![]() You can connect it always later if you want in the app. In the last step, you can select if you have the chime box connected or not. Open the app on your mobile phone to adopt and configure the doorbell. After a couple of second, the doorbell is ready for setup. The Unifi Protect Doorbell will start up as you can see on the small display. Step 4 – Connecting the Unifi DoorbellĪfter you have connected the doorbell, you can turn the circuit breaker back on. You can now simply click the doorbell on the mounting plate. Step 3 – Placing the G4 DoorbellĬonnect the two-wire adapters on the back of the doorbell and attach the wires that come from your doorbell transformer to the wire adapters. If you need to angle mount, then you can simply click the mounting plate on the angle mount and screw the two together on your wall. Step 2 – Installing the mounting plateĪfter you have removed your old doorbell, you can place the mounting plate. Also, we need to remove the old doorbell. ![]() Step 1 – Turn of your circuit breaker and remove the old doorbellīefore you start to do anything, make sure you have turned off the circuit breaker for your doorbell. Just make sure you use the adapter for the chime when connecting it. You can of course immediately connect the chime during the initial installation. Later on, I will describe how we can connect our chime to it. We are first going to install the doorbell without the chime. So I ended up not only installing a new doorbell but also remodeling the hall because I had to pull some wires from the fuse box to the doorbell. In my case, it was a bit more work, as I discovered that my old doorbell was running on batteries. Installing the doorbell itself is normally pretty simple. I have the doorbell mounted with the angle mount and as you can see it records the whole path up to the sidewalk. But with the 20 degrees angle mount, it is more than enough when using it next to your front door. The view angle of the Unifi Protect is “only” 138 degrees, a little bit less than the Google Nest for example. Also took the opportunity to compare it with the Nest and Ring doorbell to give you an idea. I have listed the most important hardware specification for you below. So you can talk directly to the person in front of the door from your smartphone. ![]() We also get a nice little led ring around the button and of course two-way speak. Besides the obvious camera, the Unifi Protect doorbell also has a nice little display for a personal message and a small floodlight at the bottom. So the Unifi Doorbell has if we look at the hardware, more features than the Ring or Nest doorbells. Also, we got some wire adapters, and completely on the right side an adapter for your chime. If you get the doorbell you will find in the box beside the doorbell self, also a mounting plate (with its own level in it), a 20 degrees angle mount so you can point the camera of the doorbell more towards the visitors. Unifi Protect G4 Doorbell hardware Review If you can watch an HD video without any buffering then the signal is strong enough. The doorbell can’t be connected over PoE, so you must have a decent wireless signal next to your front door.Ī simple way to test is, is to open a YouTube video on your mobile while standing next to your door. ![]() The Unifi Protect Doorbell needs a wireless connection to connect to your network. In Europe, you can use this 24V bell trafo on Amazon from Vemer for example. Later in the article, I will describe a solution to how you can use an 8V chime and the Unifi Doorbell together.įor the US, the following transformer is a good option: Keep in mind that you run your Unifi Protect Doorbell on 24VAC, your chime will need to support that as well. If you want to connect a chime to it, then you will need a 30VA transformer to power both. So you will need to replace your bell transformer first. In Europe and the UK, most doorbells and chimes are running on only 8V. If you want to know more about Unifi Protect, then check out this article.īesides Unifi Protect, you also need to have a bell transformer that can supply at least 16-24VAC, 20VA. To only way to get it, is to buy an Unifi Cloudkey Gen2 plus or the Unifi Dream machine Pro. Unifi Doorbell Requirementsīefore we start it’s good to know that the Unifi Protect G4 Doorbell doesn’t work standalone. The EU version of the doorbell comes with an EU-rated doorbell transformer. Tip The Unifi Doorbell is now also available in the Unifi EU store. The Unifi G4 doorbell works on the Unifi Protect platform, so your data is stored locally, and you only have to pay for the hardware. Other smart doorbells, like the Ring and Nest, require a monthly subscription. The reason I waited for the Unifi G4 Doorbell is that I don’t want a subscription for something like this. Unifi G4 Doorbell has arrived /LvZ6qkxXN2- Ruud October 16, 2020
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