Good to see that something is happening in this area, I wasn't aware that Makita came with AWS. I already have a lot of Makita, but not in the dust producing category

I like to mix and match tools, so what I'm afraid of is that every manufacturer make their own system with incompatible protocols/APIs so that you cannot use a Makita AWS tool on another brands vac, or a non-Makita tool with a Makita AWS vac. They should really get together and make a standard! One big flaw with the Makita AWS system is that you cannot mix new and old, so there is still room for my proposed solution. We cannot renew many of our tools just for a feature like this.
I see now that my suggested solution doesn't have to be made by Festool, but can be made by an 3rd party producer like the MAXSys. The MAXSys is a long step in the right direction, but it is only compatible with Festool vacs, I have another vac (Blue Bosch branded Starmix) that I would like to be able to use the same way. One problem with my solution is that you cannot use it on a battery powered vac, therefore we need a standard.