VSE – Video Security Essentials is one-day in-class training which offers a comprehensive guide to help participants effectively select, adopt, and configure UniFi Protect cameras and sensors to establish a complete video security and surveillance system suitable for a commercial environment. The class balances security camera theory with practical, hands-on laboratory work. Students will utilize the latest UniFi Protect hardware throughout a series of labs to set up various detection and notification functions, including advanced features such as facial and license plate recognition.
This curriculum is designed to be comparable to industry vendor classes, such as the Axis Communications Network Video Fundamentals course and covers the following topics:
Security Camera Theory
• How a security camera operates, including lens, sensor, and AI processing
• Proper camera installation
Camera Adoption
• How to adopt and configure cameras in Unifi Protect
• Camera configuration such as disabling recordings, adjusting overlay, and changing video compression
Sensor Adoption
• Adopt SuperLink and a Unifi Protect sensor
• Configuring sensors to capture specific events
Detection Types
• Enable recordings and comparing motion detection, AI and Advanced AI detections.
• Adjust detection areas and creating custom zones for recording.
• Implement crossing line detection and loitering for customized alarm management
NVR Walkthrough
• Create live views and multi-camera playback walkthroughs.
• Set up Vantage Point views to see across multiple NVRs
• Manage global recordings and system settings, including facial recognition.
Alarm Manager
• Explore Alarm Manager and create various alarms based on camera and sensor detections
• Set up a loitering alarm and a complex alarm requiring multiple triggers
Discuss additional alarm actions like sound, light, and PTZ.
Innerspace
• Laying out a camera setup in Design Center
• Using InnerSpace to monitor and maintain Unifi Protect cameras