diff --git a/companion/src/firmwares/opentx/opentxeeprom.cpp b/companion/src/firmwares/opentx/opentxeeprom.cpp
index d5cca3eb3..bf6b80e33 100644
--- a/companion/src/firmwares/opentx/opentxeeprom.cpp
+++ b/companion/src/firmwares/opentx/opentxeeprom.cpp
@@ -2583,13 +2583,13 @@ class FrskyScreenField: public DataField {
             bars.Append(new SourceField<16>(this, screen.body.bars[i].source, board, version, variant));
           else
             bars.Append(new SourceField<8>(this, screen.body.bars[i].source, board, version, variant));
-          bars.Append(new UnsignedField<16>(this, screen.body.bars[i].barMin));
-          bars.Append(new UnsignedField<16>(this, screen.body.bars[i].barMax));
+          bars.Append(new SignedField<16>(this, screen.body.bars[i].barMin));
+          bars.Append(new SignedField<16>(this, screen.body.bars[i].barMax));
         }
         else {
           bars.Append(new TelemetrySourceField<8>(this, screen.body.bars[i].source, board, version));
-          bars.Append(new UnsignedField<8>(this, screen.body.bars[i].barMin));
-          bars.Append(new UnsignedField<8>(this, screen.body.bars[i].barMax));
+          bars.Append(new UnsignedField<8>(this, (unsigned &)screen.body.bars[i].barMin));
+          bars.Append(new UnsignedField<8>(this, (unsigned &)screen.body.bars[i].barMax));
         }
       }
 
diff --git a/companion/src/radiodata.h b/companion/src/radiodata.h
index 4162ceafc..6911adb43 100644
--- a/companion/src/radiodata.h
+++ b/companion/src/radiodata.h
@@ -625,8 +625,8 @@ class FrSkyChannelData {
 
 struct FrSkyBarData {
   RawSource source;
-  unsigned int barMin;           // minimum for bar display
-  unsigned int barMax;           // ditto for max display (would usually = ratio)
+  int barMin;           // minimum for bar display
+  int barMax;           // ditto for max display (would usually = ratio)
 };
 
 struct FrSkyLineData {