Airplane Mode; Power Supply; Power Supply Pins - Quectel BG96-NA Hardware Design

NOTE
1. Please pay attention to the level match shown in dotted line between the module and the host. Refer
to document [1] for more details about BG96-NA power management application.
2. "*" means under development.

3.5.2. Airplane Mode

When the module enters into airplane mode, the RF function does not work, and all AT commands
correlative with RF function will be inaccessible. This mode can be set via the following ways.
Hardware:
W_DISABLE# is pulled up by default.Driving it to low level will let the module enter into airplane mode.
Software:
AT+CFUNcommand provides choice of the functionality level.
 AT+CFUN=0: Minimum functionality mode. Both (U)SIM and RF functions are disabled.
 AT+CFUN=1: Full functionality mode (by default).
 AT+CFUN=4: Airplane mode. RF function is disabled.
NOTES
1. The W_DISABLE# control function is disabled in firmware by default. It can be enabled by
AT+QCFG="airplanecontrol" command. The command is still under development.
2. The execution of AT+CFUN command will not affect GNSS function.

3.6. Power Supply

3.6.1. Power Supply Pins

BG96-NA provides four VBAT pins for connection with anexternal power supply. There are two separate
voltage domains for VBAT.
 Two VBAT_RF pins for module RF part.
Two VBAT_BB pins for module baseband part.
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The following table shows the details of VBAT pins and ground pins.
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