TP+ v1.0.0-beta

TP+ is a higher-level language abstraction that translates into FANUC TP. It features many useful utilities that makes creating TP programs easier:

• Functions and inline functions
• Importing numerous files
• Namespacing
• Variable declaration for registers, position registers, IO, etc.
• Local variables
• Readable motion statements
• Streamlined position declaration
• Position manipulation
• Build the same program for multiple controllers through the use of environment files and imports
• Managing Register sets on controller
• Register and Postion ranges for easy declaration of blocks of registers
• Preprocessor
• Automatic label numbering
• Improved looping
• Easier managment of numerous TP files
• Can be used with the package manager Rossum

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• A Preprocessor ppr was added! See examples.md for details.
• Local variables can be declared! See examples.md for details.

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• see Features for a quick look at the features
• see examples.md for an indepth introduction to TP+
• Test example .tpp files can be found in https://github.com/kobbled/tp_plus/tree/master/examples

Install

Download tpp.exe from the release, and move to the Roboguide bin folder C:\Program Files (x86)\FANUC\WinOLPC\bin.

Alternatively add the folder in which tpp.exe resides into your environment Path.

[Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable("Path", $env:Path + ";" + "path\to\tpp", "User");

Usage

print output to console:

tpp filename.tpp

print output to file (must be the same filename):

tpp filename.tpp -o filename.ls

interpret using an environment file:

tpp filename.tpp -e env.tpp

include folders:

tpp filename.tpp -i ../folder1 -i ../folder2

See tpp --help for options.

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All of these options can be accessed through vscode using the Fanuc TP-Plus Language Extension

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All of these options can be specified in the Rossum package manager through the package.json file