Missing Remote

Sofabaton X1S Universal Remote with Hub/App Control

Remote controls are an area of deep personal interest. There are so many things that need to get nailed on the hardware and software sides to create the perfect one. […]

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Use Ubiquiti AI Theta Speaker As A Doorbell Chime

It annoys me that Ubiquiti doesn’t allow me to use the speaker in the AI Theta speakers. This video outlines one way to fix that oversight.

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NextHaus Alliance Sustainable House Panel Q/A

Last night I participated in a panel discussion around building sustainable homes that was sponsored by NextHaus Alliance, the folks who are building our passive house. This is totally why […]

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EVDANCE Tesla NACS to J1772 Adapter

Testing out the 60A version of EVDANCE’s NACS (Tesla) to J1772 adapter. Lets you use Level 2 Tesla chargers (EVSE) at hotels, parking lots, or sharing one at home. EVDANCE’s […]

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Ubiquiti UniFi Protect Ai Theta / Pro Lens / AI Audio

I wasn’t able to find any reviews of the Ubiquiti UniFi Protect Ai Theta camera system that answered my questions around imaging performance. Specifically, how well it worked in low-light […]

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Risk Is Hard: EV + Garage Edition

A friend recently mentioned some hesitancy around parking an EV in their attached garage. I get that, kind of, we all probably remember the problems that Chevy had with their […]

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Emporia Vue 2 Smart Home Energy Monitor

This is a review of the Gen 2 Emporia 2 and a comparison to the IoTaWatt, which provides similar functionality.

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UDM-Pro: Migrate Unifi Video to Unifi Protect

March 2, 2020 Andrew Van Til

The ability to run Ubiquiti’s Unifi Protect network video recorder (NVR) on the Unifi Dream Machine Pro (UDM-Pro), is one of the key differences between it and the standard UDM. The process should be relatively straight forward per Ubiquiti’s documentation, but as with most things UDM-Pro, things didn’t quite go to plan… Tech note: https://help.ubnt.com/hc/en-us/articles/360005898593-UniFi-Protect-How-to-Migrate-from-UniFi-Video-3-to-UniFi-Protect

Citroen Ami, an enclosed golf cart for city surfing

February 28, 2020 Andrew Van Til

I don’t think you can call anything that doesn’t require a license a car, so I’m going with enclosed golf cart. Please don’t take anything but AWE from that though, because I think this little guy is fantastic. ~40 miles of range, charge from 220v in three hours, and a top speed just shy of 30mph. And it’s super cheap. […]

Ubiquiti Unifi USW Flex Mini Managed Switch

February 24, 2020 Andrew Van Til

I can only assume that the Ubiquiti Unifi USW Flex Mini is penance for the debacle that is the UDM/UDM-Pro. Because where the Unifi Dream Machine is deeply flawed, this $30 fully managed, PoE switch is the opposite. Great value, great features, and it works the way it’s supposed to. Brilliant.

Setup and troubleshoot port forwarding rules on Ubitquiti Unifi

February 21, 2020 Andrew Van Til

Creating port forward rules is a fundamental part of any firewall. This video demonstrates how to create, and troubleshoot firewall rules using the Ubiquiti Unifi platform. Most of the discussion revolves around the UDM-Pro, but I also show some of the differences between it and doing the same thing with a USG.

MAMILIAN

February 20, 2020 Andrew Van Til

I probably should have done this ages ago, but better-late-than-never… From now on, bicycle and fitness products/news/etc will be covered on Mamilian, service here, will return to normal.

Nothing Says “We Listen To Our Customers” Like Ignoring Them: Fitbit Edition

February 18, 2020 Andrew Van Til

About five years ago, someone created a feature request on the Fitbit forums requesting that they allow the device to act like a BTLE heart rate (HR) monitor. Simple enough, Fitbit devices have BTLE (that’s how they sync with your phone), and they track heart rate (at least most of them). Adding this feature, which many other HR tracking watches […]

How loud is the Ubiquiti UDM-Pro?

February 18, 2020 Andrew Van Til

I had some time on my hands this evening, so I figured it was as good a time as any to take the Ubiquiti Unifi Dream Machine Pro (UDM-Pro) out of the rack and put it in a quiet place to record how loud it is generally, and at maximum fan speed. Unfortunately, while I was at it, I found […]

Testing Ubiquiti UDM-Pro LAN-to-WAN Throughput

February 16, 2020 Andrew Van Til

It’s not all bad news when it comes to the Ubiquiti Unifi Dream Machine Pro (UDM-Pro), but I did get decidedly mixed results when, after getting 10Gbps SFP+ working, I got down to testing the UDM-Pro’s LAN-to-WAN performance via iPerf to find out what it can do with Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) on, and with it off. The raw numbers […]

Ubiquiti USW Flex Mini Now Available

February 15, 2020 Andrew Van Til

One of the reasons I love, like, still use (I kid, but our relationship is a bit rocky right now) Ubiquiti Unifi kit is the feature set per dollar. With this new PoE powered five port managed switch setting a new standard at $29. Yeah, $29 for a managed switch. I’ve already ordered one, but could see myself selling off […]

Create a VLAN Wireless (Wi-Fi) Network on a Ubiquiti Unifi UDM/UDM-Pro

February 14, 2020 Andrew Van Til

If you’re having trouble adopting a Unifi AP (access point), need to change a network IP, or curious how to setup and configure a wireless network on a UDM or UDM-Pro so that it has it’s own VLAN/subnet for management reasons (i.e. parental controls). This video walks through all the steps to do that, as well as discussing some features […]

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