Digital twins (DTs) refer to digital information constructs of physical assets and feature automatic two-way exchange of information between the digital and physical counterparts. Typically, DTs allow communication from the physical systems they represent, and are often used as interfaces to obtain information such as sensor data. Sending information back to the physical system digitally is possible; however, changing system behaviour, besides settings or optimization, requires more than merely updating parameter related information. To facilitate propagating changes made in digital systems back to physical systems, we approach the problem in this paper with an example framework and implementation– using a miniature toy factory and open-source software (OSS) frameworks. In the long term, our ongoing research is aimed to empower workers with remote interaction while performing expert maintenance tasks in industrial settings. Furthermore, adopting OSS frameworks enables new solution providers to enter contested markets more easily in the future.