# Level Indicator Limit Exceeded Overlay issue

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/level-indicator-limit-exceeded-overlay-issue/10964>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [December 29, 2015, 1:22am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/level-indicator-limit-exceeded-overlay-issue/10964 "2015-12-29T01:22:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![qversa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/35a633/32.png) [@qversa](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/qversa)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2015, 1:22am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/level-indicator-limit-exceeded-overlay-issue/10964/1 "2015-12-29T01:22:13Z")

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Hi, I am using a Level Indicator with the Value property bound to a tag. If the tag goes below zero (negative) I get the Limit Exceeded Overlay. If I unbind the property and type in a value less than zero I get the Overlay as well so it appears to be part of the Level Indicator component. I need to keep the Overlay from showing. I have tried using Overlay Opt-Out for the Value binding but it does not work. Is there a work around for this?

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**Author:** ![mm3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/76d3ee/32.png) [@mm3](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mm3)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2015, 5:36pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/level-indicator-limit-exceeded-overlay-issue/10964/2 "2015-12-29T17:36:43Z")

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One option would be to turn on Clamp Mode in the tag’s Numeric Properties. This requires a scaling mode enabled, so you could do linear and make the raw and scaled ranges identical.  
Raw 0-100, Scaled 0-100

You could have a separate tag just for clamping, which the Level Indicator would be bound to. But still have the non-clamped tag for displaying the negative value as a numerical text field, etc.

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**Author:** ![Carl.Gould](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/carl.gould/32/7262_2.png) [@Carl.Gould](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Carl.Gould)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2015, 10:57pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/level-indicator-limit-exceeded-overlay-issue/10964/3 "2015-12-29T22:57:24Z")

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You could also use an expression binding to prevent the value from going above or below a certain value. For example, if you wanted to force the value to be between 0 and 50, you could use this expression:

```auto
max(0, min(50, {ActualValue}))
```