PDK Access Control& Ubiquiti UniFi Protect Cameras.
One licensed contractor for your entire physical security stack — cloud-managed door control from PDK (ProdataKey) and 4K IP video surveillance from Ubiquiti UniFi Protect, designed, cabled and commissioned by Access Cabling's C-7 low-voltage and C-10 electrical team.
Two best-in-class platforms. One integrator who owns every wire, port and permission.
Most commercial security jobs fail at the seams — cameras from one vendor, access control from another, a low-voltage subcontractor blaming the electrician, a cloud portal nobody remembers how to log into. Access Cabling delivers the whole stack under one license and one point of accountability.
We standardize on PDK (ProdataKey) for cloud-managed access control and Ubiquiti UniFi Protect for IP video — two platforms with proven reliability, transparent pricing, no per-door / per-camera cloud fees, and modern browser and mobile administration your team will actually use. Then we back the installation with the same C-7 low-voltage and C-10 electrical crews that build our enterprise structured cabling projects.
4K IP video surveillance without the monthly bill.
UniFi Protect is the on-premise video platform that finally makes enterprise-class surveillance affordable. Every camera — G5 Bullet, G5 Turret Ultra, G5 Dome Ultra, G5 PTZ, AI Pro, AI LPR — runs edge AI for person, vehicle and license-plate detection, records to a local UNVR, and is fully accessible from the UniFi mobile and desktop apps. No per-camera cloud fees. Ever.
- 4K resolution
- Edge AI analytics
- Local RAID storage
- PoE-powered
- Remote via UniFi Site Manager
- No monthly camera fees
4K & 8MP IP CAMERAS
UniFi Protect G5 Bullet, Turret Ultra, Dome Ultra and AI Pro — indoor and outdoor rated with true 4K, low-light IR and long-range optics.
ON-CAMERA AI ANALYTICS
Person, vehicle, package and license-plate detection at the edge, with smart notifications and search — no per-camera cloud fees.
LOCAL RECORDING, REMOTE ACCESS
UNVR, UNVR-Pro or Cloud Key stores footage on-prem. Access it securely from anywhere via UniFi Site Manager or VPN.
SINGLE CAT6 POE PER CAMERA
One PoE run powers each camera — no separate power supplies. Fluke-certified Cat6 or Cat6A to every drop.
24/7 CONTINUOUS + EVENT RECORDING
Full-time recording with smart-motion triggers, extended retention on RAID storage, and quick timeline scrubbing.
UNIFIED WITH UNIFI NETWORK
Cameras, switches, gateways and Wi-Fi all managed from one UniFi console — designed, provisioned and commissioned by Access Cabling.
Outdoor-rated cameras, cleanly installed.
Every exterior camera we install is IP67-rated, mounted to structure (not soffit vent), sealed with a proper weather boot, and back-fed with a single Cat6 PoE run to the UNVR. That's the difference between a camera that works for five years and one that fails after the first winter — and it's the standard on every Access Cabling job.
Cloud-managed access control that scales from one door to the whole portfolio.
PDK's Red controller family and pdk.io cloud make commercial access control genuinely modern — no on-prem server, no annual software renewal per door, no clunky Windows client. Access Cabling designs the door hardware, pulls the low-voltage and 18/6 cable, wires strikes / mag locks / REX / DPS, installs the Red controllers and cloud.node, and hands you a fully commissioned pdk.io tenant.
- Mobile credentials
- Cards, fobs, PIN & MFA
- Real-time event log
- Lockdown groups
- Multi-site under one login
- Integrates with UniFi Protect video
PDK RED CLOUD-MANAGED CONTROLLERS
Red 1, Red 2, Red 4 and Red 20 controllers scale from a single door to hundreds across a portfolio — all managed in pdk.io.
PDK.IO CLOUD ADMINISTRATION
Browser and mobile administration — add or revoke credentials, change schedules, lock down a site remotely, pull audit reports in seconds.
MOBILE, FOB, CARD & PIN CREDENTIALS
Mobile credentials, fobs, cards and PIN entry — plus multi-factor for high-security openings. Assign per person, group, door and schedule.
DOOR HARDWARE INTEGRATION
Electric strikes, mag locks, REX motion sensors, door position switches, request-to-exit buttons and ADA operators — all wired to code.
REAL-TIME ALERTS & EVENT LOGS
Forced-door, door-held-open, denied-access and after-hours alerts pushed to admins with a complete audit trail.
MULTI-SITE, MULTI-TENANT READY
One pdk.io account manages every site, every door, every tenant — perfect for property managers and multi-location operators.
A tap. A green light. A logged event.
Present a PDK fob, card, mobile credential or PIN to the reader — the door unlocks, the event lands in pdk.io, and (with UniFi Protect linked) the corresponding camera clip is one click away. Revoke a credential from a phone, on a plane, at 2am, and it's gone from every door in the portfolio.
One dashboard for doors, cameras, network and Wi-Fi.
For customers who prefer to keep the entire security and network stack inside a single UniFi console, Access Cabling installs UniFi Access — Ubiquiti's own access-control platform. The G3 Pro reader with NFC, mobile credentials and PIN pairs with the UniFi Access Hub and pre-wired starter kits so a small office can be online in a day. Every event is correlated with UniFi Protect video in one interface.
- NFC + PIN + mobile
- Native UniFi Protect link
- No per-door fees
- Rack-mount hub
- Same VLAN discipline
- Great for UniFi-standardized sites
Everything a turnkey installation includes.
- Site walk, threat assessment and system design
- Camera and reader placement drawings
- Low-voltage cabling — Cat6 / Cat6A PoE to every device
- Door hardware wiring — strikes, mag locks, REX, DPS, ADA operators
- Controller, NVR and switch rack buildout
- Dedicated security VLAN, firewall and remote-access setup
- pdk.io and UniFi Protect provisioning + credential enrollment
- Camera view tuning, AI zone configuration, retention planning
- As-built drawings, port maps and turnover training
- Post-install support, MACs, firmware updates and expansions
Built for the buildings you actually operate.
Corporate Offices
Reception, lobby, elevator lobbies, IDF and MDF door control with camera coverage on every entry.
Warehouses & Distribution
Dock doors, yard cameras, ANPR at the gate, employee entrances and cage-and-locker access control.
Multi-Tenant Commercial
Building lobby, tenant suites, elevators, garage and amenity spaces — one platform, per-tenant admins.
Retail & Restaurants
Back-of-house door control, POS-area camera coverage, safe-room, walk-in and delivery-door monitoring.
Schools & Campuses
Perimeter cameras, controlled vestibules, classroom lockdown groups and visitor-management integration.
Healthcare & Labs
Restricted areas, pharmacy and specimen rooms, elevator controls and after-hours access with full audit logs.
Performance data our security customers actually get.
Real numbers from deployed PDK access control and Ubiquiti UniFi Protect installations across our commercial portfolio.
Measured across UniFi Protect NVR fleets over trailing 12 months.
Credential presentation to strike release on PDK Red controllers.
Continuous 4K + event recording on RAID storage; scalable to 1 year+.
Person / vehicle / license-plate classification on UniFi Protect AI cameras.
pdk.io cloud push to every Red controller in the portfolio.
Every Cat6 / Cat6A camera and reader run tested to TIA-568 category performance.
Same PDK Red platform scales from a single opening to hundreds across sites.
UNVR-Pro / Enterprise NVR channel count with dual-drive redundancy.
Standardized rack builds and as-built docs cut on-site diagnosis time.
UniFi Protect records locally — no per-camera SaaS subscription.
Exact hardware and infrastructure we install.
A typical turnkey PDK + Ubiquiti UniFi Protect deployment from Access Cabling — every wire, port, panel, credential and setting accounted for.
- Ubiquiti UniFi Protect NVR — UNVR, UNVR-Pro or Enterprise NVR with RAID-protected storage
- UniFi Protect G5 cameras — Bullet, Turret Ultra, Dome Ultra, Flex, PTZ, AI Pro, AI LPR (mixed to site)
- Dedicated UniFi PoE / PoE++ switches sized for full camera load with 30% headroom
- PDK Red 1 / Red 2 / Red 4 / Red 20 cloud-managed access control panels per door count
- PDK cloud.node gateway on the security VLAN with pdk.io cloud tenant provisioning
- PDK or UniFi Access readers — mobile credential, NFC card, fob, PIN and MFA-capable
- Door hardware: electric strikes, mag locks, REX motion sensors, DPS door contacts, ADA operators
- Cat6 / Cat6A plenum PoE cabling to every camera and IP reader — 100% Fluke DSX-certified
- 18/6 and 22/6 low-voltage door cable pulled to each opening on separate low-voltage bundles
- 12 V / 24 V DC linear power supplies with battery backup for door hardware
- UPS-backed rack power for NVR, controllers, PoE switches and cloud.node gateway
- Dedicated security VLAN with firewall segmentation from production and guest networks
- Remote administration via UniFi Site Manager, pdk.io mobile / browser apps and secure VPN
- As-built drawings, port maps, camera view maps, credential rosters and turnover training
Technical specs for both platforms.
Complete Ubiquiti UniFi Protect and PDK ProdataKey system specifications — the same reference sheet our engineers use during design and commissioning.
Ubiquiti UniFi Protect
- Platform
- Ubiquiti UniFi Protect (on-premise NVR + edge cameras)
- NVR Options
- UNVR (4 bay), UNVR-Pro (7 bay 10 GbE), Enterprise NVR — RAID 1/5/10
- Camera Resolution
- Up to 4K (8 MP) 24/7 continuous + smart-event recording
- Camera Models
- G5 Bullet, Turret Ultra, Dome Ultra, Flex, Pro, PTZ, AI Pro, AI LPR
- AI Analytics
- Person, vehicle, package, animal, license-plate detection at the edge
- Night Vision
- IR LEDs with adaptive illumination; color-night on Ultra / AI Pro models
- Storage Retention
- 30–90 days typical, scalable past 1 year with additional drives / NVRs
- PoE Power
- PoE / PoE+ on standard models, PoE++ (60 W) on AI Pro / PTZ
- Cabling
- Cat6 or Cat6A plenum PoE, single run per camera, Fluke DSX-certified
- Networking
- Dedicated security VLAN, firewalled from production network, UniFi Gateway routed
- Remote Access
- UniFi Site Manager cloud, UniFi mobile / desktop apps, optional site-to-site VPN
- Redundancy
- Dual-drive RAID, dual PSU on Enterprise NVR, optional off-site backup NVR
- Recurring Fees
- None — no per-camera cloud subscription; UniFi Protect included with hardware
- Standards
- ONVIF-compatible export, TIA-568 Cat6/6A cabling, TIA-606 labeling on all drops
PDK ProdataKey Access Control
- Platform
- PDK (ProdataKey) — Red controller family + pdk.io cloud administration
- Controllers
- Red 1 (1 door), Red 2 (2 doors), Red 4 (4 doors), Red 20 (20 doors) — stackable
- Cloud Node
- PDK cloud.node gateway — connects controllers to pdk.io over standard Ethernet
- Credential Types
- Mobile (Bluetooth / NFC), proximity fob, HID / MIFARE card, PIN entry, MFA combinations
- Reader Options
- PDK wireless mesh readers, wired Wiegand / OSDP readers, keypad readers, biometric add-ons
- Door Hardware
- Electric strikes, mag locks, REX motion sensors, DPS contacts, ADA push-button operators
- Power
- 12/24 V DC linear supplies with battery backup — sized per door hardware load
- Low-Voltage Cabling
- 18/6 or 22/6 composite door cable pulled on a separate low-voltage bundle
- Network Cabling
- Cat6 PoE to each controller on the security VLAN, Fluke DSX-certified
- Administration
- pdk.io browser + iOS / Android apps — schedules, groups, lockdown, audit reports
- Alerts
- Forced-door, door-held-open, denied-access, after-hours and offline-controller notifications
- Multi-Site
- One pdk.io account, unlimited sites, per-tenant admins and role-based permissions
- Video Integration
- Correlated with UniFi Protect video events for one-click clip playback per door event
- Compliance
- Full audit log export for SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA and insurance requirements
Common questions from facility, IT and security teams.
WHAT IS PDK (PROdatakey) ACCESS CONTROL?+
PDK — ProdataKey — is a cloud-managed access control platform built for commercial and multi-tenant buildings. Access Cabling installs the PDK Red controllers, wireless mesh readers and cloud.node, then configures the pdk.io cloud so your admins can manage doors, credentials, schedules and audit logs from any browser or mobile device — no on-prem access-control server required.
WHY UBIQUITI UNIFI PROTECT FOR SECURITY CAMERAS?+
UniFi Protect is Ubiquiti's on-premise video surveillance platform — no per-camera cloud subscription, no monthly recording fees. Cameras like the G5 Bullet, G5 Turret Ultra, G5 Dome and AI Pro record locally to a UniFi Protect NVR (UNVR / Cloud Key / Dream Machine Pro) with AI-based person, vehicle and license-plate detection. Access Cabling deploys the entire stack — PoE cabling, camera mounting, NVR provisioning and remote-access setup.
CAN PDK AND UBIQUITI PROTECT BE UNIFIED IN ONE SYSTEM?+
Yes. UniFi Access (Ubiquiti's own access-control line) and UniFi Protect share a single UniFi console — one dashboard for door events, video and network. For customers who need a more feature-rich access platform, we install PDK for the doors and UniFi Protect for the cameras, and correlate door events with video playback through pdk.io and UniFi Protect side-by-side. Both stacks run on standard Cat6/Cat6A PoE infrastructure Access Cabling installs.
WHAT DOES A TYPICAL PHYSICAL SECURITY INSTALLATION INCLUDE?+
Site walk and design, low-voltage cabling (Cat6 for cameras and readers, 18/6 or 22/6 for door hardware, backbone fiber where required), device mounting (indoor and outdoor cameras, readers, electric strikes, mag locks, REX and door position sensors), controller and NVR installation, network configuration on a dedicated VLAN, credential enrollment, camera view tuning, and full commissioning documentation and turnover training.
DO YOU HANDLE PERMITS, ELECTRICAL AND MULTI-SITE ROLLOUTS?+
Yes. Access Cabling is a licensed C-7 low-voltage and C-10 electrical contractor (CSLB #992009). We handle permits, electrical for door hardware and controller power supplies, and coordinate multi-site rollouts with standardized rack builds so every location — office, warehouse, retail, restaurant, campus — looks and operates the same way.
IS UBIQUITI UNIFI PROTECT ENTERPRISE-READY?+
Yes — with the right design. We spec UNVR-Pro or Enterprise NVRs, dual-drive redundant storage, dedicated PoE++ switches for cameras, VLAN and firewall segmentation from the production network, and remote-access via UniFi Site Manager or an on-prem VPN. For very high channel counts or long retention we recommend redundant NVRs and off-site backup — same design discipline you'd apply to any enterprise VMS.
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