Method for providing an operating system of a machine controller

Method for providing an operating system of a machine control system for an injection molding machine for processing plastics and other plasticizable masses on a target system with a processor, said target system being independent of the injection molding machine, comprising the following steps:

• (a) providing information relating to an operating system of a machine control system of a first injection molding machine configured to operate according to the operating system which is configurable according to configuration data, said operating system being configurable or adaptable by means of configuration data of a first machine configuration to properties of the first injection molding machine,
• (b) providing a hardware-independent App for the operating system of the machine control system,
• (c) installing the operating system for the machine control system with all the configuration data as a digital twin on the target system using the hardware-independent App for converting the information relating to the operating system of the machine control system to the target system, the digital twin configured to operate according to the operating system and the configuration data, including properties, specifications and settings, of the first injection molding system, wherein a configuration file of the machine control system is adapted bidirectionally converted to the target system for offline creation or modification of settings datasets,
• (d) calculating at least one new settings dataset by the digital twin on the target system for producing injection molded parts, which settings dataset is executable on the first injection molding machine,
• (e) transferring a further settings dataset created or modified on the target system to the first injection molding machine,
• (f) operating the first injection molding machine with the further settings dataset.