# On VRM, how to create an alarm if the used current (negative current) is too high?

**URL:** <https://community.victronenergy.com/t/on-vrm-how-to-create-an-alarm-if-the-used-current-negative-current-is-too-high/49893>\
**Category:** Q&A and troubleshooting\
**Tags:** beginner, vrm, cerbo\_gx, smartshunt\
**Created:** [7 December 2025 11:03 UTC](https://community.victronenergy.com/t/on-vrm-how-to-create-an-alarm-if-the-used-current-negative-current-is-too-high/49893 "2025-12-07T11:03:22Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![iostrym](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/90ced4/32.png) [@iostrym](https://community.victronenergy.com/u/iostrym)\
**Post date:** [7 December 2025 11:03 UTC](https://community.victronenergy.com/t/on-vrm-how-to-create-an-alarm-if-the-used-current-negative-current-is-too-high/49893/1 "2025-12-07T11:03:22Z")

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The problem is that in VRM, when I want to create an alarm, I can set a negative value. for instance if I want to check that used current is always below 4Amp, I should write “-4” value. But I can only write positive value in the box.

is there a solution ?

in printscreen, here is the (french) screen for alarm creation where I can’t write negative value

 ![image](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/victron/original/3X/d/4/d42fab4ed35fefe9dd5f16ad06515a3f744358bf.png)

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**Author:** ![iostrym](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/90ced4/32.png) [@iostrym](https://community.victronenergy.com/u/iostrym)\
**Post date:** [18 December 2025 01:31 UTC](https://community.victronenergy.com/t/on-vrm-how-to-create-an-alarm-if-the-used-current-negative-current-is-too-high/49893/2 "2025-12-18T01:31:12Z")

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Hello it is strange i didn’t have any answer. Maybe i didn’t post my question on the correct channel ?

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**Author:** ![Barbara](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/victron/user_avatar/community.victronenergy.com/barbara/32/1215_2.png) [@Barbara](https://community.victronenergy.com/u/Barbara)\
**Post date:** [23 February 2026 06:55 UTC](https://community.victronenergy.com/t/on-vrm-how-to-create-an-alarm-if-the-used-current-negative-current-is-too-high/49893/3 "2026-02-23T06:55:41Z")

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Hi @iostrym , I think that is an overlooked use case from us when we added validation to those fields. I will make sure that we correct this, so also negative values can be saved here.

Thank you for bringing it up!

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**Author:** ![Barbara](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/victron/user_avatar/community.victronenergy.com/barbara/32/1215_2.png) [@Barbara](https://community.victronenergy.com/u/Barbara)\
**Post date:** [23 February 2026 09:37 UTC](https://community.victronenergy.com/t/on-vrm-how-to-create-an-alarm-if-the-used-current-negative-current-is-too-high/49893/4 "2026-02-23T09:37:24Z")

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Actually @iostrym , I just checked and negative values are actually accepted.

Could you share the product type and parameter you try to set this alarm up for?