Make Device Bridge Solar
I want to add a camera on a pole at the end of my driveway that supports LPR and there is no way to bury cable without ripping up the driveway asphalt
I don't understand decive bridge because u still need power to it, so what is the point? If u can run power then u can also run POE
What we need is a device bridge solar, to deliver POE++ power, I am sure the solar panel doesn't even have to be that big to provide the <20W most of the cameras use
I get what ppl are gonna say how will u run it at night and battery? Honestly for my use case LPR doesn't even work at night so I don't care but for others a 200Wh battery is not that big to mount on a pole and would provide multi day battery for those gloomy days
And moreover all of this the solar panel and battery can be done by us, Ecoflow has small solar panels and DC batteries that would be perfect
All Unifi needs to do is make a DC input on the device bridge, I'm honestly surprised they haven't already thought of accommodating this
Posted Dec 1, 2025, 8:08 PM UTC