Method for controlling a hydraulic system and hydraulic control system

A method for controlling a hydraulic system of a machine having a machine control system, wherein the hydraulic system includes at least one hydraulic output having an output element configured to be controlled by way of activation variables and whose state can be described by state variables, the method comprising:

• registering the at least one hydraulic output, wherein registration data of the at least one hydraulic output is captured, wherein the registration data includes data concerning the activation variables and the state variables, and wherein the state variables include output state variables which describes the state of the output element of the at least one hydraulic output;
• transmitting one or more data concerning the output state variables of the at least one hydraulic output to the machine control system;
• receiving from the machine control system a target preset for at least one of the output state variables of the at least one hydraulic output;
• and
• determining activation values for the activation variables of the at least one hydraulic output based on the target preset and activating the at least one hydraulic output with the activation values,
• wherein the hydraulic system comprises a pressure supply system which is configured to be controlled by way of supply activation variables and whose state can be described by supply state variables, and
• wherein the method further comprises determining supply activation values for the supply activation variables based on the target preset and/or the activation values.