Network Status Indication; Status - Quectel EC200A Series Hardware Design

4.8.1. Network Status Indication

The network indication pins can be used to drive network status indication LEDs. The module provides
two network indication pins: NET_MODE and NET_STATUS. The following tables describe pin definition
and logic level changes in different network status.
Table 23: Working State of the Network Connection Status/Activity Indication
Pin Name

Status

Always High
NET_MODE
Always Low
Flicker slowly (200 ms High/1800 ms Low)
Flicker slowly (1800 ms High/200 ms Low)
NET_STATUS
Flicker quickly (125 ms High/125 ms Low)
Always High
Figure 26: Reference Circuit of the Network Status Indication
4.8.2. STATUS
The STATUS pin is an open drain output for module's operation status indication. It can be connected to a
GPIO of DTE with a pulled-up resistor, or as an LED indication circuit as below. When the module is
Module
NET_STATUS
LTE Standard Module Series
VBAT
2.2 K
4.7 K
47 K
Description
Registered on LTE
network
Others
Network searching
Idle
Data transfer is
ongoing
Voice calling