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Phoenix is a simple python GUI for creating gcode file to feed GrBL5 Mega 5x that can control 4 axis hotwire machine.

You can find a rapid demo here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mryH3B7E838

As well as here for the hardware: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIikCcjQFL0

Installation

How to install it ? The windows standalone .exe version of the code is not yet available but I'm working on it.

So, in order to run the GUI on your computor, you need python installed and some package.

The current latest version V1.1.0 of Phoenix is optimized with python 3 and if you want to run it without any issue I, first advise you install Anaconda that will tke care of all your fresh python environment.

Get the instalation package here: https://www.anaconda.com/download Launch the installation, it should run smoothly as you don't need anything else.

Download the **Phoenix **zip file: go to https://github.com/gregpinaud/PHOENIX, click on the green code button to get the download.zip compressed file.

Uncompress everything as well as Ressources.7z in the same folder. You should have this folder tree:

Find the location of the Anaconda Prompt. Just look for the Anaconda prompt in the windows left hand side research bar:

it should be somewhere here: C:\Users\your_machine\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Anaconda3 (64-bit)

Copy the shortcut file in the Phoenix folder and you should now get this:

Right click on the Anaconda Prompt shortcutfile , then on "Properties" and change the "start in" entry line to be the adress of your current Phoenix folder:

For example C:\HOTWIRE\PHOENIX_V1.1.0

You are now ready to play.

Just click on Anaconda prompt to open a terminal, right in the Phoenix folder and loading the base environment of Anaconda.

In the terminal type : python phoenix.py
Click enter to launch the first menu window of Phoenix:

Enjoy.