Products discussed in this blog:
https://www.gowifi.co.nz/managed/usw-flex.html
https://www.gowifi.co.nz/switches/usw-industrial.html
https://www.gowifi.co.nz/poe/us-xg-6poe.html
https://www.gowifi.co.nz/power/poe-50-60w.html
The USW-Flex Indoor/Outdoor PoE Switch from Ubiquiti can be powered via multiple PoE modes. In this blog we discuss the results of each.
802.3af PoE Switch
This results in the USW-Flex being allocated a total PoE budget of 8W to be used across all ports, not each. Good enough for powering one device.
This option must be explicitly configured in the UniFi Controller, as seen below:
802.3at PoE Switch
This results in the USW-Flex being allocated a total PoE budget of 20W to be used across all ports, not each. Enough to power two devices such as 2x NanoStation 5ac.
802.3bt PoE Switch
This results in the USW-Flex being allocated a total PoE budget of 46W to be used across all ports, not each. This is enough to power 3x UVC-G4-PRO cameras and a NanoStation LocoM5.
Options for 802.3bt PoE include the USW-Industrial and US-XG-6POE.
PoE 50V/60W Injector
This results in the USW-Flex being allocated a total PoE budget of 46W to be used across all ports, not each. This is enough to power up 3x UVC-G4-PRO cameras and a NanoStation LocoM5.
This option must also be explicitly configured in the UniFi Controller, as seen below:
