Quectel BG96 - Network Status Indication

LPWA Module Series
BG96 Hardware Design
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3.12. Network Status Indication
BG96 provides one network status indication pin: NETLIGHT. The pin is used to drive a network status
indication LED. The following tables describe the pin definition and logic level changes of NETLIGHT in
different network activity status.
Table 16: Pin Definition of NETLIGHT
Table 17: Working State of NETLIGHT
A reference circuit is shown in the following figure.
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NETLIGHT
Figure 19: Reference Circuit of NETLIGHT
Pin Name
Pin No.
I/O
Description
Comment
NETLIGHT
21
DO
Indicate the module’s network activity
status
1.8V power domain
Pin Name
Logic Level Changes
Network Status
NETLIGHT
Flicker slowly (200ms High/1800ms Low)
Network searching
Flicker slowly (1800ms High/200ms Low)
Idle
Flicker quickly (125ms High/125ms Low)
Data transfer is ongoing
Always high
Voice calling