still like to know though.

But then I couldn't make it part of the video Karl..... 😛 Yes, I have later on removed the door when needed as well.