@RealCarlRaymond and I were working on automating dust collector to turn on when you open a gate a while back. The project kinda fell by the wayside, but I thought I’d open a ideas and suggestion post for comments / voting to help see if it should become a priority again.
Dust Collection Blast Gate for 6-inch Sewer & Drain Pipe by CrashcupMN - Thingiverse this comes to mind…
Here is another: https://makezine.com/2019/02/25/automate-your-workshop-dust-collection-with-an-arduino/
You can always have it turn on when the lights are on in the wood shop.