isabella232 / wireless-portable-fax

Build a cellular connected portable fax machine

Portable Fax Machine

This repository demonstrates how to create a portable fax machine using a Raspberry Pi and Programmable Fax.

Learn more by reading the blog post on blog.twilio.com.

Printer

Dashboard

Dashboard built with Vue.js.

Hardware requirements

• Portable fax machine shopping list
• Programmable Wireless SIM card

You can replace your USB modem with a 4G LTE shield:

• Cellular connectivity
  • Raspberry Pi 3G-4G/LTE Base Shield
  • Quectel 4G/LTE module or Quectel 3G module

Set up your Raspberry Pi and LTE USB modem by following the headless Raspberry Pi quickstart.

Additional requirements

• Twilio account

Software and services

• Server/Client
  • Node.JS
• Services
  • Programmable Fax
  • Programmable Wireless
  • Sync

Hardware guides

Follow along with these guides to

1. Set up the Raspbian operating system
2. Set up the thermal printer
3. Set up the SixFab 3G/4G modem

Software guides

Follow along in each folder in this repository to

1. Set up your Twilio services
2. Set up your server
3. Set up your client