Operating Modes; Power Saving; Sleep Mode - Quectel EC200T Series Hardware Design

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"*" means under development.

3.4. Operating Modes

The following table briefly outlines the operating modes to be mentioned in the following chapters.
Table 7: Overview of Operating Modes
Modes Details
Idle
Normal
Operation
Talk/Data
Minimum
AT+CFUN=0 can set the module to a minimum functionality mode without removing
Functionality
the power supply. In this case, both RF function and (U)SIM card will be invalid.
Mode
AT+CFUN=4 or W_DISABLE# pin can set the module to airplane mode. In this case,
Airplane Mode
RF function will be invalid.
In this mode, the current consumption of the module will be reduced to the minimal

Sleep Mode

level. In this mode, the module can still receive paging message, SMS, voice call and
TCP/UDP data from the network normally.
In this mode, the power management unit (PMU) shuts down the power supply,
Power Down
software goes inactive and the serial interfaces are not accessible. However, the
Mode
VBAT_RF and VBAT_BB pins are still powered.

3.5. Power Saving

3.5.1. Sleep Mode
EC200T series is able to reduce its current consumption to an ultra-low value in the sleep mode. The
following section describes power saving procedures of EC200T series module.
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Software is active. The module has registered on the network, and it is
ready to send and receive data.
Network connection is ongoing. In this mode, the power consumption is
decided by network setting and data transfer rate.
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