Abstract:
The present disclosure presents a relatively inexpensive yet intelligent solution for assigning a status to a lighting device over a connection used for transmissions of power and/or intensity for the lighting device. The system leverage and utilizes an existing connection that is available in many traditional lighting systems to provide intelligence between lighting devices, such as assigning a master or slave status to a lighting fixture or a device. For example, a typical lighting fixture may have existing connections such as for wiring and powering up the lighting fixture to modulate intensity of the light emitted. The present solution described herein provides systems and methods for utilizing the same wire to assign a status to the lighting fixture without interrupting the power supplied to the lighting fixture or the intensity emitted from the lighting device.

Description:
RELATED APPLICATIONS 
       [0001]    The present application claims priority to U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/053,792 filed on May 16, 2008, which is incorporated herein in its entirety by reference. 
     
    
     FIELD OF THE INVENTION 
       [0002]    The present application is generally related to lighting systems. In particular, the present application is directed to systems and methods for assigning a status to a lighting device within a network of lighting devices. 
       BACKGROUND 
       [0003]    Lighting systems are used in a variety of settings and applications. Many lighting systems traditionally comprise light sources or lighting devices having only limited control and functionality. Such lighting systems are often controlled only by on and off switches or switches that may control the level of lighting. Furthermore, one lighting device may be connected to another lighting device via simple connections between them. A traditional lighting system may include a group of lighting devices connected to the same power or intensity control but without intelligence to control behavior between them. Some intelligent lighting systems do offer more control but are often more expensive due to their complexity in design and increased number of components. 
       SUMMARY 
       [0004]    The present disclosure presents a relatively inexpensive yet intelligent solution for assigning a status to a lighting device over a connection used for transmissions of power and/or intensity for the lighting device. The system leverage and utilizes an existing connection that is available in many traditional lighting systems to provide intelligence between lighting devices, such as assigning a master or slave status to a lighting fixture or a device. For example, a typical lighting fixture may have existing connections such as for wiring and powering up the lighting fixture to modulate intensity of the light emitted. The present solution described herein provides systems and methods for utilizing the same wire to assign a status to the lighting fixture without interrupting the power supplied to the lighting fixture or the intensity emitted from the lighting device. 
         [0005]    In some aspects, the present disclosure relates to a method of assigning a status to a lighting device of a plurality of lighting devices over a line. A first lighting device of a plurality of lighting devices connected via a line used for providing intensity to the plurality of lighting devices may receive a signal over the said line. The signal may comprise a duty cycle within a time interval. The duty cycle may comprise a plurality of portions and each of the plurality of portions may further comprise a duration of the duty cycle. The first lighting device may detect an instruction identified by at least a first portion of the plurality of portions of the duty cycle. The instruction may identify a status of one of a master or a slave for the first lighting device. The first lighting device may assign the status of the first lighting device to one of the master or the slave in response to the detecting of the instruction. The first lighting device may emit light having intensity identified by at least the first portion of the duty cycle. 
         [0006]    In some embodiments, the first lighting device receives the signal from a second lighting device of the plurality of lighting devices, the second lighting device having a status of the master. In other embodiments, the first lighting device detects an identifier identified by at least a second portion of the duty cycle, the identifier identifying the first lighting device of the plurality of lighting devices. The first lighting device may assign the status of one of the master or the slave based on detecting of the identifier. The first lighting device may emit light having intensity identified by at least the first portion of the duty cycle and at least a second portion of the plurality of portions of the duty cycle. In some embodiments, the first lighting device emits light having intensity identified by the plurality of portions of the duty cycle. In further embodiments, the line is utilized to receive transmission of power to the first lighting device. In yet further embodiments, the first lighting device receives a second signal over the line. The second signal may comprise a second duty cycle within a second time interval, the second duty cycle may further comprise a second plurality of portions, wherein each of the second plurality of portions may further comprise a duration of the second duty cycle. The first lighting device may detect that the second signal does not comprise an instruction and may emit light having intensity identified by the second signal. In some embodiments, a second lighting device of the plurality of lighting devices receives from the first lighting device, a second signal over the line. The second signal may comprise a second duty cycle within a second time interval and the second duty cycle may comprise a second plurality of portions, wherein each of the second plurality of portions may further comprise a duration of the second duty cycle. The second lighting device may detect a second instruction identified by at least a first portion of the second duty cycle. The second instruction may identify the status of one of a master or a slave for the second lighting device. The first lighting device may assign to the second lighting device, the status of the second lighting device to one of the master or the slave in response to the detecting of the instruction. The second lighting device may emit light having intensity identified by at least the second duty cycle. 
         [0007]    In another aspect, the present disclosure relates to a lighting device of a plurality of lighting devices assigning a status of a master or a slave over a line used by the plurality of lighting devices to provide intensity or power. In some embodiments, a first lighting device of a plurality of lighting devices connected via a line used for providing intensity to the plurality of lighting devices receives a signal over a line used for providing intensity. The signal may comprise a duty cycle within a time interval. The duty cycle may further comprise a plurality of portions, wherein each of the plurality of portions may further comprise a duration of the duty cycle. A detector of the first lighting device may detect an instruction identified by at least a first portion of the plurality of portions of the duty cycle. The instruction may identify a status of one of a master or a slave for the first lighting device. A master/slave addressor of the first lighting device may assign the status of the first lighting device to one of the master or the slave in response to detecting of the instruction. The first lighting device may emit light having intensity identified by at least the first portion of the duty cycle. 
         [0008]    In some embodiments, the first lighting device receives the signal from a second lighting device of the plurality of lighting devices, the second lighting device having a status of the master. In further embodiments, the detector detects an identifier identified by at least a second portion of the duty cycle, the identifier identifying the first lighting device of the plurality of lighting devices. In still further embodiments, the master/slave addressor assigns to the first lighting device the status of one of the master or the slave based on detecting of the identifier. In some embodiments, the first lighting device emits light having intensity identified by at least the first portion of the duty cycle and at least a second portion of the plurality of portions of the duty cycle. In further embodiments, the first lighting device emits light having intensity identified by the plurality of portions of the duty cycle. In still further embodiments, the first lighting device receives transmission of power via the line. 
         [0009]    In some embodiments, the first lighting device receives a second signal over the line, the second signal comprising a second duty cycle within a second time interval. The second duty cycle may comprise a second plurality of portions and each of the second plurality of portions may further comprise a duration of the second duty cycle. The detector may detect that the second signal does not comprise an instruction, and the first lighting device may emit light having intensity identified by the second signal. In some embodiments, a second device of the plurality of lighting devices receives from the first lighting device a second signal over the line. The second signal may comprise a second duty cycle within a second time interval. The second duty cycle may further comprise a second plurality of portions, wherein each of the second plurality of portions may further comprise a duration of the second duty cycle. A detector of the second lighting device may detect a second instruction identified by at least a first portion of the second duty cycle. The second instruction may identify the status of one of a master or a slave for the second lighting device. A master/slave addressor of the second lighting device may assign the status of the second lighting device to one of the master or the slave in response to the detecting of the instruction. The second lighting device may emit light having intensity identified by at least the second duty cycle. 
     
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
         [0010]    The foregoing and other objects, aspects, features, and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent and better understood by referring to the following description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which: 
           [0011]      FIG. 1A  is a block diagram that depicts an embodiment of an environment of a lighting system and components of the lighting system; 
           [0012]      FIG. 1B  is a block diagram that depicts another embodiment of a lighting system and components of the lighting system; 
           [0013]      FIG. 1C  is a block diagram that depicts an embodiment of a communication system between light sources; 
           [0014]      FIG. 1D  is a block diagram that depicts an embodiment of a light source control and communication; 
           [0015]      FIG. 2A  and  FIG. 2B  are block diagrams of embodiments of digital communication between light sources, intensity control and master/slave control; 
           [0016]      FIG. 3  is a flow chart illustrating steps of a method for communicating between devices using a duty cycle of a signal. 
           [0017]      FIG. 4A  and  FIG. 4B  are block diagrams of embodiments of additional light intensity control embodiments; 
           [0018]      FIG. 5  is a block diagram of an environment and embodiment of non-contact user selection and control of a light source; 
           [0019]      FIG. 6A  is a block diagram of an embodiment for lighting devices transmitting power, intensity and instructions for assigning a status to a lighting device via a connection; and 
           [0020]      FIG. 6B  is a flow chart illustrating steps of an embodiment of method for assigning a status to a lighting device via a connection used by the lighting device for receiving intensity and/or power. 
       
    
    
       [0021]    The features and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent from the detailed description set forth below when taken in conjunction with the drawings, in which like reference characters identify corresponding elements throughout. 
       DETAILED DESCRIPTION 
       [0022]    For purposes of reading the description of the various embodiments of the present invention below, the following descriptions of the sections of the specification and their respective contents may be helpful:
       Section A describes lighting system environment and components of the lighting system;   Section B relates to systems and methods for communication among lighting system components;   Section C relates to embodiments for status assignment of the light sources;   Section D relates to embodiments for lighting system intensity control with digital patterning;   Section E relates to embodiments for non-contact selection, control and address assignment of lighting system components; and   Section F relates to systems and methods for status assignment of the light sources.       
 
       A. Lighting System and Lighting System Components 
       [0029]    Lighting system  100  comprises a number of lighting system components which may be used for a variety of lighting or illumination applications in numerous environments.  FIG. 1A  illustrates a block diagram of an environment within which lighting system  100  may be used.  FIG. 1A  illustrates a lighting system  100  comprising lighting system components called lighting devices, or light sources  110 A,  110 B and  110 C. The lighting system  100  also includes additional lighting system components: a communicator  125 , a controller  120 , a master/slave addressor  130  and a power supply  140 . All the lighting system components illustrated by  FIG. 1A  are connected to each other via connections  105 . Connections  105  are depicted running into or running through a network  104 . In many embodiments, network  104  comprises a plurality of connections  105  through which signals, information or data packets, or electrical power are propagated. In a plurality of embodiments, network  104  and connections  105  provide connections between any of the lighting system components. 
         [0030]      FIG. 1A  depicts light sources  110  comprising various components.  FIG. 1A  presents a light source  110 A comprising: a controller  120 A, a communicator  125 A which further comprises an address  127 A, a master/slave addressor  130 A, and a power supply  140 A.  FIG. 1A  also illustrates a light source  110 B which includes only a communicator  125 B. Light source  110 C is shown by  FIG. 1A  comprising a controller  120 C and an address  127 C. Other lighting system components, such as a communicator  125 , controller  120 , power supply  140  and master/slave addressor  130  are illustrated in  FIG. 1A  as individual and independent lighting system components not comprising any additional subcomponents. 
         [0031]    In some embodiments, however, any of the communicator  125 , controller  120 , power supply  140  and master/slave addressor  130  may comprise any number of lighting system components or subcomponents. Herein, the term lighting system component, may be used interchangeably for any component or subcomponent within a lighting system  100  or for any component related to a lighting system  100 . Furthermore, terms lighting device, device, light source, lighting fixture or a lighting unit may also be used interchangeably and may comprise any number of similar or other lighting system  100  components. 
         [0032]    Lighting system  100 , illustrated in  FIG. 1A , may be any system including one or more lighting devices  100 , also referred to as light sources  110 . Sometimes, lighting system  100  is a system comprising one or more light sources or light fixtures controlled by one or more lighting system components. In a plurality of embodiments, a lighting system  100  includes a number of light sources  110  connected to each other. In a number of embodiments, a lighting system  100  includes a number of light sources  110  connected to a power supply  140  or a source of electricity, such as an electrical outlet. In many embodiments, lighting system  100  is a system comprising a plurality of light sources  110  or other lighting system components connected to each other and communicating with each other. In a number of embodiments, lighting system  100  comprises a plurality of lighting system components electrically connected to each other in parallel. In some embodiments, lighting system  100  comprises a plurality of lighting system components electrically connected to each other in series. In a plurality of embodiments, lighting system  100  comprises components, such as light sources  110  or power supplies  140  connected to each other in parallel or in series or in a combination of parallel and series electrical connections. Sometimes, lighting system  100  includes any number of systems, products, components or devices assisting any functionality, operation or control of light sources  110 . In a number of embodiments, lighting system  100  includes one or more components, systems, products or devices assisting or controlling communication between a light source  110  and another light source  110  or another component, device, system or product. In a plurality of embodiments, lighting system  100  is any system comprising a plurality of light sources  110 , such as light fixtures for example, illuminating or lighting an area or a space. In many embodiments, lighting system  100  is any system comprising a plurality of light sources  110 , providing illumination or lighting an area or a space as controlled by one or more lighting system components. 
         [0033]    In some embodiments, lighting system  100  comprises one or more lighting devices, or light sources  110 . In numerous embodiments, lighting system  100  comprises one or more light sources  110  comprising a power supply  140 . In a number of embodiments, lighting system  100  comprises a master/slave addressor  130 , a controller  120 , a power supply  140  and a communicator  125  as separate and independent components of the lighting system  100 . In a plurality of embodiments, lighting system components are electrically connected to one or more light sources  110  via connections, cables, wires, lines or any electrically conductive mediums. In some embodiments, lighting system components are electrically connected to one or more light sources  110  via network  104 . In a number of embodiments, lighting system  100  comprises any number of lighting system components connected to each other or other lighting system components either directly via connections  105 , via combinations of connections  105  and network  104  or via one or more networks  104 . 
         [0034]    In one embodiment, the lighting system  100  is installed, deployed or otherwise provided in any type or form of indoor, outdoor, residential or commercial environment. In one embodiment, lighting system  100  is deployed, installed or provided in any type of indoor environment. In some embodiments, lighting system  100  is deployed, installed or provided in a residential building or a room. In a number of embodiments, lighting system  100  is deployed, installed or provided in a commercial building or an office area. In many embodiments, lighting system  100  is deployed, installed or provided in a store or a mall. In a plurality of embodiments, lighting system  100  is deployed, installed or provided in a hallway, or a parking garage. In numerous embodiments, lighting system  100  is deployed, installed or provided in a restaurant or a museum. In some embodiments, the lighting system  100  is installed in a laboratory or a research or development laboratory, area or an institution. In some embodiments, lighting system  100  is deployed in an outside environment, such as a stadium, or a concert stage. In a plurality of embodiments, lighting system  100  is deployed, installed or provided in a town square, residential area, or section of a town or city. 
         [0035]    In many embodiments, lighting system  100  comprises one or more light sources  110  which are different from other light sources  110  of the lighting system  100 . In a number of embodiments, lighting system  100  comprises one or more light sources  110  which are same or similar to other light sources  110  of the lighting system  100 . In some embodiments, lighting system  100  includes only one or two light sources  110  while in other embodiments, lighting system  100  includes a very large number of light sources  110 , such as tens or hundreds. In a plurality of embodiments, a plurality of lighting systems  100  are electrically connected to each other and form one larger lighting system  100  or a lighting system farm. In some embodiments, lighting system  100  includes a plurality of separate lighting systems  100  or lighting system farms. 
         [0036]    Connections  105  are represented in  FIG. 1A  by lines connecting components of lighting system  100  to other lighting system  100  components via network  104 . Connections  105  may comprise any type of medium or means for transferring, transporting or propagating electrical power, electronic analog or digital signals, or any other type of communication signal between any two components or devices of the lighting system  100 . In some embodiments, connection  105  is a wire or a plurality of wires of any size or gauge capable of conducting electricity or an electronic signal. In a plurality of embodiments, connection  105  is a cable including one or more electrical conductors electrically insulated from each other and other conductors. In many embodiments, connection  105  comprises a plurality of separate and mutually insulated conductive mediums, each one transmitting a separate signal or information. In some embodiments, connection  105  is a cable including a plurality of wires insulated with any non-conductive material, the wires being used for electrical power distribution in residential or commercial areas. In certain embodiments, connection  105  includes a cable or a group of wires of any size and gauge comprising any electrical current conducting material. In some embodiments, connection  105  comprises an optical fiber transmitting an optical signal. In a number of embodiments, connection  105  is a coaxial cable. In a plurality of embodiments, connection  105  is a wire harness comprising any number of sheathed or unsheathed wires, each wire transmitting a separate signal without interference from an outside wire. In a plurality of embodiments, connection  105  is a wire harness comprising a plurality of mediums for transmitting electrical signals and optical signals. In some embodiments, connection  105  is a wire harness comprising three separate mediums for transmitting electrical signals or conducting electricity. In a number of embodiments, connection  105  comprises a plurality of current conducting mediums wherein each of the mediums is sheathed or electrically insulated from other conducting mediums of the connection  105 . 
         [0037]    Connection  105 , in some embodiments, is a wireless connection between two or more lighting system  100  components. In many embodiments, connection  105  comprises a medium for wireless communication between two or more lighting system  100  components. In some embodiments, the connection  105  is a wireless communication link between two or more lighting system  100  components. In many embodiments, the connection  105  is a medium through which wireless communication of two or more lighting system  100  components is propagated. The connection  105  may comprise any number of wireless communication links and wired communication links. In a plurality of embodiments, connection  105  comprises a number of connection  105  components each of which may further comprise any number of wireless communication links for communication between two or more lighting system  100  components. The wireless communication link or the wireless communication propagated via connection  105  may refer to any transfer of information between any two or more lighting system  100  components without the use of electrical conductors or wires. In some embodiments, connection  105  comprises any one, or any combination of: a metal wire, a metal line, a cable having one or more wires or lines, a light guide, an optical fiber and a wireless link or wireless connection system. In some of embodiments, connection  105  comprises a plurality of connection  105  components comprising metal lines or wires, wireless links, optical fibers or cables. 
         [0038]    Network  104  may be any medium or means for transferring electrical power, electronic data, electromagnetic waves, electrical signals, or communication signals between two or more lighting system  100  components. In some embodiments, network  104  is a mesh of connections  105  connecting any lighting system component with any other component of the lighting system  100 . In a plurality of embodiments, network  104  comprises a number of connections  105  connecting light sources  110 , with each other. In many embodiments, network  104  comprises a number of connections  105  connecting any lighting system  100  component to any other lighting system  100  component. Network  104 , in some embodiments, is plurality of connections  105  connecting specific lighting system  100  components to other specific lighting system  100  components. In a plurality of embodiments, lighting system components are connected to other lighting system components via one or more connections  105 . The network  104  may also be a wireless network and comprise any number of wireless communication links between any number of lighting system  100  components. In some embodiments, the network  104  comprises wireless links and non-wireless links, such as connections via wires. Network  104 , in some embodiments, is a plurality of connections  105  connecting any of the lighting system  100  components to any other lighting system  100  components, such as a lighting device  110 A to lighting devices  110 B and  110 C and vice versa. 
         [0039]    A device  110 , also referred to as a lighting device  110  or a light source  110 , is any device performing or executing a function or an instruction, or any device operating, outputting or performing as instructed or commanded by an instruction or information received by the device via a connection  105 . In many embodiments, device  110  is any device or an apparatus performing a functionality as directed by a signal. The device  110  may be any electrical, electromechanical or mechanical component, such as a motor for example. The device  110  may be an engine, a turbine, or may be any apparatus or a system comprising a motor or an engine. In some embodiments, device  110  is a device, apparatus or a material capable of producing, emitting or emanating light or electromagnetic radiation. In a plurality of embodiments, a device  110  is any device performing any functionality as instructed via a connection  105  or any device transmitting instruction to other devices  110 , even if the device  110  or the devices  110  receiving or transmitting instructions are not light emitting devices. Devices  110  may be any electronic or electrical components, devices, products or apparatuses performing a function or an operation in response to an electrical or electronic signal. 
         [0040]    In many embodiments, device  110  is a lighting device  110  or a lighting fixture, a light source, or any device producing or emitting light. In a plurality of embodiments, device  110  or a light source  110  is a fluorescent light. In a number of embodiments, light source  110  is a lamp or a light bulb. In many embodiments, light source is a white light emitting diode. In some embodiments, light source  110  is a semiconductor light emitting device, such as a light emitting diode of any spectral or wavelength range. In a plurality of embodiments, the light source  110  is a broadband lamp or a broadband light source. In number of embodiments, the light source  110  is a black light. In a plurality of embodiments, light source  110  is a hollow cathode lamp. In a number of embodiments, light source  110  is a fluorescent tube light source. In some embodiments, the light source  110  is a neon or argon lamp. In a plurality of embodiments, light source  110  is a plasma lamp. In certain embodiments, light source  110  is a xenon flash lamp. In a plurality of embodiments, light source  110  is a mercury lamp. In some embodiments, light source  110  is a metal halide lamp. In certain embodiments, light source  110  is a sulfur lamp. In a number of embodiments, light source  110  is a laser, or a laser diode. In some embodiments, light source  110  is an OLED, PHOLED, QDLED, or any other variation of a light source  110  utilizing an organic material. In certain embodiments, light source  110  is a monochromatic light source. In a number of embodiments, light source  110  is a polychromatic light source. In a plurality of embodiments, light source  110  is a light source emitting light partially in the spectral range of ultraviolet light. In some embodiments, light source  110  is a device, product or a material emitting light partially in the spectral range of visible light. In a number of embodiments, light source  110  is a device, product or a material partially emanating or emitting light in the spectral range of the infra red light. In a number of embodiments, light source  110  is a device, product or a material emanating or emitting light in the visible spectral range. In some embodiments, light source  110  includes a filter to control the spectral range of the light emitted from the light source  110 . In certain embodiments, light source  110  includes a light guide, an optical fiber or a waveguide through which light is emitted from the light source  110 . In some embodiments, light source  110  includes one or more mirrors for reflecting or redirecting of light. In some embodiments, lighting device  110  reflects light emitted from another light source. In some embodiments, light source  110  includes a light reactive material affecting the light emitted, such as a polarizer, filter or a prism. In a plurality of embodiments, light source  110  is a coherent light source. In some embodiments, light source  110 , or a lighting device  110 , is an incoherent light source. 
         [0041]    The device  110 , or the lighting device  110 , may be any light emitting device, comprising one or more light sources and capable of providing light to an area or a space. In other embodiments, lighting device  110  is a semiconductor light emitting diode producing an incoherent light of any given spectral or power range. In another embodiment, lighting device  110  is an ultra-violet light emitting source used for illuminating a light reactive material. A light reactive material sometimes, in response to the illuminated light absorbs the light, and in response to the absorbed light, produces a light of its own. In some embodiments, lighting device  110  is an LED or a light source used for color rendering of the fruits, vegetables, meats or any light reactive materials. In a number of embodiments, lighting device  110  emits light which alters the color of the object illuminated by the light source  110  as perceived by the human eye. In some embodiments, lighting system  100  is used for illuminating an object whose appearance of color pigment is shifted as perceived by a human eye in response to the illumination of the object using a specific spectral range of light. For example, an object of a yellow pigment may appear orange to a human eye when illuminated by purple light. In another example, a blue pigment may appear black to a human eye when illuminated by orange light. In some embodiments, an object of a red pigment, when illuminated by a deep red light may be perceived by human eye as a even more red. In some embodiments, light source  110  emits a light having a specific spectral range tailored for illuminating a specific object and creating a perception to a human observer of an object having a different color pigment as the result of the illumination. In some embodiments, an array of light sources  110  are used to vary the wavelength and intensity of the light emitted. In a number of embodiments, light source  110  is a monochromatic light source, emitting only a single wavelength of light. In some embodiments, light source  110  is a tunable light source, emitting a light of varying spectral range. In a plurality of embodiments, light source  110  is a broadband light utilizing a filter for narrowing down the light spectral range. Light source  110 , in some embodiments, is any device, product or material emitting, emanating or illuminating light of any spectral or power range, any constant output or varying intensity output, and any type of coherent or incoherent light. 
         [0042]    In some other embodiment, light source  110  creates color of the light emitted from the light source  110  using a plurality of light sources emitting specific wavelengths of light which individually or mixed produce the color of the light emitted. In a number of embodiments, light source  110  includes one or more light sources emitting a monochromatic light. In many embodiments, light source  110  includes one or more light sources emitting a relatively monochromatic light, wherein relatively means about ninety percent monochromatic. In a plurality of embodiments, light source  110  includes one or more light sources emitting a light having a narrow spectral range which when mixed with other light produces white light or light of a color different from the original color. In a plurality of embodiments, monochromatic light is a light having only a single wavelength of light. Relatively monochromatic light is a light similar to a light emitted by a monochromatic laser or a laser diode and it may have a spectral wavelength range of one or a few nanometers. Narrow spectral range, in some embodiments, means a range of about five to fifty nanometers of wavelength range. In some embodiments, light source  110  emits one or more of any of the monochromatic, relatively monochromatic or a narrow spectral range light individually or in any combination. In a number of embodiments, light source  110  emits blue light, such as the light having wavelength length between 460 nanometers and 490 nanometers. Light emanated or emitted from the light source, in some embodiments, has shorter wavelengths or a higher energy than the visible light. In some embodiments, light emitted or emanated from a light source  110  has a spectral range at least partially in the ultraviolet range and at least partially in a visible range. In a plurality of embodiments, the light emitted or emanated from a light source  110  has a spectral range at least partially in the visible range and at least partially in the infrared range. In a number of embodiments, light emitted from a light source  110  is pulsed or varying in intensity, or continuous and/or without any interruption in emission. In some embodiments, light emitted from light source  110  is periodically or non-periodically pulsed. In some embodiments, a light source  110  comprises a plurality of light sources, each of which emits a light having a partially different wavelength from light emitted by other light sources of the light source  110 . In a number of embodiments, light source  110  comprises a plurality of light sources each emitting a light of different color or a different wavelength or wavelength range. In a number of embodiments, light source  110  comprises a plurality of light sources, wherein each of the light sources emits a light having a different intensity or power range. 
         [0043]    The device  110 , also referred to as the light source  110 , may also comprise a wireless device, such as a wireless signal receiver or a wireless signal transmitter. In some embodiments, light source  110  comprises an antenna for receiving or for transmitting wireless communication. In a plurality of embodiments, light source  110  comprises a wireless connector, a wireless receiver or a wireless signal emitter. In many embodiments, light source  110  comprises a device or a unit controlling and implementing wireless communication between two or more light sources  110 . In some embodiments, the light source  110  may comprise a wireless link, such as an infrared channel or satellite band. In many embodiments, the light source  110  comprises a wireless RF network port, such as a network port supporting IEEE 802.11 wireless communication protocols or Bluetooth technology. In a plurality of embodiments, any lighting system  100  component may comprise any number of wireless communication devices, such as wireless network ports, wireless transmitters or receivers or wireless transceiver used for wireless communication between the lighting system  100  components. 
         [0044]    In a number of embodiments, the light source  110  comprises a controller  120 . In a plurality of embodiments, light source  110  comprises a communicator  125 . In a number of embodiments, light source  110  comprises a master/slave addressor  130 . In some embodiments, light source  110  comprises a power supply  140 . In certain embodiments, light source  110  comprises any of, or any combination of: controller  120 , communicator  125 , master/slave addressor  130  and power supply  140 . In a plurality of embodiments, light source  110  comprises an enclosure which encloses any of or any combination of: controller  120 , communicator  125 , master/slave addressor  130  and power supply  140 . In a plurality of embodiments, light source  110  comprises a connection  105  which can be used to connect the light source  110  with any other light sources  110  or other lighting system components. 
         [0045]    Still referring to  FIG. 1A , controller  120  is any unit, system, device or component capable of controlling, modulating light emitted or emanated from any light source  110 . In some embodiments, controller  120  includes software, hardware, or any combination of software and hardware for controlling, managing or otherwise directing the operation and/or performance of one or more light sources  110 . Controller  120  may include any type and form of logic, electronic circuitry, logic operations or functions, software or hardware embodied in forming instructions or enabling control of one or more light sources  110 . In some embodiments, controller  120  comprises any type and form of digital and/or analog circuitry, any device, system, unit or a program for performing any of the operations described herein. Controller  120  may include any type and form of executable instructions, including an application, a program, a library, a process, a service, a task or a thread. In one embodiment, controller  120  provides, includes or controls power output for one or more of light sources  110 . Herein, terms light emanated from a light source, light produced from a light source or light emitted from a light source may be used interchangeably and may comprise the meaning of any of these terms. 
         [0046]    In some embodiments, controller  120  is any unit used for controlling one or more light sources  110 . Sometimes, controller  120  is any device, system, structure, circuit, piece or hardware or software used for controlling a light source  110  or any other lighting system component. In a plurality of embodiments, controller  120  comprises a combination of any device, system structure, circuit, piece of hardware or software, computer program, structure or algorithm used for controlling a light source  110  or any other lighting system component. In some embodiments, controller  120  includes logic, functions or operations to establish, determine, adapt, coordinate, manage or control any characteristics of light emitted from one or more light sources  110 . In numerous embodiments, controller  120  includes logic, functions or operations to establish, determine, adapt, coordinate, manage or control any characteristics of any output of any lighting system component. In a plurality of embodiments, controller  120  controls a light source  110  which produces a light of a predetermined wavelength. In another embodiment, the controller  120  directs the light source to emit a light having a wavelength in a predetermined range. In some embodiments, the controller  120  directs the light source to emanate a light at a predetermined frequency or within a predetermined frequency range. In other embodiments, controller  120  adjusts one or more characteristics of the light to be emitted or emanated from the light source  110 . In a plurality of embodiments, controller  120  establishes or adjusts the color and/or color temperature of the light to emanate from the light source. For example, the color may be established or adjusted based on a color rendering index or value thereof. In another example, the color temperate may be established or adjusted based on a temperature value, such as for example, Kelvin scale. In some embodiments, controller  120  comprises functionality for detecting, or detects a duty cycle of a signal. 
         [0047]    In some embodiments, responsive to information from any one of a light source  110 , communicator  125 , master/slave addressor  130  or a power supply  140 , controller  120  establishes or adjusts intensity of the light emitted from a light source  110 . In a number of embodiments, responsive to information from any one of a light source  110 , communicator  125 , master/slave addressor  130  or a power supply  140 , controller  120  establishes or adjusts spectral range of the light emitted from a light source  110 . In many embodiments, responsive to information from any one of a light source  110 , communicator  125 , master/slave addressor  130  or a power supply  140 , controller  120  establishes or adjusts wavelength of the light emitted from a light source  110 . In numerous embodiments, responsive to information from any one of a light source  110 , communicator  125 , master/slave addressor  130  or a power supply  140 , controller  120  establishes or adjusts frequency of pulses of the light emitted from a light source  110 . In certain embodiments, responsive to information from any one of a light source  110 , communicator  125 , master/slave addressor  130  or a power supply  140 , controller  120  establishes or adjusts brightness or luminance of the light emitted from a light source  110 . In some embodiments, responsive to information from any one of a light source  110 , communicator  125 , master/slave addressor  130  or a power supply  140 , controller  120  establishes or adjusts chromaticity of the light emitted from a light source  110 . In many embodiments, any lighting system  100  component may comprise any number of other lighting system  100  components, such as, for example light source  110 A illustrated in  FIG. 1A . In a plurality of embodiments, lighting system  100  components comprising other lighting system  100  components are still controlled, modified, affected or adjusted by other lighting system  100  components not comprised by them. For example, light source  110 A in  FIG. 1A  having a master/slave addressor  130 A, in some embodiments, is affected, adjusted, modified or controlled by a master/slave addressor  130 . Similarly, in some embodiments, light source  110 A having a controller  120 A is affected, adjusted, controlled or modified by a controller  120  not comprised by light source  110 A. 
         [0048]    In a number of embodiments, controller  120  comprises functionality for detecting or detects an instruction within a duty cycle of a signal. In a number of embodiments, controller  120  comprises functionality for detecting, or detects a time interval associated with a duty cycle. In a plurality of embodiments, controller  120  receives, decodes or processes a signal comprising a duty cycle of a time interval or within a time interval. In some embodiments, controller  120  receives, decodes or processes an instruction comprised within the duty cycle. In some embodiments, controller  120  receives, decodes or processes a duty cycle within a time interval wherein the duty cycle comprises a plurality of separated portions within the time interval. The controller  120  may detect or process the duty cycle within the time interval regardless if the duty cycle is a single active signal portion within the time interval or a plurality of separated active signal portions within the time interval. 
         [0049]    In some embodiments, controller  120  receives an information from another lighting system  100  component and adjusts the output or the light emitted from the light source  110  in response to the communication or information received. In some embodiments, information received by a controller  120  or any other lighting system  100  component comprises any one, or any combination of: a command, a signal, an instruction, a digital or analog code, a pulse, a data bit, a data byte, data or any form of electronic or electrical signal. In a number of embodiments, controller  120 A of light source  110 A receives an information from light source  110 B or light source  110 C and changes, amends or adjusts the control of the light source  110 A in response to the received information. In a plurality of embodiments, controller  120 A of light source  110 A receives an information from any one of communicator  125 , controller  120 , power supply  140  or master/slave addressor  130  and changes, amends or adjusts the control of light source  110 A in response to the received information. In certain embodiments, controller  120 A of light source  110 A receives an information from any one of communicator  125 A, address  127 A, master/slave addressor  130 A and adjusts, changes or amends the control of the light source  110 A in response to the received information. 
         [0050]    In some embodiments, the controller  120  includes a central processing unit (CPU), a memory unit, a power supply and a current driving circuitry for powering and controlling one or more light sources  110 . In a plurality of embodiments, controller  120  comprises a software application controlling a logic unit for managing the circuitry which powers up or controls one or more light sources  110  or an array of light sources within the light source  110 . In a number of embodiments, controller  120  is a module comprising a CPU or a microprocessor, a memory and a digital logic circuit subsystem associated with control and management of the light sources  110 . In some embodiments, controller  120  controls intensity of the light emitted from a light source  110  using electronic circuitry, software, or a combination of electronic circuitry and software of the controller  120 . In certain embodiments, controller  120  controls wavelength of the light emitted from a light source  110  using electronic circuitry, software, or a combination of electronic circuitry and software of the controller  120 . In a number of embodiments, controller  120  controls a duty cycle of the intensity varying light emitted from the light source  110  using hardware, software or a combination of the hardware and software of the controller  120 . In some embodiments, controller  120  controls or modulates the light emitted from light source  110  using a microprocessor or a processing unit, such as a central processing unit. In a number of embodiments, controller  120  modulates or controls intensity or wavelength of a light source  110  using a combination of hardware and software to control or modulate current through the light source  110 . In a plurality of embodiments, controller  120  modulates or controls intensity or wavelength of a light source  110  using hardware or software or any combination of hardware or software to control or modulate voltage of light source  110 . In some embodiments, controller  120  modulates or controls intensity or wavelength of a light source  110  using hardware or software or any combination of hardware and software. In a plurality of embodiments, controller  120  modulates or controls frequency of pulses of light emitted by light source  110  using hardware or software or any combination of hardware and software. 
         [0051]    The controller  120 , in some embodiments, is a commercial off the shelf system or comprises a commercial off the shelf product, component or a system. In many embodiments, controller  120  is a customized or a proprietary system for controlling light sources  110  or any other lighting system components. In some embodiments, controller  120  comprises controller components such as control circuits, analog or digital logic circuitry, processors or micro-processors, memory units, software or firmware which individually, or in combination, control the output of a light source  110 . In a number of embodiments, controller  120  includes any of the products or modules manufactured or provided by Integrated Illumination Systems, Inc. referred to as I 2 Systems, of Morris, Conn. In some embodiments, controller  120  includes user interface modules and light source control modules to control and drive one or more light sources  110 . 
         [0052]      FIG. 1A  also displays a stand-alone communicator  125  connected to other lighting system  100  components via network  104 . In some embodiments, communicator  125  and communicator  125 A comprise or share any embodiments of any communicator  125 . In some embodiments, communicator  125  comprises all the functionality and performance characteristics of communicator  125 A and vice versa. Communicator  125 A or any other communicator  125 , may be any device, unit or a component capable of communicating with any other lighting system  100  component. In some embodiments, communicator  125 A receives an information from any component inside of light source  110 A, such as controller  120 A, address  127 A, master/slave  130 A or a power supply  140 A and in response to the received information transmits an information to any component inside of light source  110 A or any lighting system  100  component. 
         [0053]    In some embodiments, communicator  125  includes software, hardware, or any combination of software and hardware for receiving or sending information or communication, processing received information and sending information. In some embodiments, communicator  125  includes any one of, or any combination of: analog or digital logic circuitry, processing units or microprocessors, memory, hardware or software for receive and processing information, performing and implementing logical functions or algorithms or transmitting information to other lighting system  100  components. In some embodiments, communicator  125  includes any one of, or any combination of: analog or digital logic circuitry, processing units or microprocessors, memory, hardware or software for receive and processing information, performing and implementing logical functions or algorithms or transmitting information to other components within light source  110 A. Communicator  125  may include any type and form of logic, electronic circuitry, logic operations or functions, software or hardware embodied in forming instructions or enabling control of one or more light sources  110 . In some embodiments, communicator  125 A or any other communicator  125  comprises any type and form of digital and/or analog circuitry, any device, system, unit or a program for performing any of the operations described herein. Communicator  125 , in some embodiments, includes any type or form of executable instructions, including an application, program, library, process, service, task or thread. 
         [0054]    In a number of embodiments, communicator  125  detects and processes an instruction within a duty cycle of a signal. In a number of embodiments, communicator  125  detects a time interval associated with a duty cycle. In a plurality of embodiments, communicator  125  receives, decodes or processes a signal comprising a duty cycle of a time interval or within a time interval. In some embodiments, communicator  125  receives, decodes or processes an instruction comprised within the duty cycle. In some embodiments, communicator  125  receives, decodes or processes a duty cycle within a time interval wherein the duty cycle comprises a plurality of separated portions within the time interval. The communicator  125  may detect or process the duty cycle within the time interval regardless if the duty cycle is a single active signal portion within the time interval or a plurality of separated active signal portions within the time interval. 
         [0055]    In a number of embodiments, communicator  125 A receives all communication or information external to the light source  110 A and distributes the received communication to any of the components within the light source  110 A. In a plurality of embodiments, communicator  125 A receives all communication or information from outside of light source  110  and processes, decodes, interprets or reformats the received information. In certain embodiments, communicator  125 A transmits the processed, decoded or interpreted received information to one or more components within the light source  110 A. In some embodiments, communicator  125 A receives all communication or information from one or more components inside of light source  110 A and processes, decodes, interprets or reformats the received information. In certain embodiments, communicator  125 A transmits the processed, decoded or interpreted received information to one or more lighting system  100  components, such as another light source  110  or another communicator  125  outside of light source  110 A. It will be understood by those with ordinary skill in the art that communicator  125 A may comprise all the functionality of any other communicator  125 , and vice versa. 
         [0056]    Address  127 A is an address, piece of data, or a piece of information uniquely identifying a lighting system  100  component having the address  127 A from other lighting system  100  components. In some embodiments, address  127 A is a number. In many embodiments, address  127 A is an electronic data, a number, an electronic code, a binary code or a binary number. In a plurality of embodiments, address  127 A is a piece of electronic information stored in a memory location. In some embodiments, address  127 A is a setting of a switch or a key. In certain embodiments, address  127 A is a setting of a logical circuitry set by a user. In a number of embodiments, address  127 A is a digital signal or a digital code. In a plurality of embodiments, address  127 A is an internet protocol address. 
         [0057]    In some embodiments, address  127  is a unique identifier used for network communication of a lighting system component comprising the address  127 . In certain embodiments, address  127  comprises a host name, an internet protocol address or a unique identifier. In a plurality of embodiments, address  127  is used by a lighting system component comprising the address  127  to distinguish a message addressed to the lighting system component from a plurality of messages. In many embodiments, address  127  is used by a lighting system component comprising the address  127  to distinguish an information addressed to the lighting system component from a plurality of information. In numerous embodiments, address  127  is used by a lighting system component comprising the address  127  to distinguish a communication addressed to the lighting system component from a plurality of communications. In some embodiments, address  127 A is used as a unique network identifier of a lighting system  100  component comprising the address  127 A for network communications of the lighting system  100  component. In a number of embodiments, address  127 A is used as a unique network identifier of a lighting system  100  component comprising the address  127 A for communication between the lighting system  100  component and a lighting system  100  component comprising an address  127  different than an address  127 A. It will be understood by those with ordinary skill in the art that address  127 A may comprise all the functionality of any other address  127 , and vice versa. 
         [0058]    Master/slave addressor  130  may be any unit, circuit, device, software or a system capable of setting, resetting or establishing a master or a slave status of any lighting system component. In many embodiments, master/slave addressor  130  is any device, unit or a system setting, resetting or establishing a status of a master or a slave of one of lighting system components from a plurality of lighting system components. In some embodiments, master/slave addressor  130  is a component independent from any light source  110 . In a plurality of embodiments, master/slave addressor  130  is a component within a light source  110  and specifically used by the same light source  110 . In a plurality of embodiments, master/slave addressor  130  is associated with a specific lighting system component and used by the same specific lighting system component. In numerous embodiments, master/slave addressor  130  is associated with a group of lighting system components within a plurality of groups of lighting system components, and is used by the group of lighting system components for setting or resetting the statuses of the lighting systems components within the group. In a number of embodiments, any master/slave addressor  130  performs any functionality and comprises any embodiments of a master/slave addressor  130 A, and vice versa. In a plurality of embodiments, master/slave addressor  130  is used interchangeably with master/slave addressor  130 A. 
         [0059]      FIG. 1A  illustrates master/slave addressor  130  as a lighting system  100  component while illustrating master/slave addressor  130 A as a light source  110 A component. Master/slave addressor  130 A, in a number of embodiments, is any device, unit, setting, monitoring or recognizing a master or a slave status of light source  110 A among a plurality of lighting system  100  components. Master/slave addressor  130 , in a plurality of embodiments, is any is any device, unit, circuit, software or a system setting, resetting, monitoring or recognizing a master or a slave status of any light source  110  of a lighting system  100  among a plurality of light sources  110  of the lighting system  100  components. 
         [0060]    In many embodiments, one lighting system component of a plurality of lighting system components has a status of a master, while all the remaining lighting system components have status of a slave. In numerous embodiments, all lighting system components of a lighting system  100  have a status of a slave. In a plurality of embodiments, all light sources  110  of a lighting system  100  have a status of a slave. In many embodiments, all lighting system components of a lighting system  100  have a status of a master. In some embodiments, all light sources  110  of a lighting system  100  have a status of a master. In many embodiments, master/slave addressor  130  is independent of any other lighting system component and has a status of a master. In many embodiments, master/slave addressor  130  is independent of any other lighting system component and has a status of a master and all other lighting system components have a status of a slave. In numerous embodiments, master/slave addressor  130  is independent of any other lighting system component and has a status of a slave. In some embodiments, master/slave addressor  130  is independent of any other lighting system component and has a status of a slave and one or more of other lighting system components have a status of a master. In a plurality of embodiments, plurality of light sources  110  of a lighting system  100  have a status of a master or a slave. In some embodiments, all light sources  110  of a lighting system  100  have a status of a master or a slave. In certain embodiments, none of light sources  110  of a lighting system  100  have a status of a master or a slave. In a number of embodiments, one of a plurality of light sources  110  has a status of a master and all the remaining lighting system  100  components have a status of a slave. 
         [0061]    In some embodiments, a lighting system component having a status of a master controls one or more tasks, actions, functionalities or performances of one or more light sources  100  having a slave status. Sometimes, a lighting system component having a status of a master controls one or more tasks, actions, functionalities or performances of any lighting system components having a slave status. In many embodiments, a lighting system  100  component having a status of a master sends commands or instructions to one or more light sources  100  having a slave status. In certain embodiments, a lighting system  100  component having a status of a master adjusts performance or functionality of one or more components of the lighting system  100  components having a status of a slave. In many embodiments, a lighting system  100  component having a status of a master assigns another component which used to have a status of a slave a status of a master. In a plurality of embodiments, a lighting system  100  component having a status of a master assigns a status of a slave to itself or any other lighting system  100  component. In some embodiments, wherein all of lighting system components have a status of a slave, a status of a master is assigned to one of a plurality of lighting system  100  components by a lighting system  100  component having a status of a slave. 
         [0062]    Still referring to  FIG. 1A , power supply  140  is illustrated as an independent lighting system component. Power supply  140  may be any component, device, apparatus or a source supplying one of, or any combination of: electrical current, voltage and power, to one or more lighting system  100  components. In many embodiments, power supply  140  performs any functionality and comprises any embodiments of a power supply  140 A, and vice versa. In some embodiments, power supply  140  may be used interchangeably with power supply  140 A. Power supply  140  may be a part of any lighting system components. In some embodiments power supply  140  is comprised by a lighting system component and it supplies any of or any combination of power, current or voltage to the lighting system  100  component. In a number of embodiments, power supply  140  is a subsystem of a lighting system component and it supplies power, current or voltage to a plurality of lighting system components. In many embodiments, power, current or voltage is transferred or supplied from a power supply  140  to one or more lighting system  100  components via one or more connections  105 . In some embodiments, power supply  140  is an electrical outlet supplying electrical current, voltage or power to a lighting system  100  component, such as a light source  110 . In a plurality of embodiments, power supply  140  comprises a battery. In a number of embodiments, power supply  140  comprises a transformer. In many embodiments, power supply  140  is a device, system or a unit supplying an alternating current or a current changing through time to one or more lighting system  100  components. In certain embodiments, power supply  140  supplies a constant current to one or more lighting system  100  components. In a plurality of embodiments, power supply  140  supplies an alternating power or a power changing through time to one or more lighting system  100  components. In some embodiments, power supply  140  supplies a constant power to one or more lighting system  100  components. In many embodiments, power supply  140  supplies an alternating voltage or a voltage varying through time to one or more lighting system  100  components. In certain embodiments, power supply  140  supplies a constant voltage to one or more lighting system  100  components. In a plurality of embodiments, power supply  140  supplies a plurality of different power, voltage or source signals to one or more lighting system  100  components. 
         [0063]    Power supply  140  may comprise any number of the lighting system  100  components or may be connected to or service any number of lighting system  100  components. In some embodiments, power supply  140  allows or enables the power to be transferred between a plurality of lighting system components. In certain embodiments, power supply  140  transmits, propagates or sends commands and communication to other components of the lighting system  100 . In numerous embodiments, power supply  140  receives or accepts commands and communication from other components of the lighting system  100 . In some embodiments, power supply  140  includes software, hardware, or any combination of software and hardware. In many embodiments, power supply  140  uses software, hardware or the combination of software and hardware to control, manage or supply power, electrical current or voltage to one or more lighting system  100  components. In many embodiments, power supply  140  utilizes any one of or any combination of hardware, circuitry, or software to supply, manage or control the flow of current, voltage or power to any one of lighting system  100  components. Power supply  140  may comprise any type or form of logic, electronic circuitry, logic operations or functions, software or hardware. In some embodiments, power supply  140  comprises any type and form of digital and/or analog circuitry, any device, system, unit or a program for performing any of the operations described herein. 
         [0064]    In a number of embodiments, power supply  140  supplies two alternating current signals to one or more lighting system  100  components, first one of the two having a phase different than a second one of the two. In a number of embodiments, power supply  140  supplies a constant power signal to one or more lighting system components. In numerous embodiments, power supply  140  supplies a varying power signal to one or more lighting system components. In certain embodiments, power supply  140  supplies a constant current signal to one or more lighting system components. In a plurality of embodiments, power supply  140  supplies a constant voltage signal to one or more lighting system components. In some embodiments, power supply  140  supplies a varying current signal, to one or more lighting system components. In certain embodiments, power supply  140  supplies a varying voltage signal, to one or more lighting system components. In some embodiments, power supply  140  supplies any combination of one or more alternate or constant current signals, alternate or constant voltage signals and alternate or constant power signals to one or more lighting system  100  components. 
         [0065]    In further reference to  FIG. 1A , light source  110 A may includes any of, or any combination of: a controller  120 , a communicator  125 , master/slave addressor  130  and a power supply  140 . In many embodiments, communicator  125 A of light source  110 A comprises an address  127 A. In a plurality of embodiments, communicator  125 A does not comprise an address  127 A. Light source  110 A, sometimes, comprises a controller  120 A which controls functionality, performance or features of light source  110 A or any other component within the light source  110 A. In many embodiments, light source  110 A comprises a controller  120 A which controls one or more lighting system components. In many embodiments, controller  120 A is any controller  120 . In a plurality of embodiments, communicator  125 A is any communicator  125 . In a number of embodiments, master/slave addressor  130 A is any master/slave addressor  130 . In a plurality of embodiments, power supply  140 A is any power supply  140 . 
         [0066]    Communicator  125 A is illustrated by  FIG. 1A  as a component of light source  110 A. Communicator  125 A may communicate or enable communication with any other components of the lighting system  100 . In a number of embodiments, communicator  125 A is a unit or a device communicating with one or more lighting system  100  components. In some embodiments, communicator  125 A communicates to a plurality of components within light source  110 A. In a number of embodiments, communicator  125 A communicates to other systems or components within any other lighting system component, also referred to as lighting system  100  component. Communicator  125 A, in some embodiments, is used for communication between any components within the light source  110 A or within any other lighting system component. Communicator  125 A, in a number of embodiments, includes an address  127  used to uniquely identify a light source  110 A in a network  110 . Communicator  125 A, in many embodiments, uses address  127  for communication between two or more lighting system components. In a number of embodiments, communicator  125 A uses address  127  to distinguish which information out of a plurality of information reaching the light source  110  is intended for the light source  110 A. In a plurality of embodiments, communicator  125 A comprises address  127  which is used for receiving or transmitting information, communication, commands or instructions between the communicator  125 A and any lighting system component. In many embodiments, communicator  125 A comprises address  127  which is used for receiving or transmitting information, communication, commands or instructions between light source  110 A and any other lighting system component. 
         [0067]      FIG. 1A  also illustrates another component of a light source  110 A, called a master/slave addressor  130 A. A master/slave addressor  130 A comprises any functionality of any master/slave addressor  130 , and vice versa. In many embodiments, master/slave addressor  130 A controls the status of the light source  110 A in relation to other lighting system components. In a number of embodiments, master/slave addressor  130 A receives an instruction from a lighting system component and sets a status of a light source  110 A to master. In a plurality of embodiments, master/slave addressor  130 A receives an instruction from a lighting system component and sets a status of a light source  110 A to a slave. In some embodiments, master/slave addressor  130 A sends an instruction to set a status of another lighting system component to a status of a master or a slave. In a plurality of embodiments, master/slave addressor  130 A receives an information from one of a controller  120 A, communicator  125 A, power supply  140 A or a light source  110 A and sets a status of another lighting system component to a master or a slave. In a plurality of embodiments, master/slave addressor  130 A comprises any functionality or embodiments of a controller  120 , and vice versa. In a plurality of embodiments, master/slave addressor  130 A comprises any functionality or embodiments of a communicator  125 , and vice versa. In a number of embodiments, master/slave addressor  130 A comprises any functionality or embodiments of a power supply  140 , and vice versa. 
         [0068]    In addition to light source  110 A,  FIG. 1A  also presents light sources  110 B and  110 C connected to light source  110 A via network  104 . Light source  110 B includes a communicator  125 B, while light source  110 C includes controller  120 C and an address  127 C. Light source  110  may comprise any number of components of the lighting system  100 . Some light sources  110  sometimes comprise all of components of the lighting system  100 , while other light sources  110  do not comprise any of the lighting system  100  components. In some embodiments, light source  110  comprises a plurality of other light sources  110 . In a number of embodiments, a light source  110  comprises an array of light sources  110 . In many embodiments, any of the lighting system  100  components comprise any of the functionality or embodiments of any other lighting system  100  components. In some embodiments, any of the lighting system  100  components comprise any number of any other lighting system  100  components. 
         [0069]      FIG. 1B  uses a block diagram to illustrate other embodiments of environment of a lighting system  100 .  FIG. 1B  depicts a lighting system  100  having a light source  110 A and light source  110 B connected to each other and also connected to a power supply  140  via connections  105 . Each light source  110  includes one or more controllers  120  for controlling features or functionalities of the light source  110 . Light sources  110  also include communicators  125  for communicating to other components of the lighting system  100  or other light sources  110 . The communicators  125  in each of the two light sources  110  include addresses  127 . Addresses  127  comprised by lighting system components are be used, in many configurations, to uniquely identify communications directed to the specific lighting system  100  components. A light source  110  also includes a master/slave addressor  130  for controlling the status of the light source in terms of control within a lighting system  110 . The power supply  140  is connected to one or more light sources  110  and it may be used to provide power or electricity to each of the light sources  110  or any other component within lighting system  100 . Connections  115  connect one or more of components of the lighting system  100  and allow for the transfer of power or communication between the components of the lighting system  100 . 
         [0070]      FIG. 1B  presents a configuration involving light sources  110 A and  110 B connected to each other and a power supply  140 . In many embodiments, controllers  120 A and  120 B control, adjust, modify or affect light emitted or functionality of light sources  110 A and  110 B, respectively. In some embodiments, light sources  110 A and  110 B receive all of their power, voltage or current from power supply  140 . In some embodiments, light source  110 A has an address  127 A which is different from address  127 B of light source  110 B. In other embodiments, light source  110 A has an address  127 A which is different from address  127 B of light source  110 B. In a number of embodiments, light sources  110 A and  110 B communicate with each other using their addresses  127 . In many embodiments, master/slave addressors  130 A and  130 B control, adjust, monitor, set or reset the master or slave status of light sources  110 A and  110 B, respectively. In a plurality of embodiments, light source  110 A having a master status adjusts the status of a light source  110 B to a status of a master or a slave. In numerous embodiments, light source  110 A having a master status controls, adjusts or modifies the functionality of a light source  110 B having a status of a slave. In a number of embodiments, light source  110 B having a master status adjusts the status of a light source  110 A to a status of a master or a slave. In some embodiments, light source  110 A having a master status controls, adjusts or modifies the functionality of a light source  110 B having a status of a slave. In a number of embodiments, light source  110 A having a master status controls, modifies, affects or governs functionality, performance or light emitted from light source  110 B. In a plurality of embodiments, light source  110 B has a status of master and a light source  110 A has a status of a slave, and light source  110 B controls, modifies, affects or governs functionality, performance or light emitted from light source  110 A. 
         [0071]    Still referring to  FIG. 1B , power supply  140  may sometimes comprise an address  127 C which is different than address  127 A and address  127 B. In a plurality of embodiments, address  127 C of power supply  140  is used by the power supply  140  to communicate with light source  110 A and  110 B. In a number of embodiments, address  127 C is used for communication between light sources  110 A and  110 B and power supply  140 . Addresses  127 C, for example, may be used to distinguish information, data or commands directed to the power supply  140  from the information, data or commands directed to light sources  110 A and  110 B. In many embodiments, light sources  110 A and  110 B and power supply  140  are connected in any electrical connection configuration. In some embodiments, lighting system  100  components are connected in series, in parallel or in a combination of series and parallel configurations. In some embodiments, information transmitted between lighting system components comprises an address  127  of a specific lighting system  100  component the transmitted information is intended for. In some embodiments, light sources  110 A and  110 B and power supply  140  are connected in series and information transmitted comprising an instruction, a command or data is accessible to all three lighting system  100  components while the address  127  within the information transmitted defines which of the lighting system  100  components is the information addressed to. 
         [0072]    In some embodiments, light source  110 A transmits an information via connection  105  which connects light source  110 A with light source  110 B and power supply  140 . The information transmitted by the light source  110 A sometimes comprises instructions, commands, data and an address  127 B. The communicator  125 B of the light source  110 B may receive the address  127 B from the transmitted information and confirm that it matches with address  127 B of the communicator  125 B. The communicator  125 B, in response to the confirmed match, then may receive the entire transmitted information. 
         [0073]    In many embodiments, master/slave addressor  130  performs all functionality of a communicator  125 , or vice versa. In a number of embodiments, light source  110  performs all functionality of a master/slave addressor  130  or a communicator  125 , and vice versa. In a plurality of embodiments, any lighting system  100  components performs any functionality of any other lighting system  100  component, and vice versa. In many embodiments, any subcomponent of a lighting system  100  component performs any functionality of any other lighting system  100  component, and vice versa. In certain embodiments, any subcomponent of a lighting system  100  component performs any functionality of any other subcomponent of a lighting system  100  component, and vice versa. 
         [0074]    Referring now to  FIG. 1C  embodiments of systems and methods for digital communication of lighting system components is illustrated.  FIG. 1C  presents light sources  110 A,  110 B and  110 C connected to each other via connections  105 . Connection  105  is illustrated as a shaded region within which connection  105  components are comprised. In some embodiments, connection  105  is a wire or a cable harness comprising an enclosure enclosing three separate wires or three electrical conducting lines. Each of the three separate wires or conducting lines may sometimes be referred to as connection  105  components.  FIG. 1C  illustrates connection  105  components: connection  105 A, connection  105 B and connection  105 C, as independent conducting lines propagating through the connection  105 . Connection  105 , however, may also be a wireless communication link. In some embodiments, connection  105  is a wireless communication band comprising a number of wireless communication links. Illustrated as separated from each other, connection  105  components are shown as electrically insulated from each other or mutually independent. In some embodiments, however, connection  105  components are not electrically insulated from each other and are not mutually independent.  FIG. 1C  depicts connection  105 A marked with a bold line, a connection  105 B with a dashed line and a connection  105 C illustrated with a thin non-dashed line. Herein, the terms connections  105 A,  105 B and  105 C and the term connection  105  components may sometimes be used interchangeably. 
         [0075]    One or more connections  105  may be used as means for transmitting communication between a plurality of lighting system components, such as light sources  110 A,  110 B and  110 C. In some embodiments, connections  105  connect all of the lighting system components within a lighting system  100 . In a number of embodiments, one or more connection  105  components, such as connections  105 A,  105 B and  105 C connect two or more lighting system  100  components. In many embodiments, all connection  105  components connect two or more lighting system  100  components. In a plurality of embodiments, all connection  105  components connect all of the lighting system  100  components. In many embodiments, connection  105  comprises any number of connection  105  components connecting any number of lighting system  100  components. 
         [0076]    Sometimes, connection  105  components transmit electrical current, voltage or power between two or more lighting system  100  components. In some embodiments, connection  105  comprises one or more connection  105  components transmitting information or communication between two or more lighting system  100  components. In many embodiments, connection  105  comprises one or more connection  105  components which serve as mediums or means for delivering, supplying or transmitting electrical current, power or voltage to one or more lighting system components. In some embodiments, connection  105  comprises one or more connection  105  components which serve as mediums or means for delivering, supplying or transmitting information transmitted between the lighting system  100  components. 
         [0077]    Connection  105  components, such as connections  105 A,  105 B or  105 C are, in many embodiments, means for delivering electrical power, voltage or current together with electronic analog or digital communication signals. In a number of embodiments, one or more connection  105  components are means through which electrical power is delivered to a lighting system  100  component along with analog or digital information or communication. In a plurality of embodiments, two or more lighting system components are connected to each other via one or more connections  105  or one or more components of connections  105 . In some embodiments, connection  105  components are means, paths or mediums through which electrical power, voltage or current is transmitted to a group of lighting system  100  components. Sometimes, connection  105  components are means, paths or mediums through which electrical power, voltage, current or information is transmitted to a lighting system  100 . In a number of embodiments, one or more connection  105  components are means, paths or mediums through which analog or digital information is transmitted between the two or more lighting system components. The connection  105  components may also comprise means, paths or mediums through which wireless information is transmitted between the two or more lighting system components. 
         [0078]    In some embodiments, light source  110 A comprises a power supply  140  and light source  110 A provides electrical power to light source  110 B via one or more connection  105  components. In a number of embodiments, light source  110 A supplies power to light source  110 B via connections  105 A and  105 B, while providing information, such as digital communication for example, via connection  105 C. In a some embodiments, light source  110 A supplies power to light source  110 B via connections  105 A and  105 B while receiving information or communication from light source  110 B. In a plurality of embodiments, light source  110 A communicates with light source  110 C and light source  110 B via connection  105 C. In a number of embodiments, light source  110 A provides electrical power to light sources  110 B and  110 C via connections  105 A and  105 B, while communicating with light sources  110 B and  110 C via connection  105 C. In a number of embodiments, light source  110 A provides electrical power to light sources  110 B and  110 C via connections  105 A and  105 B, while light sources  110 B and  110 C communicate to each other via connection  105 C. In many embodiments, any one or more of light sources  110 A,  110 B and  110 C provide electrical power to any one or more of light sources  110 A,  110 B and  110 C via any one or more of connections  105 A,  105 B, or  105 C while light sources  110 A,  110 B and  110 C communicate to each other via any one of connections  105 A,  105 B or  105 C. 
         [0079]    In a plurality of embodiments, light source  110 A comprises a power supply  140  and provides light sources  110 B and  110 C with electrical power via connections  105 A and  105 B. In some embodiments, light source  110 A comprises a power supply  140  and provides electrical power and communication to light sources  110 B and  110 C via any combination of connections  105 A,  105 B and  105 C. In a number of embodiments, light source  110 A comprises a power supply  140  and provides light sources  110 B and  110 C with electrical power via connections  105 B and  105 C, while light source  110 A communicates with light sources  110 B and  110 C via connections  105 B and  105 A. In a plurality of embodiments, light source  110 B, comprising a power supply  140 , provides light sources  110 A and  110 C with electrical power via connections  105 B and  105 C, while light source  110 A communicates with light sources  110 B and  110 C via connections  105 B and  105 A. In a number of embodiments, any one or more of light sources  110 A,  110 B and  110 C provides electrical power to any one or more of light sources  110 A,  110 B and  110 C via any one or more of connections  105 A,  105 B, or  105 C while light sources  110 A,  110 B and  110 C communicate to each other via any one or more of connections  105 A,  105 B or  105 C. 
         [0080]      FIG. 1D  presents an embodiment of connection  105  comprising connection  105  components used for transmission of electrical power and digital data.  FIG. 1D  illustrates a light source  110 A having a controller  120 A, a communicator  125 A with an address  127 A and a master slave  130 A. Light source  110 A is connected to by connection  105  which comprises connection  105 A, connection  105 B and connection  105 C. Connection  105 A is also labeled as VAC or V+. Connection  105 B is also labeled Ground, which can sometimes be referred to as electrical ground or a ground potential wire. Connection  105 C, in many cases, may be labeled as a neutral, a control, or a control line. 
         [0081]    Connection  105 A, may sometimes be used for transmitting or propagating alternate voltage or voltage varying through time. Sometimes, connection  105  is also used for transmitting or propagating alternate current or power or current or power varying through time. Connection  105 A, in some embodiments, is used for transmission or propagation of a constant voltage which is positive relative to ground. In such cases, the connection  105 A may be labeled V+. In a number of embodiments, connection  105 A is also used for transmission or propagation of a negative voltage potential relative to ground. In a plurality of embodiments, connection  105 A is a medium through which constant power, constant current or constant voltage are propagated or transmitted. Connection  105 B is also labeled Ground, and is sometimes used for transmission or propagation of electrical ground or a ground potential. In some embodiments, connection  105 B is used for same purposes as connection  105 A. In a plurality of embodiments, connection  105 B is used for grounding and has a zero voltage potential relative to ground. In many embodiments, connection  105 B is a medium through which alternate voltage or constant voltage, alternate or constant current or alternate or constant power signals are propagated or transmitted. Connection  105 C is sometimes used as a neutral wire which may have any potential relative to ground, or zero potential relative to ground. Connection  105 C is sometimes used as a control wire or a control line which may have any potential relative to ground, or not have any potential relative to ground. In some embodiments, connection  105 C is a control line used as a medium through which lighting system  100  components send information, controls, signals, commands or instructions among each other. In some embodiments, connection  105 C performs all the functionality of connection  105 A. In a plurality of embodiments, connection  105 C performs all the functionality of connection  105 B. 
         [0082]    Connection  105 C is sometimes used for transmission or propagation of electronic signals. In some embodiments, connection  105 C is a medium or a means for transmitting or propagating a digital electronic signal. In various embodiments, connection  105 C is a control line connecting two or more light sources  110  or any other lighting system components. Sometimes, connection  105 C is a wireless communication link between two or more lighting system  100  components. In a number of embodiments, connection  105 C is a control line or a control wire connecting two or more lighting system  100  components. In a number of embodiments, connection  105 C is a control line used as a medium through which information, instructions, signals or commands are propagated between two or more lighting system  100  components. In a plurality of embodiments, connection  105 C is a medium or means for transmitting or propagating an analog electronic signal. 
         [0083]    In many embodiments, connection  105 C is a medium through which digital or analog information or data is transmitted or propagated. Digital data sometimes comprises a high voltage level and a low voltage level which defines communication transmitted as binary values of 1 or 0, respectively. In some embodiments, a signal comprises a high value, or a 1, which is defined by a predetermined threshold having a predetermined voltage value. The voltage of the signal may cross above the voltage value of the predetermined threshold resulting in the signal having a high value, or a value of 1. In some embodiments, a signal comprises a low value, or a 0, which is defined by a predetermined threshold having a predetermined voltage value. The voltage of the signal may cross below the voltage value of the predetermined threshold resulting in the signal having a low value, or a value of 0. In some embodiments, a signal has only one threshold value defining a low and a high value of the signal, the signals below the threshold value being low, or 0, and signals above the threshold value being high, or 1. In a number of embodiments, digital data transmitted via connection  105 C comprises digital representation of bits. In a plurality of embodiments, digital data transmitted through connection  105 C comprises digital representation of pluralities of bits or bytes. In a number of embodiments, digital data transmitted via connection  105 C comprises square waves, wherein the low value of the square wave equals the low voltage value and the high value of the square wave equals a high voltage value. In many embodiments, digital data transmitted via connection  105 C comprises square waves wherein the low value of the square wave equals zero volts and the high value of the square wave equals any positive voltage value, such as three volts or five volts, for example. 
         [0084]    Connection  105  may comprise any number connection  105  components, such as connection  105 A,  105 B through  105 N where N is any number. Any of connection  105  components of the connection  105  may be a wire, a conductor line, a wireless link, a frequency range for a wireless signal, a fiber optic or any other medium capable of transmitting a signal. Any one of the connection  105  components may comprise a control signal or a return for a control signal. In some embodiments, a connection  105  component is a control line. Sometimes, a connection  105  component is a return line. Sometimes, a connection  105  is a differential line wherein one line of the connection  105  comprises a voltage above a certain threshold and another line of the connection  105  comprises a voltage below a certain threshold. In some embodiments, connection  105  comprises any number of connection  105  components which may be dedicated to transmitting any one or any number of signals from any components of lighting system  100 . 
         [0085]    Digital data, such as data bits  215  may be generated using any device capable of generating signals. Sometimes, a controller  120  or a communicator  125  generates signals which are transmitted to other lighting system  100  components. In many embodiments, a controller  120  receives or processes signals from other devices  110  and generates or sends signals to other devices  110 . In a plurality of embodiments, a communicator  125  receives or processes from other devices  110  and generates or sends signals to other devices  110 . In some embodiments, digital data may be generated using a phase control dimmer for example. In a number of embodiments, a device generating a pulsed waveform may be combined with a circuitry clipping top portions of the waveform and creating digital bits using portions of the clipped waveform. In many embodiments, a device producing a square-wave waveform may be used in conjunction with an electronic circuit which controls or adjusts the waveform to produce bits of digital signal, such as data bits  215  for example. Digital data may be produced or generated using any electronic signal generating device providing means for generating a digital signal having high values corresponding to digital value of 1 (one) and low values corresponding to a digital value of a 0 (zero). In some embodiments, digital signal having high and low values may resemble a square wave having sharp edges. In other embodiments, digital signal may comprise portions of waveforms having rounded edges. 
         [0086]    In some embodiments, connection  105 C is a medium through which pulse width modulated information is propagated. In a number of embodiments, connection  105 C is a medium through which pulse code modulated data is propagated or transmitted. In many embodiments, connection  105 C is a medium through which pulse density modulated data is transmitted or propagated. In a number of embodiments, connection  105 C is a medium through which pulse amplitude modulated data is transmitted or propagated. In some embodiments, connection  105 C is a medium through which pulse position modulated data is transmitted or propagated. In many embodiments, connection  105 C is a medium through which sigma delta modulated data is transmitted or propagated. Connection  105 C may be used as a medium through which any type of an electronic or electrical signal is propagated. The propagated signal may be a digital signal of any modulation, such as frequency or phase modulation, amplitude modulation, pulse width modulation or any other type of modulation available. In some embodiments, any one of connections  105 A,  105 B or  105 C can be used interchangeably with any other connection  105  or any other connection  105  component, such as connections  105 A,  105 B or  105 C. 
       B. Communication Between Lighting System Components 
       [0087]    Referring now to  FIG. 2A , an embodiment of communication between devices  110 A and  110 B is illustrated.  FIG. 2A  depicts devices  110 A and  110 B, also referred to as light sources  110 A and  110 B, connected to each other via connection  105 . Connection  105  may be used by light sources  110 A and  110 B as a medium for transmission of communication between the light sources  110 A and  110 B.  FIG. 2A  also illustrates a signal transmitted and represented as data  210 . Data  210  may be transmitted via a connection  105  and may comprise a plurality of data bits  215 . In some instances, active portions of the signal, such as data bits  215  having high values may define a duty cycle of the signal. Data  210  illustrated in  FIG. 2A  comprises five data bits  215  having high values grouped together. Time Interval  205 , also referred to as a period  205 , is a time interval within which portions of data  210  are transmitted via communication  105 .  FIG. 2A  presents an embodiment showing two time intervals  205 , each time interval  205 , also known as period  205 , having a group of data  210  comprising an equal amount of bits  215  having a high value. Amount of bits transmitted within each time interval  205  may vary between different embodiments or different applications. 
         [0088]    Data  210  may be any information, communication, instruction or data transmitted via connection  105 . In some embodiments, data  210  comprises a digital signal. In a plurality of embodiments, data  210  comprises an analog signal. In some embodiment, data  210  comprises a mix of an analog or a digital signal. In a number of embodiments, data  210  comprises a square wave signal. In many embodiments, data  210  comprises a pulse. In some embodiments, data  210  comprises a pulse width modulated signal or data. In a plurality of embodiments, data  210  comprises a pulse amplitude modulated data or signal. In some embodiments, the data  210  is a wirelessly communicated digital data. In numerous embodiments, data  210  comprises data which is encoded using a binary system and comprises only high values and low values. In some embodiments, high value corresponds to a square-shaped signal whose peak is flat over a period of time and has a value of voltage which is higher than a square-shaped signal of a low value. In a number of embodiments, low value corresponds to a square-shaped wave whose lowest point is flat over a period of time and has a value of voltage which is lower than a square-shaped signal of a high value. 
         [0089]    Duty cycle of a signal may be any ratio or fraction of a time interval  205  in an active state. The active state may be any state of bits of data  210  or any portions of the signal which may have high values or low values. In some embodiments, active state comprises bits of data  210  having high values, or values equivalent to digital value of 1. In other embodiments, active state comprises bits of data  210  having low values, or values equivalent to digital value of 0. Duty cycle may be a ratio of a portion of a time interval  205  for which the signal comprises high values, such as a digital value of 1, to a duration of that same the whole time interval  205 . For example, a duty cycle for a time interval  205  of 1 millisecond may be a ratio of a fraction of the period  205  for which data bits  210  have a value of 1, e.g. for which the signal is high, to the whole duration period of the time interval  205 , e.g. 1 millisecond. In some embodiments, duty cycle is a ratio of time interval  205  for which the signal has low values, or values of 0, to the entire duration of the whole same time interval  205 . In another example, a duty cycle for a time interval  205  of 1 millisecond may be a ratio of a fraction of the period  205  for which data bits  210  have a value of 0, e.g. for which the signal is low, to the whole duration period of the time interval  205 , e.g. 1 millisecond. In a number of embodiments, data  210  comprises bits or portions of signal having high values within a time interval  205 , and the bits or portions of signal having high values within the time interval  205  define a duty cycle of the signal or a duty cycle of the time interval  205 . Sometimes, data  210  comprises bits or portions of signal having low values within a time interval  205 , and the bits or portions of signal having low values within the time interval  205  define a duty cycle of the signal or a duty cycle of the time interval  205 . In some embodiments, duty cycle of a signal within a time interval  205  is defined by a total amount of bits or portions of the signal having high values and transmitted with the time interval  205 , regardless if the portions are separated or bunched together. In many embodiments, duty cycle of a signal within a time interval  205  is defined by a total amount of bits or portions of the signal having low values and transmitted with the time interval  205 , regardless if the portions are separated or bunched together. The duty cycle may include a ratio of a duration of a period  205  for which the signal or communication have a high value to a duration of the entire period  205 . The duty cycle of a period  205  may further include an average value of the signal within the period  205 . 
         [0090]    In a number of embodiments, data  210  is transmitted via connection  105  in respect to the time interval  205 . Sometimes, time interval  205  is a predetermined period of time within which a communication or an information comprising a specified amount of data bits is transmitted over a connection  105 . In some embodiments, time interval  205 , also referred to as period  205 , is a period of time within which a communication or an information comprising an unspecified amount of data bits is transmitted over a connection  105 . In a number of embodiments, data  210  is a predetermined amount of data transmitted between light source  110 A and light source  110 B within a time range defined by the period  205 . In many embodiments, data  210  is an amount of data having a predetermined amount of bits having a high or a low value transmitted through connection  105  within a time range defined by a period  205 . In a plurality of embodiments, data  210  transmitted between devices  110 A and  110 B remains constant for a plurality of periods, or time intervals  205 . In many embodiments, data  210  having portions having a high value may remain constant through a plurality of time intervals  205 . In many embodiments, data  210  transmitted between devices  110 A and  110 B in a first period  205  is different than data  210  transmitted between light sources  110 A and  110 B in a second period  205 . In some embodiments, data  210  transmitted between light sources  110 A and  110 B via connection  105  has a constant amount of bits through plurality of periods  205 . Sometimes, data  210  transmitted between devices  110 A and  110 B via connection  105  has a constant amount of bits having a high value through plurality of periods  205 . In a number of embodiments, data  210  transmitted between devices  110 A and  110 B via connection  105  has a constant amount of bits having a low value through plurality of periods  205 . In a number of embodiments, data  210  transmitted between devices  110 A and  110 B via connection  105  comprises an amount of bits transmitted within a first period  205  which is different than the amount of bits transmitted within a second period  205 . Data  210  transmitted between devices  110 A and  110 B may also comprise an amount of bits having a high value transmitted within a first time interval  205  different than the amount of bits having a high value transmitted within a second time interval  205 . Similarly, data  210  transmitted between devices  110 A and  110 B may also comprise an amount of bits having a low value transmitted within a first time interval  205  different than the amount of bits having a low value transmitted within a second time interval  205 . 
         [0091]    In a number of embodiments, time interval  205 , or a period  205 , is a predetermined period or a duration of time. In a plurality of embodiments, period  205  is constant period or a duration of time. In many embodiments, period  205  is a changing or undetermined period of time. In many embodiments, period  205  is a period of time or a duration of time determined by data  210 . In a plurality of embodiments, period  205  is a period of time or a duration of time determined by one or more data bits  215 . In many embodiments, period  205  is a period of time or a duration of time determined by light source  110 A. In some embodiments, period  205  is a period of time or a duration of time determined by light source  110 B. In many embodiments, period  205  is period of time or a duration of time determined by any lighting system  100  component. In a plurality of embodiments, period  205  is a period of time or a duration of time determined by a clock or a circuit. In some embodiments, period  205  is a period of time within which a predetermined amount of information such as one or more bits  215  is transmitted. 
         [0092]    In a number of embodiments, lighting system  100  component receiving information or a signal determines period  205  based on the statistics of previous periods  205 . In a plurality of embodiments, lighting system  100  component receiving information or a signal anticipates a next period  205  based on the duration of a previous period  205 . In many embodiments, lighting system  100  component receiving information or a signal anticipates a period  205  based on an algorithm which uses durations of previous periods  205  to determine the next period  205 . In a number of embodiments, lighting system  100  component receiving information or a signal anticipates a period  205  based on a weighted statistics of recently arrived periods  205  or cycles of information. In many embodiments, one or more lighting system  100  components maintains statistics such as average data bits per period  205 , tolerance for variation of a period  205 , or duration of periods  205 . In some embodiments, statistics relating periods  205  or data bits  215  maintained by one or more lighting system  100  components are used to anticipate or predict the next period  205 . 
         [0093]    In some embodiments, time interval  205 , or a period  205 , is a period of time determined by an event or a signal. In a plurality of embodiments, a first period  205  is immediately followed by a second period  205  and a time duration of the first period  205  is different from a time duration of the second period  205 . In many embodiments, a first period  205  is immediately followed by a second period  205  and a time duration of the first period  205  is the same as the time duration of the second period  205 . In a number of embodiments, a number of data bits  215  transmitted via connection  105  within a period  205  is predetermined. In a plurality of embodiments, a number of data bits  215  transmitted within a first period  205  is same as a number of data bits  215  transmitted within a second period  205 , the second period immediately following the first. In many embodiments, a number of data bits  215  transmitted within a first period  205  is different from a number of data bits  215  transmitted within a second period  205 , the second period immediately following the first. In some embodiments, time duration of period  205  in a first connection  105  component, such as connection  105 B, is different from a time duration of a period  205  in a second connection  105  component, such as connection  105 C. In many embodiments, time duration of a period  205  relating an information transmitted by a first connection  105  component is the same as a time duration of a period  205  relating an information transmitted by a second connection  105  component. In some embodiments, one or more connection  105  components do not have a period  205 . 
         [0094]    Referring now to  FIG. 2B  another embodiment of communication between devices  110 A and  110 B is illustrated.  FIG. 2B  presents devices  110 A and  110 B connected to each other via connection  105 . Connection  105  is used by the devices  110 A and  110 B as a medium of communication between the light sources  110 A and  110 B.  FIG. 2B  also illustrates data  210  transmitted via connection  105 . In comparison to the embodiment illustrated by  FIG. 2A , the embodiments illustrated in  FIG. 2B  shows data bits  215  spread out through the time interval, or the period  205 . Time intervals  205  and an amount of  215  data bits having a high value in each time interval  205  remain the same in the embodiments depicted  FIG. 2A  and  FIG. 2B , illustrating a same or a similar duty cycle for both embodiments. Some data bits  215 , however, are also marked as instruction bits  220 , and may be used for a variety of communication related purposes, such as instructions or commands. 
         [0095]    Still referring to  FIG. 2B , data bits  215  are spread out through the period  205 . First period  205 , in some embodiments, comprises data bits  215  spaced out differently than data bits  215  in second period  205 , the second period  205  immediately following the first period  205 . In many embodiments, first period  205  comprises data bits  215  having a high or a low value spaced out differently than data bits  215  in second period  205  having a high or a low value, the second period  205  immediately following the first period  205 . When two periods comprise a same amount of data bits  215  having a high value, which includes instruction bits  220 , then the two periods may have a same duty cycle. Similarly, when two periods comprise a same amount of data bits  215  having a low value, which includes instruction bits  220 , then the two periods may also have a same duty cycle. 
         [0096]    Sometimes, data bits  215  may be transmitted within a specific time range within period  205 . In many embodiments, some data bits  215  having a high or a low value are transmitted outside of a specific time range within period  205  and other data bits  215  are transmitted within the specific time range within period  205 . In a plurality of embodiments, data bits  215  having a high or a low value are transmitted outside of a specific time range within period  205 . In many embodiments, a specific time range within period  205  is predetermined by any lighting system  100  component. In a plurality of embodiments, a specific time range is always within a same time period for any period  205 . In many embodiments, a specific time range within a first  205  period is within a different time period than a second specific time range of a second  205  period, the second period  205  immediately following the first period  205 . 
         [0097]    Referring now to  FIG. 2A  and  FIG. 2B  together, combinations of two embodiments of communication between light sources  110 A and  110 B are discussed. In  FIG. 2A  data bits  215  having a high value are sequentially combined together and data  210  therefore resembles a periodic square wave having high value during a first portion of period  205  and a low value during the remainder of period  205 . In some embodiments, a first bit  215 , which may or may not be instruction bit  220 , of data  210  within period  205  triggers or causes the period  205  to start. In many embodiments, a first bit  215 , which may or may not be instruction bit  220 , of data  210  within period  205  is aligned with period  205 . In some embodiments, one or more lighting system  100  components uses the first bit  215  of data  210  within period  205  to define the beginning of a new period  205 . In a number of embodiments, one or more lighting system  100  components uses the last bit  215  of data  210  within period  205  to define beginning or end of period  205 . In many embodiments, one or more lighting system components uses one or more bits  215  of period  205  to define a specific part of period  205 . In some embodiments, communication or information between one or more lighting system components is transmitted within the specific part of period  205  defined by one or more bits  215  of period  205 . In embodiments in which data  210  or data bits  215  or  220  are transmitted wirelessly, periods  205 ,  305  or  315  may be periods of time within which an amount of data is wirelessly transmitted. 
         [0098]    In a plurality of embodiments, one or more lighting system  100  components use one or more bits  215  or  220  of data  210  within a period  205  to synchronize communication, transmission of communication or information transmitted via connection  105 . In many embodiments, one or more lighting system  100  components use one or more bits  215  or  220  of data  210  within a period  205  to specify a timing within period  205  within which communication or information between two or more lighting system  100  components is transmitted. In a plurality of embodiments, one or more lighting system  100  components communicate information within a part of a period  205  which is defined by one or more bits  215  or  220  of data  210  within the period  205 . In many embodiments, one or more bits  215  or  220  within period  205  are used to identify a specific time period within any of a plurality of  205  periods, wherein the specific time period is a period within which communication between two or more lighting system  100  components takes place. In some embodiments, one or more bits  215  or  220  within period  205  are used to identify a specific time period within any of a plurality of concatenated  205  periods. The specific time period is sometimes designated for communication between two or more lighting system  100  components. 
         [0099]      FIG. 2A and 2B  illustrate an embodiment wherein information relating intensity of light sources  110 A and  110 B is transmitted over a connection  105 . In some embodiments, light source  110 A is sending information, status, instruction or command to light source  110 B regarding intensity of light emitted by light source  110 A. In many embodiments, light source  110  may be sending any information including information relating: humidity of a room, temperature of a light source  110 , temperature of a room, presence of a person in a room, intensity of a light, color of a light or more. In many embodiments, light source  110 A is sending information, status, instruction or command to light source  110 B regarding intensity or color of light emitted by light source  110 B. In a some embodiments, light source  110 B is sending information, status, instruction or command to light source  110 A regarding temperature or any other characteristic relating specifically to light source  110 A. In many embodiments, light source  110 B is sending information, status, instruction or command to light source  110 A regarding intensity of light emitted by light source  110 B. 
         [0100]    In some embodiments,  FIG. 2A  depicts an embodiment wherein light source  110 B is sending five  215  bits having a high value or a value of 1, to light source  110 . The five  215  bits communicated within period  205  having a high value, in some embodiments, specifies an amount of intensity light source  110 A should emit. In many embodiments, the amount of bits  215  within a period  205  having a high value, or a value of 1, is proportional to the intensity of light to be emitted. In a number of embodiments, an instruction comprising an amount of bits  215  having a high value of a value of 1, within a period  205  specifies an intensity a light source  110  receiving the instruction should emit. In a number of embodiments, the higher the proportion of bits  215  having a high value within a period  205 , the higher the intensity of the light to be emitted. In a plurality of embodiments, an amount of bits transmitted by light source  110 B to light source  110 A signifies an instruction for light source  110 A to emit a specific intensity of light as specified by the amount of bits  215  or  220  transmitted. In a number of embodiments, bits transmitted by light source  110 B to light source  110 A signify an instruction for light source  110 A to emit a specific intensity of light as specified by the bits transmitted. 
         [0101]    In many embodiments, a total amount of bits  215  having a high value within a period  205 , transmitted by light source  110 B to light source  110 A, is an instruction for light source  110 A to emit. In many embodiments, a total amount of bits  215  having a low value within a period  205 , transmitted by light source  110 B to light source  110 A, is an instruction for light source  110 A to emit. In a plurality of embodiments, amount of data bits  215  having a value of 1 within a period  205  transmitted by light source  110 B indicates or signifies intensity of light source  110 A. In some embodiments, amount of data bits  215  having a value of 0 within a period  205  transmitted by light source  110 B indicates or signifies the intensity of light source  110 A. 
         [0102]    In  FIG. 2A  light source  110 B transmits five bits  215  within each period  205 , wherein the five bits specifies intensity with which light source  110 A should emit light.  FIG. 2A  also illustrates five bits  215  of data  210  within period  205  positioned at the beginning of each period  205 . In many embodiments, all bits  215  positioned at the beginning of period  205  specify intensity of light but do not carry any additional information. In a number of embodiments, five bits  215  positioned at the beginning of period  205  specify the beginning of a period  205 . 
         [0103]    In  FIG. 2B , five bits  215  are spread out within period  205 , wherein first two bits  215  are at the beginning of each period  205  and remaining bits  215 , also referred to as instruction bits  220 , are spread out within a latter portion of period  205 . In many embodiments, wherein the instruction bits  220  are spread out within a latter portion of period  205 , the instruction bits  220  signify information which is not related to intensity of light. In many embodiments, wherein the instruction bits  220  are spread out within a latter portion of period  205 , the instruction bits  220  signify information which are related to intensity of light as well as another information transmitted to the lighting system component. In a plurality of embodiments, wherein the instruction bits  220  are spread out within a latter portion of period  205 , the instruction bits  220  signify an instruction to one or more lighting system  100  components. In many embodiments, wherein the instruction bits  220  are spread out within a latter portion of period  205 , the instruction bits  220  are information transmitted to one more lighting system  100  components. In some embodiments, instruction bits  220  are bits  215  spread out through any part or portion of a period  205 . In many embodiments, instruction bits  220  are bits  215  performing a specific task. In a variety of embodiments, instruction bits  220  are bits  215  are data  210  emitted by a lighting system  100  component which sends an information within a specific time frame within period  205 . In many embodiments, instruction bits  220  are data  210  emitted within any one or more sections or portions of period  205 . 
         [0104]    In many embodiments, data bits  215  spread out within a latter portion of period  205  are referred to as the instruction bits  220 . In a number of embodiments, data bits  215  spread out within a first portion of period  205  are referred to as the instruction bits  220 . Instruction bits  220 , in some embodiments form an address of a lighting system  100  component. In many embodiments, instruction bits  220  form a command or an instruction addressed to a specific lighting system  100  component to change status from master to slave. In a plurality of embodiments, instruction bits  220  are a part of an instruction or a command addressed to a specific lighting system  100  component to change status from slave to master. In many embodiments, instruction bits  220  form an instruction addressed to a specific lighting system  100  component relating control of the specific lighting system  100  component. In a number of embodiments, instruction bits  220  form an instruction addressed to a specific lighting system  100  component to change a spectral range of light emitted. 
         [0105]    In a plurality of embodiments, instruction bits  220  form an instruction addressed to a specific lighting system  100  component to change, adjust or amend intensity of light emitted. In some embodiments, instruction bits  220  form an instruction addressed to a specific lighting system  100  component to maintain or confirm intensity of light emitted. In many embodiments, instruction bits  220  form an instruction addressed to a specific lighting system  100  component to adjust address  127  of the lighting system  100  component. In numerous embodiments, instruction bits  220  form an instruction addressed to a specific lighting system  100  component to turn the lighting system  100  component on. In some embodiments, instruction bits  220  form an instruction addressed to a specific lighting system  100  component to start emitting light. In numerous embodiments, instruction bits  220  form an instruction addressed to a specific lighting system  100  component to turn the lighting system  100  component off. In some embodiments, instruction bits  220  form an instruction addressed to a specific lighting system  100  component to stop emitting light. In numerous embodiments, instruction bits  220  form an instruction addressed to a specific lighting system  100  component to turn the lighting system  100  component on. In some embodiments, instruction bits  220  form an information, instruction or command addressed to a specific lighting system  100  component to perform a task, an action or an adjustment of any kind. 
         [0106]    In some embodiments, instruction bits  220  are positioned in a very first portion of period  205 . In many embodiments, instruction bits  220  are positioned in central or middle portion of period  205 . In a number of embodiments, instruction bits  220  are positioned in last or final portion of period  205 . In numerous embodiments, instruction bits  220  are transmitted within any portion of period  205  or within a plurality of portions of period  205 . In a number of embodiments, the portion of period  205  within which instruction bits  220  are transmitted remains the same for all periods  205 . In many embodiments, the portion of period  205  within which instruction bits  22  are transmitted varies between periods  205 . 
         [0107]      FIG. 2A  and  FIG. 2B  also illustrate how a lighting system  100  component, in some embodiments, maintains a same light intensity regardless of whether data  210  is in a group or dispersed through period  205 . As illustrated by  FIG. 2A , in some embodiments, light source  110 B transmits an amount of data bits  215  having a high value within a period  205  to light source  110 A to indicate a light intensity light source  110 A should emit light with. In some embodiments, as illustrated by  FIG. 2B , light source  110 B transmits the same amount of data bits  215  having a high value within the period  205  as in  FIG. 2A , while transmitting instruction bits  220  further specifying additional information to light source  110 A. In such embodiments, light source  110 B is sometimes a master sending instructions to a slave light source  110 A. Light source  110 B, in some embodiments, maintains the same intensity of light source  110 A while sending additional information to light source  110 A. The additional information may be any information, such as instructions, commands, settings, calibrations, tasks, actions, statuses or any other information light sources  110 A and  110 B are capable of communicating. 
         [0108]    In some embodiments, it is a position of data bits  220 , or instruction bits  220 , in relation to the period  205  which defines the instruction or information transmitted by instruction bits  220 . In a number of embodiments, instruction bits  220  form or define a digital instruction, such as a digital number, a digital sequence of values or a digital value pattern. In a plurality of embodiments, information comprises data bits  215  which are not instruction bits  220 , wherein data bits  215  are positioned within a specific portion of period  205  and signify intensity of light to be emitted by light source  110  receiving the information. In numerous embodiments, data bits  215  which are not instruction bits  220 , transmitted within a period  205  and comprising both bits  215  and bits  220 , form or define information relating intensity of light to be emitted by a light source  110  receiving the information. In many embodiments, information relating intensity of light to be emitted by the light source  110  is a command or an instruction indicating the intensity of light the light source  110  will emit. In some embodiments, information relating intensity of light to be emitted by the light source  110  is a command or an instruction indicating to turn light source  110  on or off. In some embodiments, instruction bits  220  form or define an information or instruction which is different from an instruction relating intensity of light for a lighting system  100  device. 
         [0109]    In some embodiments, information transmitted by data bits  215  is digital communication information. In a number of embodiments, information transmitted by instruction bits  220  is digital communication information. In a plurality of embodiments, data bits  215  comprise digital communication. In many embodiments, data bits  215  comprise one or more digital values of 0&#39;s and 1&#39;s. In many embodiments, bits  215  are digital communication wherein digital value of 1 is marked by a square wave having a height signifying a digital value of 1 and a square wave having a lack of height signifying a digital value of 0. In many embodiments, height of the square wave is defined by a voltage signal, such as a voltage step or a voltage impulse. In a plurality of embodiments, data bits  215  are digital communication wherein digital value of 0 is marked by a square-like wave having a height and a digital value of 0 is marked by a lack of a square-like wave. In a plurality of embodiments, high to low transition of a digital communication, a wave or an electronic signal indicates or signifies a data bit  210 , a bit  215  or a bit  220 . In a number of embodiments, low to high transition of a digital communication, a wave or an electronic signal indicates or signifies a data bit  210 , a bit  215  or bit  220 . In a plurality of embodiments, a missing, or a lack of, high to low transition of a digital communication, a wave or an electronic signal indicates or signifies a data bit  210 , a bit  215  or a bit  220 . In a number of embodiments, a missing, or a lack of, low to high transition of a digital communication, a wave or an electronic signal indicates or signifies a data bit  210 , a bit  215  or bit  220 . 
         [0110]    Duty cycle of period  205 , in some embodiments, is defined as amount of data bits  215  having a value of 1 within a period  205 . Duty cycle of period  205 , in other embodiments, is defined as amount of data bits  215  having a value of 0 within a period  205 . Duty cycle of period  205 , in many embodiments, is defined as amount of data bits  215  having any value. In many embodiments, duty cycle of period  205  signifies or defines intensity light source  110  should emit light with. In a number of embodiments, light source  110 B with a master status transmits information to light source  110 A with a slave status, wherein duty cycle of period  205  of the transmitted information signal, signifies or defines intensity instructions for light source  110 A. Light source  110 A, in some embodiments, in response to the duty cycle of period  205  of the transmitted information signal adjusts, changes or amends intensity of the light emitted. Light source  110 A, in a number of embodiments, in response to the duty cycle of period  205  of the transmitted information signal maintains or remains unchanged intensity of the light emitted. In many embodiments, duty cycle of a signal or an information is related to the intensity of the light to be emitted by a light source  110  receiving the signal or the information. In a plurality of embodiments, duty cycle of a signal or an information is proportional to the intensity of the light to be emitted by a light source  110  receiving the signal or the information. In many embodiments, duty cycle of a signal or an information is inversely proportional to the intensity of the light to be emitted by a light source  110  receiving the signal or the information. 
         [0111]    In some embodiments, a duty cycle may be comprised within a time interval of a signal transmitted between two or more lighting system components. The duty cycle within a time interval may be ratio or a fraction of a duration of time within which signal has a certain value to the entire duration of the time interval  205 . In some embodiments, the duty cycle is a duration of time within a time interval  205  for which the signal has high values, such as a digital value 1 in digital signals for example, over the entire duration of the time interval  205 . In some embodiments, duty cycle is a fraction of time within a time interval  205  for which the signal has a high value over the entire duration of the time interval  205 . The duty cycle within a time interval, in some embodiments, may be ratio or a fraction of a time within a time interval  205  for which signal is low values, such as a digital value 0 in digital signals for example, over the entire duration of the time interval  205 . In some embodiments, duty cycle is a fraction of time within a time interval  205  for which the signal has a low value over the entire duration of the time interval  205 . Sometimes, the duty cycle may comprise a plurality of portions. Sometimes, each of the portions of the plurality of portions of the duty cycle of the signal may further comprise a duration of the duty cycle. In some embodiments, a duty cycle of a time interval may be a ratio of total amount of time for which the signal within the time interval  205  was high to the total time interval  205  duration. For example, a duty cycle may comprise a duration of time within which a plurality of separated data bits  215  having high values are dispersed within a time interval  205  and separated from each other by portions of time interval  205  which does not comprise high values. Therefore, a duty cycle may be the duty cycle of the entire time interval  205 , regardless of the number of portions of time within the time interval  205  for which signal was high or low and regardless of whether the signal having certain values is separated by portions of the signal having certain other values. 
         [0112]    In some embodiments, a length of a period  205  is adjusted to modulate intensity of a light source  110  receiving the information. In a number of embodiments, a length of a preceding or a succeeding period  205  is adjusted to modulate intensity of a light source  110  receiving the information. Sometimes, an instruction in a preceding period  205  causes a duty cycle of the preceding period  205  to temporarily increase the light intensity. In such embodiments, a period  205  succeeding the preceding period  205  is adjusted to compensate for the duty cycle in the preceding period  205  and maintain intensity or brightness of light to be emitted unchanged. In many embodiments, an instruction in a preceding period  205  causes the duty cycle of the preceding period  205  to temporarily decrease the light intensity. In such embodiments, a period  205  succeeding the preceding period  205  is adjusted to compensate for the duty cycle in the preceding period  205  and adjust the duty cycle in the succeeding period  205  to maintain intensity or brightness of light to be emitted unchanged or as intended. In a number of embodiments, lighting system  100  component transmitting or sending information or communication to another lighting system  100  component maintains a queue of data to be sent. In a number of embodiments, period  205  or amount of data bits  215  or instruction bits  220  is adjusted or changed to compensate for the information queued. 
         [0113]    In a plurality of embodiments, lighting system  100  comprises one or more lighting system  100  components, such as light source  110 , receiving, reading, interpreting or understanding information transmitted via data bits  215  or instruction bits  220 . In many embodiments, lighting system  100  comprises one or more lighting system  100  components not receiving, reading, interpreting or understanding information transmitted via data bits  215  or instruction bits  220 . In some embodiments, lighting system  100  comprises one or more lighting system  100  components receiving, reading, interpreting or understanding duty cycle of a period  205 . In many embodiments, lighting system  100  comprises one or more light sources  110  which in response to understanding duty cycle of period  205  adjust intensity of the one or more light sources  110 . In some embodiments, lighting system  100  comprises one or more light sources  110  which in response to understanding duty cycle of period  205  maintain intensity of the one or more light sources  110 . 
         [0114]      FIG. 2A  and  FIG. 2B , in some respect, illustrate embodiments of a lighting system  100  wherein duty cycle within any of a plurality of concatenated periods  205  remains equal with or without instruction bits  220 . In such embodiments, light source  110 B controls intensity of light source  110 A by transmitting within any period  205  a duty cycle having a specific time duration. Time duration of a duty cycle may be defined or specified by a number of bits, number of bits having a value 1 or a value 0. In some embodiments, time duration of a duty cycle is defined or specified by a number of bits transmitted within a period  205 . In many embodiments, time duration of a duty cycle is defined or specified by a number of bits having a value of 1 transmitted within a period  205 . In some embodiments, communication or information transmitted using a duty cycle may be referred to as pulse width modulation. 
         [0115]    Referring now to  FIG. 3 , a flow chart of a method for communicating between devices using a duty cycle of a signal is illustrated. In some embodiments,  FIG. 3  also relates to a method for communicating between devices using a duty cycle of a signal while a device maintains operation which is responsive to the duty cycle. In brief overview of method  300 , at step  305  a first device receives a signal comprising a duty cycle within a time interval. The duty cycle may comprise a plurality of portions and each of which may further comprise a duration of the duty cycle. At step  310  the first device operates responsive to the duty cycle. At step  315  the first device detects an instruction identified by at least one portion of the duty cycle. At step  320  the first device performs a function based on the instruction while the first device maintains operating responsive to the duty cycle. At step  325  the first device receives a second signal comprising a second duty cycle within a second time interval. The second duty cycle of the second signal may comprise a plurality of portions and each of the plurality of portions of the second duty cycle of the second signal may further comprise a duration of the second duty cycle. At step  330  the first device operates responsive to the second duty cycle of the second signal. At step  335  the first device detects that at least a portion of the second duty cycle of the second signal comprises a second instruction. At step  340  the first device performs, responsive to the detection, a function based on the second instruction while maintaining operating responsive to the duty cycle of the second signal. 
         [0116]    At step  305  of the method  300  a first device receives a signal comprising a duty cycle within a time interval. In some embodiments, the first device receives a signal from a second device  110 . In many embodiments, the first device receives a plurality of signals from a plurality of devices  110 . In some embodiments, the first device receives a signal from a controller, a switch or a source external to the lighting system  100 . In various embodiments, the first device receives a signal via a wireless link. In a number of embodiments, the first device receives a signal comprising a plurality of duty cycles within a time interval. In various embodiments, the first device receives a signal comprising a plurality of duty cycles within a time interval, the plurality of duty cycles comprising portions of the signal having high values whose sum defines the total duty cycle of the time interval. 
         [0117]    At step  310  the first device operates responsive to the duty cycle. In some embodiments, the first device operates in any manner and at any time, in response to the duty cycle. The first device, also referred to as a device  110 , may perform any operation which is responsive to, or modified by the duty cycle of the signal. In some embodiments, the first device spins a motor and a rotational speed or an acceleration of the motor spin is controlled by the duty cycle. In a plurality of embodiments, the first device operates an engine which performs or runs in response to the duty cycle of the signal. In many embodiments, the first device operates an emission of light having an intensity, wherein the intensity is responsive to, modified by, or related to the duty cycle. Sometimes, the first device emits a light having a specific feature, such as a pulse of light, periodicity of pulse, wavelength of light, phase of light, spectral range of light emitted or even power of light, and any of which may be modulated or be responsive to the duty cycle of the signal. The first device may receive a signal comprising a duty cycle within a time interval  205  of the signal and perform a function or an operation modulated, controlled or instructed by the duty cycle within the time interval  205  of the signal. In some embodiments, the first device operates a second device in response to the duty cycle. In many embodiments, the first device operates a plurality of devices in response to the duty cycle. The plurality of devices may perform as instructed by the duty cycle of the signal received by the first device. In some embodiments, the first device operates based on a threshold or a plurality of thresholds of the duty cycle. The duty cycle may be within or past a threshold point which defines an action or an operation which the first device has to perform. For example, the first device may receive a signal having a duty cycle within a threshold range for which the first device does not perform any function, such as the device is shut off or on standby. In a number of embodiments, the first device receives a signal having a duty cycle within a threshold range for which the first device emits a light at a specific intensity or brightness. In many embodiments, the duty cycle of a signal received is within a threshold range which defines a spin speed of a motor, an intensity range of a light source, a wavelength range of a light source, a power output, a current output, a voltage output, or any other operation by any other device. 
         [0118]    At step  315  the first device detects an instruction identified by at least one portion of the duty cycle. The first device may detect an instruction using any number of components, units or functions capable of detecting, decoding and processing instructions. In some embodiments, the communicator  125  or the controller  120  detects an instruction comprising instruction bits  220 , data bits  215  or any data  210 . In a number of embodiments, the first device detects an instruction using a function, structure or an unit of the first device for intercepting and decoding the instruction. The instruction, in such embodiments, may be a codeword, a number of data bits or a pattern of data bits. In some embodiments, the first device detects an instruction using a detector which detects or decodes the signal. The detector may observe, monitor or detect instructions by monitoring a portion of a signal within a predetermined time interval within the time interval  205 . The detector may observe, monitor or detect instructions by monitoring a data bits  215  or instruction bits  220  of the signal within a predetermined time interval within the time interval  205 . In some embodiments, the first device detects an instruction by receiving, decoding or monitoring any data bits  215 ,  220  or  210  which are within a predetermined portion of a time interval  205  of the signal. In some embodiments, the first device detects an instruction by recognizing, reading or detecting a portion of a signal within a predetermined portion of a time interval  205 , or period  205 . In a plurality of embodiments, the first device detects instructions by observing a specific portion or a specific plurality of portions of the time interval  205  of the signal. In many embodiments, the instruction is detected by the first device which observes a latter portion of the time interval to search for instruction bits. The first device may detect a codeword, a digital pattern or an instruction comprising any number of data bits  215 , which may be positioned within any portion of specific time interval within the time interval  205 . In a variety of embodiments, a portion of the duty cycle of the signal comprises a portion of the instruction. In many embodiments, the first device detects that at least a portion of the duty cycle of the signal comprises a portion of the instruction. 
         [0119]    At step  320  the first device performs a function based on the instruction while the first device maintains operating responsive to the duty cycle. In some embodiments, the first device performs any type and form of function or operation while maintaining operating of the first device responsive to the duty cycle. In some embodiments, the first device performs any type and form of function or operation while maintaining operating of a second device responsive to the duty cycle. In some embodiments, the first device performs any type and form of function or operation while maintaining operating of a plurality of devices responsive to the duty cycle. In some embodiments, the first device performs a function based on the instruction without maintaining operating responsive to the duty cycle. In some embodiments, the first device instructs a second device to perform a function and operates, or maintains operating, of the second device in response to the duty cycle. In some embodiments, the first device was emitting light having an intensity, brightness or pulse frequency as instructed by the previous duty cycle and upon receiving the signal and the duty cycle of the signal, the first device maintains the intensity, the brightness or the pulse frequency of the light emitted as instructed by the duty cycle of the signal. In a variety of embodiments, the first device was operating any one, or any combination of: a light source, a motor, an engine, a power supply or a unit supplying electrical power as instructed by the previous duty cycle as instructed by previous duty cycles, and upon receiving the duty cycle of the signal, the first device maintains operating of the light source, the motor, the engine, the power supply or the unit supplying electrical power of the light emitted as instructed by the duty cycle of the signal. The function may be any action executed upon receiving an instruction, such as for example, turning on or off of a first device. In some embodiments, the function is setting an intensity of the light emitted by the first device. In a plurality of embodiments, the function performed is setting a status, such as a master or a slave status to the first device. In a variety of embodiments, the function performed is processing a communication, data or a command comprised by the instruction. In a number of embodiments, the function is any function or any operation performed by the first device or any device  110 , or any lighting system component described herein. In some embodiments, the first device performs the function based on the instruction and maintains operating of the first device responsive to the duty cycle. Operating may refer to performing operation of any device  110  or any function or operation of any lighting system  100  component described herein. 
         [0120]    At step  325  the first device receives a second signal comprising a second duty cycle within a second time interval. In some embodiments, the first device receives a second signal which is a signal immediately following the signal. In some embodiments, the second duty cycle of the second signal comprises a plurality of portions. Each of the plurality of portions of the second duty cycle of the second signal may further comprise a duration of the second duty cycle. A second signal may comprise any functionality or any characteristics of the first signal. In some embodiments, the second signal is identical or substantially similar to the first signal. In a variety of embodiments, the second signal comprises a second duty cycle which is different than a first duty cycle. In many embodiments, the second duty cycle is the same as the first duty cycle. The plurality of portions of the second duty cycle may comprise any number of data bits  215  comprising any number of digital portions of the signal having high or low values. The second duty cycle may comprise a plurality of portions which are similar or identical to the plurality of portions of the first duty cycle. The plurality of portions may comprise a portion of a time interval  205  within which a signal has a high value for the cases in which high value is the active value of the signal, or low value for the cases in which the low value is the active value of the signal. The second time interval may be same as the time interval or any other previous time interval  205  in the chain of time intervals  205 . In some embodiments, the second time interval is a different time interval than the time interval, or the preceding time interval  205 . In a number of embodiments, the second time interval is a longer period of time than the time interval. In a plurality of embodiments, the second time interval is a shorter period of time than the time interval. 
         [0121]    At step  330  the first device operates responsive to the second duty cycle of the second signal. The first device operating responsive to the second duty cycle of the second signal may be similar to the first device operating responsive to the duty cycle of the signal. In a number of embodiments, the first device operates or performs an operation of the first device or any other device  110  in response to the duty cycle of the signal received. In many embodiments, the second duty cycle of the second signal is different than the duty cycle of the signal. The first device may change or modify the operating of, or operation performed by, the first device, the second device or any device which operates in response to the second duty cycle of the second signal. In a number of embodiments, the first device instructs a second device or a plurality of devices to perform in response to the second duty cycle of the second signal. The operating may comprise emitting a light having a specific brightness, intensity, spectral range or pulse duration. In a variety of embodiments, the operating comprises supplying electricity or power to a component or a plurality of components of the first device or any number of devices  110 , the electricity or power responsive to the duty cycle or the second duty cycle. 
         [0122]    At step  335  the first device detects that at least a portion of the second duty cycle of the second signal comprises a second instruction. The first device may detect the second instruction in a same way as detecting the instruction. In many embodiments, the second instruction is detected differently than the first instruction. In a number of embodiments, the second instruction comprises a number of data bits  215  positioned within a specific time interval within time interval  205 . In a variety of embodiments, a portion of the second duty cycle of the second signal comprises a portion of the second instruction. In many embodiments, the first device detects that at least a portion of the second duty cycle of the second signal comprises a portion of the second instruction. 
         [0123]    At step  340  the first device performs, responsive to the detection, a function based on the second instruction while maintaining operating responsive to the duty cycle of the second signal. In some embodiments, the first device performs a function based on the second instruction without maintaining operating responsive to the second duty cycle. The function may be any action executed upon receiving an instruction. In a number of embodiments, the function is any function or any operation performed by the first device or any other device  110  described herein. In some embodiments, the first device performs the function based on the second instruction and maintains operating of the first device responsive to the second duty cycle. In a variety of embodiments, the first device performs the function based on the second instruction and maintains operating of a second device responsive to the second duty cycle. Sometimes, the first device performs the function by any device  110  based on the second instruction for any device  110  and maintains operating of any device  110  in response to the second duty cycle. In some embodiments, the first device instructs a second device to perform a function and operates or maintains operating of the second device in response to the second duty cycle. Operating may refer to performing operation of any device  110  described herein. 
       C. Status Assignment of Lighting System Components 
       [0124]    Further referring to figures  FIG. 2A  and  FIG. 2B  discussed in the earlier sections,  FIG. 2A and 2B  further refer to embodiments within which light sources  110  may transmit among each other instructions to assign statuses of masters and slaves. In one example, a first lighting system  100  component, such as a lighting device  110  may have a status of a master. The master first lighting device  110  may transmit a first information using data bits  215  or  220  to a second lighting system  100  component, such as a second lighting device  110 . The second lighting device component having a slave status. The second lighting system  100  component receives the first information and in response to the first information adjusts the status of the second lighting system  100  component to a master status. The second lighting system  100  component having a master status transmits a second information using data bits  215  or  220  to the first lighting system  100  component. The first lighting system  100  component receives the second information and in response to the second information adjusts the status of the first lighting system  100  component to a status of a slave. 
         [0125]    In some embodiments, light source  110 B, having a master status, transmits a first information using data bits  215  or instruction bits  220  to light source  110 A which has a slave status. Light source  110 A receives the first information and in response to the first information adjusts the status of the light source  110 A to a master status. Light source  110 A, having a master status, transmits a second information using data bits  215  or instruction bits  220  to the light source  110 B. Light source  110 B receives the second information and in response to the second information adjusts the status of the first light source  110 B to a slave status. In a number of embodiments, light source  110 A, having a master status, transmits a third information via data bits  215  or instruction bits  220  to a plurality of lighting system components, one of which is light source  110 B. The third information transmitted by light source  110 A comprises address  127 B. The plurality of lighting system components receive the third information and light source  110 B receives the third information. Light source  110 B matches address  127 B within the third information to address  127 B of the light source  110 B. In some embodiments, light source  110 B, in response to the third information, adjusts the status of light source  110 B to a status of a master. In a number of embodiments, light source  110 B, in response to the address  127 B matching the address  127 B of the light source  110 B, adjusts the status of light source  110 B to a status of a master. In a plurality of embodiments, light source  110 B, in response to the received third information and in response to the address  127 B matching the address  127 B of the light source  110 B, adjusts the status of light source  110 B to a status of a master. 
         [0126]    In some embodiments, a plurality of light sources  110 , each having a status of a master or a slave, communicate using a same connection  105  component, such as a wire or an electrical current conducting line. In such embodiments, any of the light sources  110  may become a master or a slave. Sometimes, the plurality of light sources  110  communicating over a same connection  105  component include only a single master, while all other light sources  110  have a status of a slave. In such embodiments, one of the light sources  110  having a status of a slave pulls the voltage potential within the connection  105  component low for a period of time, such as a microsecond, a millisecond or a second. The light source  110  having a status of a master interprets the low voltage signal in the connection  105  component as a signal to change status from master to slave. The light source  110  having a status of a master accepts the status of a slave, and the light source  110  which pulled the voltage potential low accepts the status of a master. Thus the signal across the connection  105  component signals a change in the status of one or more light sources  110  communicating over the same connection  105  component. In some embodiments, the signal that changes the status of one or more lighting system components may be a high voltage potential signal, a low voltage signal, an impulse, a digital pattern, a ground signal, or any other analog or digital signal transmitted over connection  105 . 
         [0127]    In a number of embodiments, when a group of light sources  110  are all off, upon being turned on, each one of the group of light sources  110  turns on with a status of a master. In some embodiments, upon receiving a signal that a light source  110  having a master status, also called a master, already exists, a light source that has just turned on changes its own status to a status of a slave. Thus, when a group of light sources  110  are all turned on at once it is ensured that at least one master exists. In some embodiments, light source  110  upon turning on and automatically changing its own status to a master, the light source  110  listens for a period of time if there is another master on the network. If the light source  110  does not receive any messages that there is another master on the network, the light source  110  remains the master. 
         [0128]    In some embodiments, a lighting system  100  component receiving instruction from a sender assembles received bits  215  from a plurality of periods  205 . In some embodiments, the lighting system  100  component receiving information from a sender parses the bits and bytes of the received information and forms instruction, data or commands. In a plurality of embodiments, lighting system  100  component receiving instruction from a sender interprets the forms instructions, data or commands and implements the same formed instructions, data or commands. 
         [0129]    Therefore, in many embodiments, lighting system  100  components use bidirectional digital pulse width modulated communication to transmit and receive information. Furthermore, in some embodiments, lighting system  100  components use digital pulse width modulated communication to control performance and functionality of one or more lighting system  100  components. Light brightness, also referred to as intensity, in many embodiments is controlled, communicated or instructed using a pulse width modulated communication. In many embodiments, light brightness or intensity is controlled, communicated or instructed using a duty cycle of a period  205 . Pulse width modulated signals may therefore be referred to as transport mechanism of the digital communication between lighting system  100  components. 
         [0000]    D. Lighting System Intensity Control with Digital Patterning 
         [0130]    In addition to previously discussed embodiments,  FIG. 2A  and  FIG. 2B  also include applications relating control of intensity of light sources  110  using digital patterns. A digital pattern may be any order or any formation of any number of data  210  or data bits  215 . In some embodiments, a digital pattern is an order or a formation of any number of data bits  215  or instruction bits  220  within a  205 . In many embodiments, a digital pattern is an order or a formation of any number of data bits  215  or instruction bits  220  within any number of periods  205 . In numerous embodiments, a digital pattern is an order or a formation of any number of data bits  215  or instruction bits  220  within a plurality of concatenated periods  205 . In some embodiments, a digital pattern comprises data bits having values of either 1 or 0. Sometimes, digital pattern comprises a set or a predetermined number of data bits  215 . In some embodiments, digital pattern comprises a number of data bits not predetermined. In many embodiments, digital pattern comprises a number of data bits  215  or instruction bits  220  which is equal over all periods  205 . In a number of embodiments, digital pattern comprises a number of data bits  215  or instruction bits  220  which changes between a first period  205  and a second period  205 , the second period  205  immediately following the first period  205 . In a plurality of embodiments, a digital pattern is any order of any number of data bits  215  or instruction bits  220  within a period  205 . In many embodiments, digital pattern affects duty cycle of a period  205 . In numerous embodiments, digital pattern defines a duty cycle of a period  205 . In various embodiments, digital pattern is defined using pulse width modulated digital signals. 
         [0131]    In some embodiments, digital pattern is any order of eight bits, such as data bits  215  or instruction bits  220 , each bit having either a value of 1 or a value of 0. In many embodiments, digital pattern is any order of four bits, each bit having either a value of 1 or a value of 0. In many embodiments, digital pattern is any order of sixteen bits, each bit having either a value of  1  or a value of 0. In numerous embodiments, digital pattern is any order of any number of data bits  215  or instruction bits  220 , each bit having a value of 1 or a value of 0. In a plurality of embodiments, a bit having a value of 1 corresponds to a voltage signal which is larger than a voltage signal corresponding to a bit having a value of 0. In some embodiments wherein eight data bits  215  or instruction bits  220  are used for 8-bit digital patterning, seven sequences or distinct digital patterns are utilized or created. In a plurality of embodiments wherein eight data bits  215  or instruction bits  220  are used for 8-bit digital patterning, any number of sequences or distinct digital patterns are utilized or created. 
         [0132]    In a plurality of embodiments, a first lighting system  100  component transmits information comprising an intensity instruction encoded using a digital pattern to a second lighting system  100  component. In such embodiments, a number of data bits  215  having a digital value of 1 within a number of periods  205  define the intensity of the light to be emitted by the second lighting system  100  component. The second lighting system  100  component receives the information and based on the number of data bits  215  with a digital value of 1 adjusts the intensity of the light emitted from the second lighting system  100  component. In many embodiments, a number of data bits  215  having a digital value of 0 within a number of periods  205  define the intensity of the light to be emitted by the second lighting system  100  component. The second lighting system  100  component receives the information and based on the number of data bits  215  with a digital value of 0 adjusts the intensity of the light emitted from the second lighting system  100  component. In some embodiments, information relating instruction for intensity of the light to be emitted comprises a periodic square wave signal. The periodic square wave signal may turn on or off and the proportion of the time the signal is on and the proportion of the time the signal is off may define the duty cycle. In some embodiments, duty cycle is directly proportional to the intensity of the light to be emitted. In a number of embodiments, duty cycle defines the intensity of the light the instruction instructs to be emitted from the lighting system  100  component receiving the instruction. In a number of embodiments, duty cycle of one or more of periods  205  is constant. In a plurality of embodiments, duty cycle of a third one of a group of concatenated periods  205  may vary, but duty cycles from other periods  205  from the group of concatenated periods  205  adjust to compensate for the third one of a group of concatenated periods  205 . 
         [0133]    Referring now to  FIG. 4A  an embodiment of an 8-bit digital pattern transmission is illustrated. In  FIG. 3A , light source  110 A is connected to light source  110 B via connection  105 . Connection  105  transmits information or communication transmitted between light sources  110 A and  110 B.  FIG. 4A  illustrates digital data transmitted between light sources  110 A and  110 B divided into 8-bit periods  305 . 8-bit period  305 , in some embodiments, is a period  205  whose time length is tailored to allow transmission of 8 bits of data  215  within the period  205 . 
         [0134]    8-bit period  305 , in some embodiments, is a period  205 . In many embodiments, 8-bit period  305  is a period of time defined or determined by how many bits of data one or more lighting system  100  components use in a single instruction or a single instruction set. In a number of embodiments, 8-bit period  305  is a period of time defined by, determined by, or corresponding to a duration of time within which lighting system  100  components communicated via connection  105  transmit 8 bits of data  210 . In many embodiments, 8-bit period  305  is a period of time defined by, determined by, or corresponding to duration of time within which lighting system  100  components communicated via connection  105  transmit 8 data bits  215 . In some, 8-bit period  305  is a period of time defined by, determined by, or corresponding to a duration of time within which lighting system  100  components communicated via connection  105  receive 8 bits of data  210 . In numerous embodiments, 8-bit period  305  is a period of time defined by, determined by, or corresponding to a duration of time within which lighting system  100  components communicated via connection  105  receive 8 data bits  215 . 
         [0135]    In one of the embodiments illustrated in  FIG. 3A , light source  110 B transmits an 8-bit digital pattern within an 8-bit period  305 . In some embodiments, light source  110 B transmits a first 8-bit digital pattern having a single bit having a value of 1 and seven bits having values of 0 via network  105  to light source  110 A. Light source  110 A may receive the first 8-bit digital pattern and in response to receiving the first 8-bit digital pattern, may adjust the intensity of the light emitted by the light source  110 A to match the intensity marked by the first 8-bit digital pattern. Sometimes, light source  110 B transmits a second 8-bit digital pattern having a three bits having values of 1 and five bits having values of 0 via network  105  to light source  110 A. Light source  110 A may receive the second 8-bit digital pattern and in response to receiving the second 8-bit digital pattern, may adjust the intensity of the light emitted by the light source  110 A to match the intensity marked by the second 8-bit digital pattern. In many embodiments, light source  110 B transmits a third 8-bit digital pattern having a any number of bits having values of 1 and any number of bits having values of 0, the total amount of bits being eight, via network  105  to light source  110 A. Light source  110 A may receive the third 8-bit digital pattern and in response to receiving the third 8-bit digital pattern, may adjust the intensity of the light emitted by the light source  110 A to match the intensity marked by the third 8-bit digital pattern. 
         [0136]    Similar system may be accomplished using any number of bits for digital patterning, wherein the number of possible patterns are related to the number of bits the pattern has. In many embodiments, a digital pattern defines, determines or characterizes intensity of a light source  110 . In some embodiments, light source  110 B transmits a message having a duty cycle defined by a digital pattern of data bits  215  or instruction bits  220  to a light source  110 A. Light source  110 , in response receiving the message having a duty cycle defined by the digital pattern, adjusts the intensity, wavelength, pulse duration or any other operation of light source  110 A. 
         [0137]    Referring now to  FIG. 4B  an embodiment of a transmission of 16-data bits  215  per period  315  is illustrated. In  FIG. 3B , light source  110 A is connected to light source  110 B via connection  105 . Connection  105  transmits information or communication transmitted between light sources  110 A and  110 B.  FIG. 4B  illustrates embodiments where digital data transmitted between light sources  110 A and  110 B divided into 8-bit periods  305  and 16-bit periods  315 . 8-bit period  305  is a period of time within which two 16-bit periods  315  may be defined. 16-bit period  315 , in some embodiments, is a period  205  whose time length is tailored to allow transmission of 16 bits of data  215  within the period  205 . In some embodiments, 16-bit period  315  is a half of time interval of an 8-bit period  305  for a similar system. 
         [0138]    In some embodiments, lighting system  100  components, such as light source  110 B and light source  110 A, communicate using data bits  215 , instruction bits  220  or a combination of data bits  215  and instruction bits  220 . In many embodiments, lighting system  100  components communicate by sending information within predetermined concatenated time periods, such as 8-bit periods  305 . Sometimes, lighting system components using 8-bit periods  305  are capable of transmitting or receiving information twice as fast. In such embodiments, lighting system components, such as light sources  110 A and  110 B 16 bit send or transmit a 16-bit digital pattern within an 8-bit period. In many embodiments, light source  110 B communicates with light source  110 A transmitting or receiving information within 8-bit periods  305 . In many embodiments, light source  110 B transmits a 16-bit digital pattern comprising data bits  215  or instruction bits  220  within an 8-bit period  305  to light source  110 A. Light source  110 A receives 16-bit digital pattern within the 8-bit period  305  and in response to the received 16-bit digital pattern adjusts, changes or maintains the intensity of the light emitted by the light source  110 A. 
         [0139]    In many embodiments, information transmitted may comprise any number of bits  215  or  220  within a period  205 ,  305  or  315 . In a plurality of embodiments, information transmitted within a period  205 ,  305  or  315  comprises any amount of data  210  comprising any amount of bits  215  or  220 , such as 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128 or any other number of bits. In a plurality of embodiments, periods  205 ,  305  or  315  of an information transmitted are increased or decreased to modulate average intensity of a light source  110  receiving the information. In a number of embodiments, preceding period  205 ,  305  or  315  is increased or decreased and succeeding period  205 ,  305  or  315  adjusts accordingly to maintain a desired intensity over a period of time of a plurality of periods  205 ,  305  or  315 . 
         [0140]    Digital patterns comprising any number of bits, in numerous embodiments, have duty cycles of periods  205 ,  305  or  315 , defined by a number of bits having values of 1 or 0. In many embodiments, two different digital patterns comprising a same total number of bits within a period, such as period  205 ,  305  or  315 , may have a same or a different duty cycle. In many embodiments, two different digital patterns comprising a different total number of bits within a period may have a same or a different duty cycle. In a variety of embodiments, a lighting system component controlling a light source  110  sends instructions for controlling intensity of the light source  110  via connection  105 C, wherein the instructions comprise digital patterns whose duty cycle indicates the intensity of the light to be emitted from the light source  110 . 
         [0141]    In various embodiments, digital pattern comprising any number of bits is used to control intensity of a one or more light sources  100  having any number of spectral ranges. In many embodiments, lighting system  100  comprises a plurality of light sources  110  each emitting a light of a different spectral range or a different color. In a number of embodiments, lighting system  100  comprises a light source  110 A emitting a red light, a light source  110 B emitting a green light and a light source  110 C emitting a blue light. Sometimes, a lighting system component controls the color rendering, or the color summation of all three light sources  110 A,  110 B and  110 C by controlling intensity of each of the individual light sources  110 . Sometimes, a lighting system component controls the total color output of the light emitted by all three light sources  110  by controlling intensity of each of the individual light sources  110 . In a number of embodiments, a plurality of light sources  110 A through  110 N each emit light of a different spectral range or a different color. In such embodiments, a lighting system  100  component controlling the light sources  110 A through  110 N controls the color rendering or the total color output by light sources  110 A through  110 N by controlling intensity of each light source  110  of the plurality of light sources  110 A through  110 N. 
       E. Non-Contact Selection and Control and Address Assignment 
       [0142]    Referring now to  FIG. 4A  embodiments of a non-contact selection and control device of a lighting system  100  are illustrated.  FIG. 4A  depicts a lighting system  100  comprising a light switch enclosure  400  comprising a light source LED  405 , LED controller  410 , power supply  140 , light detector  420  and detector controller  425 . LED  405  is a light source emitting a light, light signal or an optical signal. LED  405  is connected to LED Controller  410  controlling LED  405  via connection  105 . LED Controller  410  is connected to power supply  140  via another connection  105 . Light switch enclosure  400  also comprises light detector  420  which is connected to detector controller  425  via connection  105 . Detector controller  425  is connected to power supply  140  via connection  105 . Outside of the light switch enclosure  400   FIG. 4A  depicts an object  450  emitting a light or an optical signal or reflecting light emitted by LED  405 . Light switch enclosure  400  is also connected to a light source  110 . 
         [0143]    Still referring to  FIG. 4 , embodiments for a non-contact selection and control of lighting system  100  are illustrated. In some embodiments, lighting system  100  comprises a light switch enclosure  400 . In a number of embodiments, light switch enclosure  400  is used by a user to control the lighting system  100 . In a number of embodiments, light switch enclosure  400  is a light switch. In many embodiments, light switch enclosure  400  is a box, or a space enclosing LED  405 , light detector  420  or any other lighting system  100  component. In a plurality of embodiments, light switch enclosure  400  is a light fixture on a wall of a room. In various embodiments, light switch enclosure  400  is used by a user to turn lights of a lighting system  100  on or off. In many embodiments, light switch enclosure  400  illustrated in  FIG. 5  is a box enclosing LED  405 , LED controller  410 , light detector  420 , detector controller  425  and power supply  140 . In numerous embodiments, light switch enclosure  400  is a motion sensor used by a user to calibrate, communicate with or send instructions to one or more lighting system  100  components or a lighting system  100 . 
         [0144]    LED  405  may be any device emitting or producing light. In some embodiments, LED  405  is light source  110 . In many embodiments, LED  405  is a semiconductor light emitting diode. In a plurality of embodiments, LED  405  is an infra red light emitting diode. In many embodiments, LED  405  is a light emitting diode not emitting a constant intensity light. In some embodiments, LED  405  is a light emitting diode emitting a time dependent intensity varying signal. In a number of embodiments, LED  405  is a flickering light emitting device, structure or a product. LED  405 , in many embodiments, comprises any components which may be included within or associated with a light source  110 . Herein, LED  405  is sometimes used interchangeably with light source  110 , as LED  405  may comprise all functionality of a light source  110 . 
         [0145]    LED  405  may be a light source emitting light detected by light detector  420 . In some embodiments, LED  405  is inside the light switch  405 . In a number of embodiments LED  405  is outside of the light switch  405 . LED controller  410  modulates and controls LED  405  by turning LED  405  on or off at a specific frequency. In some embodiments, LED controller  410  modulates and controls LED  405  by limiting amount of current to LED  405  which limits amount of light LED  405  produces. In many embodiments, LED controller  410  modulates and controls light emitted by LED  405  by modulating, adjusting or controlling any combination of current, voltage or power powering or being supplied to light LED  405 . In numerous embodiments, LED controller  410  modulates and controls intensity of light emitted by LED  405  by modulating, adjusting or controlling any combination of current, voltage or power powering or being supplied to light LED  405 . In some cases, LED controller  410  modulates and controls frequency of pulses of light emitted by LED  405  by modulating, adjusting or controlling any combination of current, voltage or power powering or being supplied to light LED  405 . In a plurality of embodiments, LED controller  410  modulates and controls carrier frequency of light emitted by LED  405  by modulating, adjusting or controlling any combination of current, voltage or power powering or being supplied to light LED  405 . 
         [0146]    In some embodiments, LED  405  emits pulses of light, or is controlled by LED controller  410  to emit pulses of light. In a number of embodiments, LED  405  emits pulses of light, wherein pulses occur at a specific frequency. In some embodiments, LED  405  emits pulses of light wherein the pulses occur at frequency within a range of frequencies of 30 to 45 kilohertz. In a number of embodiments, LED  405  emits pulses of light wherein the pulses occur at a frequency within a frequency range of 1 to 30 kilohertz. In many embodiments, LED  405  emits pulses of light wherein the pulses occur at a frequency within a frequency range of 45 to 100 kilohertz. In some embodiments, LED  405  emits pulses of light wherein the pulses occur at a frequency within a frequency range of 100 to 1000 kilohertz. In a plurality of embodiments, LED  405  emits pulses of light wherein the pulses occur within any frequency range. In many embodiments, LED  405  emits pulses of light wherein the pulses occur at a specific frequency within any frequency range. In some embodiments, LED  405  emits pulses of light wherein the pulses have a specific duty cycle. 
         [0147]    LED controller  410  may be any device controlling or driving LED  405 . In some embodiments LED  410  is a controller  120 . In a plurality of embodiments, LED  410  is a power supply  140 . In many embodiments, LED  410  is a communicator  125 . In many embodiments, LED  410  is a master/slave addressor  140 . In a plurality embodiments, LED  410  comprises any functionality or performance characteristics of any of, or any combination of a controller  120 , a power supply  140 , a communicator  125  and a master/slave addressor  130 . In many embodiments, LED  410  is a light emitting diode driver. In some embodiments, LED  410  comprises circuitry, hardware and software for driving, controlling or enabling functionality to LED  405 . In various embodiments, LED  405  comprises all of the functionality and performs any functions of any other lighting system  100  component. 
         [0148]    LED controller  410  may be any device controlling, driving or enabling functionality of one or more LED  405 . In many embodiments, LED controller  410  is a device, product or a system controlling, maintaining or enabling functionality of LED  405 . In a plurality of embodiments, LED controller  410  comprises hardware, software or a combination of hardware and software for controlling, adjusting, maintaining or enabling functionality of LED  405 . In a plurality of embodiments, LED controller  410  comprises analog or digital circuitry for controlling, maintaining, adjusting or enabling functionality of LED  405 . In many embodiments, LED controller  410  comprises switches, latches or transistor circuitry which switch LED  405  on or off. In a plurality or embodiments, LED controller  410  comprises monitoring circuitry monitoring and observing performance or functionality of LED  405 . In many embodiments, LED controller  410  comprises modulating circuitry modulating LED  405 . Sometimes, LED controller  410  modulates, adjusts or changes state, status or performance of LED  405  in response to the monitored or observed performance or functionality of LED  405 . In many embodiments, LED controller  410  modulates current, voltage or power to LED  405  to maintain the LED  405  in a specific performance state. Sometimes, LED controller  410  modulates current, voltage or power to LED  405  to maintain the LED  405  within a specific threshold or performance threshold range. In some embodiments, LED controller  410  comprises functionality which scales up or scales down the gain of the LED  405 . In a number of embodiments, LED controller  410 , in response to the background noise, adjusts the gain of the LED  405  to compensate for increased or decreased background noise. 
         [0149]    In some embodiments, LED controller  410  modulates, controls or adjusts LED  405  such that LED  405  emits light of a specific wavelength range controlled by LED controller  410 . In a number of embodiments, LED controller  410  modulates, adjusts or controls LED  405  such that LED  405  emits light of a specific intensity controlled by LED controller  410 . In many embodiments, LED controller  410  modulates, adjusts or controls LED  405  such that LED  405  emits light in pulses occurring at a specific frequency. In some embodiments, LED controller  410  modulates LED  405  to emit light within the infra red wavelength range. In many embodiments, LED  405  emits light within infra-red wavelength range. In a plurality of embodiments, LED  405  emits light having a spectral range of less than 100 nanometers. In many embodiments, LED  405  emits light having a spectral range of less than 50 nanometers. In some embodiments, LED  405  emits light having a spectral range of less than 10 nanometers. In a number of embodiments, LED  405  emits light having a spectral range of about 5 nanometers. In some embodiments, LED  405  emits light having a spectral range of about one or two nanometers. In a number of embodiments, LED  405  emits light having a spectral range of less than one nanometer. 
         [0150]    Light detector  420  is any device detecting or sensing light or an electromagnetic wave. In various embodiments, light detector  420  senses light or an electromagnetic wave and produces a voltage or a current proportional to the intensity or the power of the light or the electromagnetic wave sensed. In many embodiments, light detector  420  comprises any type and form of hardware, software or combination of software and hardware for sensing or detecting light or optical signal. In some embodiments, light detector detects any type of light related information, including light of any spectral range or power range. The light detector  420 , in some embodiments, detects emission or radiation of any type or any frequency or wavelength range. In many embodiments, light detector  420  detects or senses heat or any form of radiation. In one embodiment, the light detector  420  includes a sensor for detecting light within the display unit. In another embodiment, the light detector  420  includes a sensor detecting ambient light. In other embodiments, the detector includes a color sensor for sensing a color of light or a wavelength of light. In some embodiments, the light detector  420  is a color temperature sensor for detecting color temperature of a light source. In many embodiments, light source  420  senses or detects chromaticity of light. In a number of embodiments, light source detects a source of heat, a source of infra red signal or a black body radiation. In numerous embodiments, light source  420  is a color sensor which uses color indexing to indicate color, such as the index referred to as the Color Rendering Index measured on a 0-100 scale. In some cases, light detector  420  indicates, detects or senses color temperature on a temperature scale such as Kelvin scale. In some embodiments, light detector  420  detects or senses the light characteristics, color characteristics, and/or color or light temperature emanated or emitted from any light source. In various embodiments, light detector  420  comprises all of the functionality and performs any functions of any other lighting system  100  component. 
         [0151]    Detector controller  425  may be any device controlling, driving or enabling functionality of light detector  420 . In many embodiments, detector controller  425  is a device, product or a system controlling, maintaining or enabling functionality of light detector  420 . In a plurality of embodiments, detector controller comprises hardware, software or a combination of hardware and software for controlling, adjusting, maintaining or enabling functionality of light detector  420 . In a plurality of embodiments, detector controller comprises analog or digital circuitry for controlling, maintaining, adjusting or enabling functionality of light detector  420 . In many embodiments, detector controller  425  comprises switches, latches or transistor circuitry which switch light source  420  on or off. In a plurality or embodiments, detector controller  425  comprises monitoring circuitry monitoring and observing performance or functionality of light detector  420 . In many embodiments, detector controller  425  comprises modulating circuitry modulating light detector  420 . Sometimes, detector controller  425  modulates, adjusts or changes state, status or performance of light detector  420  in response to the monitored or observed performance or functionality of light detector  420 . In many embodiments, detector controller  425  modulates current, voltage or power to light detector  420  to maintain the light detector  420  in a specific performance state. Sometimes, detector controller  425  modulates current, voltage or power to light detector  420  to maintain the light detector  420  within a specific threshold or performance threshold range. 
         [0152]    In some embodiments, detector controller  425  receives and monitors current or voltage output signal from one or more light detectors  420 . In many embodiments, detector controller  425  receives current or voltage output signal from one or more light detectors  420  and converts the current or the voltage signal into a digital signal. Sometimes, detector controller  425  processes current or voltage output signal from one or more light detectors  420 . In various embodiments, detector controller  425  adjusts one or more functionalities or performance characteristics of one or more light detectors  420  in response to the received current or voltage output signal received. In a plurality of embodiments, light controller  425  comprises all of the functionality and performs any functions of any other lighting system  100  component. 
         [0153]    Object  450 , illustrated in  FIG. 4 , may be any object capable of changing, modifying or affecting detection of light detector  420 . In some embodiments, object  450  is an object reflecting a portion of light emitted by LED  405  toward light detector  420 . In numerous embodiments, object  450  is a reflector. In a number of embodiments, object  450  emits light which is detected by light detector  420 . In many embodiments, object  450  creates an interference which is detected by light detector  420 . In a plurality of embodiments, object  450  causes signal detected by light detector  420  to increase in a relationship proportional to the distance between object  450  and light detector  420 . In many embodiments, object  450  causes signal detected by light detector  420  to increase in a relationship inversely proportional to the distance between object  450  and light detector  420 . In some embodiments, object  450  is a human hand or a part of a human body. In a number of embodiments, object  450  is a remote controller comprising a light source, such as LED  405  or light source  110 . In a plurality of embodiments, object  450  is an object used by a user, such as a book or a pen. In number of embodiments, object  450  is a user using lighting system  100  or any of lighting system  100  components. 
         [0154]    Any one of: LED  405 , LED controller  410 , light detector  420 , detector controller  425  and a light switch enclosure  400  are lighting system  100  components and may comprise any functionality of any other lighting system  100  component. For example, in some embodiments, detector controller  425  comprises any functionality or performs any functions of any LED controller  410 . In other examples, detector controller  425  comprises any functionality or performs any functions of any controller  120 . In further examples, detector controller  425  comprises any functionality or performs any functions of any communicator  125 . In some examples, detector controller  425  comprises any functionality or performs any functions of any power supply  140 . 
         [0155]    In many embodiments, light switch enclosure  400  is used by a user to control a lighting system  100  or communicate with one or more of lighting system  100  components. Sometimes, light switch enclosure  400  is configured or tuned to perform a set of tasks or functions to enable user communication. Sometimes, light switch enclosure  400  is configured or tuned to perform sensing of user&#39;s presence. In a variety of embodiments, light switch enclosure  400  is configured or tuned to enable a user to control light intensity of light sources  110  of the lighting system  100 . In numerous embodiments, light switch enclosure  400  is configured or tuned to enable a user to select a group of light sources  110  and control them separately from other light sources  100 . 
         [0156]    Light switch enclosure  400  may be configured or tuned in a variety of ways to perform a specific task or a group of tasks. In some embodiments, light switch enclosure  400  components are tuned and configured specifically to perform one or more specific tasks. In some embodiments, LED controller  410  modulates LED  405  to emit pulses of light at a specific predetermined frequency, each pulse having a specific predetermined intensity. Sometimes, LED controller  410  modulates LED  405  to emit pulses of light at a specific frequency, each pulse having a specific intensity. In a number of embodiments, light detector  420  is modulated by detector controller  425  to detect light emitted by LED  405 . Sometimes, light emitted by LED  405  comprises pulses of light emitted at a frequency and light intensity which are both within detectable range of light detector  410 . In a number of embodiments, light emitted by LED  405  comprises pulses of light emitted at a frequency and light intensity at least one of which is outside of detectable range of light detector  410 . In many embodiments, light emitted by LED  405  comprises a pulses of light emitted at a frequency and light intensity which result in a light signal which is at a detection threshold point which is in between the detectable range of light detector  410  and the outside of the detectable range of light detector  410 . 
         [0157]    In a number of embodiments, light emitted by LED  405  comprising a pulse frequency and light intensity is detected by light detector  420 . In a plurality of embodiments, light emitted by LED  405  has a wavelength range, a pulse frequency and light intensity which, in combination, are detected by light detector  420 . In some embodiments, light emitted by LED  405  has a pulse frequency and light intensity which, in combination, are not detected by light detector  420 . In many embodiments, light emitted by LED  405  has a wavelength range, a pulse frequency and light intensity which, in combination, are detected by light detector  420  only in presence of object  450 . In a plurality of embodiments, light emitted by LED  405  has a wavelength range, a pulse frequency and light intensity which, in combination, are detected by light detector  420  only when object  450  is within a specific distance. The specific distance may be any distance from zero millimeters to ten meters. In some embodiments, the specific distance is a range between 1 centimeter and 10 centimeters. 
         [0158]    In a number of embodiments, light emitted by LED  405  has a pulse frequency and light intensity which, in combination, are detected by detector  420  when object  450  is in vicinity of a lighting system  100 . In a plurality of embodiments, light emitted by LED  405  has a pulse frequency and a duty cycle of each of the pulses which, in combination, are detected by detector  420  when object  450  is in vicinity of a lighting system  100 . In a plurality of embodiments, light signal emitted by LED  405  has a wavelength, a pulse frequency and light intensity. In many embodiments, the light signal emitted by LED  405  is detected by detector  420  when object  450  is in vicinity of lighting system  100  or a light switch enclosure  400 . In many embodiments, light signal emitted by LED  405  has a pulse frequency and light intensity and the light signal is not detected by detector  420  when object  450  is not in vicinity of lighting system  100 . In many embodiments, light signal emitted by LED  405  has a pulse frequency and light intensity, and the light signal is not detected by detector  420  when object  450  is not in vicinity of a light switch enclosure  400 . In a plurality of embodiments, light emitted by LED  405  has a wavelength, a pulse frequency and light intensity which, in combination, are not detected by detector  420  when object  450  is not in vicinity of lighting system  100  or a light switch enclosure  400 . In many embodiments, light emitted by LED  405  comprises a pulse frequency, a duty cycle of each of the pulses and light intensity which, in combination, are not detected by detector  420  when object  450  is not in vicinity of lighting system  100  or a light switch enclosure  400 . Sometimes, light emitted by LED  405  is detected by a light detector  420  when object  450  is in vicinity of lighting system  100  or a light switch enclosure  400 , but is not detected by the light detector  420  when object  450  is not in vicinity of lighting system  100  or a light switch enclosure  400 . 
         [0159]    Vicinity is, herein, defined as any amount of distance or any distance range. In some embodiments, vicinity is a distance of 5 or 10 centimeters. In other embodiments, vicinity is a range of a distance of 10 centimeters to 10 meters. In a plurality of embodiments, vicinity is a range of a distance of 1 millimeter to 30 centimeters. In many embodiments, vicinity is a range of distance which varies through time. In a plurality of embodiments, vicinity is a range of distance which is constant and predetermined for a specific light switch enclosure  400 . 
         [0160]    In a number of embodiments, LED  405  emits light having pulses occurring at a specific frequency and a specific light intensity which, in combination, are at the detection threshold point of light detector  420 . In various embodiments, LED  405  emits light having pulses occurring at a frequency and each of the pulses having a duty cycle which, in combination, are at the detection threshold point of light detector  420 . Sometimes, changing either the frequency of the pulses or the duty cycle of the pulses makes the optical signal emitted by LED  405  detectable or not detectable by the light detector  420 . In many embodiments, LED  405  emits light at pulses of specific frequency, at a specific intensity and within a specific wavelength range, which in combination, produce a light signal which is at the detection threshold point of light detector  420 . Detection threshold any combination pulse frequency, light intensity per pulse and a wavelength range of light signal emitted by LED  405  which borders the range of light signals detectable by light detector  420  and the range of light signals not detectable by light detector  420 . In a plurality of embodiments, detection threshold is a setting of any of pulse frequency, light intensity or wavelength range of light emitted by LED  405  below which light detector  420  does not detect the light emitted and above which light detector  420  detects the light emitted. In some embodiments, a lighting system component within the light switch enclosure  400  comprises any one of or a combination of a circuit, a unit, an algorithm or a function which adjusts the detection threshold point in response to the background infrared radiation or signal. 
         [0161]    Sometimes, light switch enclosure  400  comprises an LED  405  emitting an infrared optical signal at a constant pulse frequency of between 20 and 50 kilohertz. Sometimes, the infrared optical signal has a constant wavelength or a wavelength range. In some embodiments, the infrared optical signal has a duty cycle for each pulse which is optimized to bring the light switch enclosure  400  at a detection threshold point. In some embodiments, making a duty cycle shorter makes the infrared optical signal detectable by the light detector  420 . In some embodiments, making a duty cycle longer makes the infrared optical signal detectable by the light detector  420 . In a plurality of embodiments, a duty cycle of the infrared optical signal is set so the light detector  420  cannot detect the optical signal unless object  450  is in the vicinity of the light switch  400  enclosure. Upon bringing the object  450  in the vicinity of the light switch  400  enclosure, in such embodiments, the object  450  affects the light detected by the light detector  420 , and the light detector  420  detects the light emitted by LED  405 . 
         [0162]    Sometimes, light switch enclosure  400  may comprise a plurality of LEDs  405 . In a number of embodiments, a light switch enclosure  400  comprises two LEDs  405 . In some embodiments, a first LED  405  emits a pulsed signal for light detector  420  as described above. In some embodiments, the a second LED  405  emits a constant low intensity light, such as an infrared signal of the intensity similar to the intensity of a background noise. Sometimes, lighting system  100  background environment creates background noise, such as infrared noise crated by lights, or heat sources. In a number of embodiments, the light emitted by the second LED  405  has a higher intensity than the background noise. In many embodiments, the second LED  405  creates a synthetic background radiation of a higher intensity than the background noise. In some embodiments, a second LED  405  emits a constant low intensity light which is lower than the intensity of pulses emitted by a first LED  405  but higher intensity than the background noise. The second LED  405 , in some embodiments, emits a constant light of higher intensity than the intensity of background noise, thus decreasing the effect of the background noise on the light detector  420  or the light switch enclosure  400 . The first LED  405 , in such embodiments, is used to emit pulsed light signal which the light detector  420  detects when object  450  is in the vicinity. 
         [0163]    In some embodiments, detection threshold point is dependent on wavelength of light received by light detector  420 . In a number of embodiments, detection threshold point is dependent on frequency of pulses of light received by light detector  420 . In a plurality of embodiments, detection threshold point is dependent on light intensity of each of pulses of light received by light detector  420 . In many embodiments, detection threshold point is dependent on any combination of wavelength or wavelength range, pulse frequency or intensity of light received by light detector  420 . In a plurality of embodiments, detection threshold point depends on distance, relative position, relative angles or sizes and shapes of LED  405  and light detector  420 . In many embodiments, detection threshold point is found by tuning, adjusting or modifying each light switch enclosure  400  using object  450  to find the detection threshold point. In some embodiments, detection threshold point is found by tuning, adjusting or modifying pulse frequency of pulses of light emitted by LED  405 . In a number of embodiments, detection threshold point is determined by tuning, adjusting or modifying wavelength range of light emitted by LED  405 . In many embodiments, detection threshold point is determined by tuning, adjusting or modifying intensity of light emitted by LED  405 . 
         [0164]    In a number of embodiments, object  450  is positioned within in a vicinity of, or within a specific distance from, light switch enclosure  400  to help determine a new detection threshold point. In many embodiments, object  450  is a user&#39;s hand placed in vicinity of, or within a specific distance from, the light switch enclosure, resulting in a light source  110 , or a plurality of light sources  110 , being turned on. In some embodiments, object  450  is placed within the vicinity of, or within specific distance from, the light switch enclosure, resulting in a light source  110 , or a plurality of light sources  110 , being turned off. In some embodiments, the distance of the object  450  from the light switch enclosure  400  is directly or indirectly proportional to the intensity of one or more light sources  100  to be emitted. In some embodiments, the distance of the object  450  from the light switch enclosure  400  is inversely proportional to the intensity of one or more light sources  100  to be emitted. In a number of embodiments, the user controls the intensity of light emitted by one or more light sources  110  by controlling the distance between the object  450  and light switch enclosure  400 . 
         [0165]    In a plurality of embodiments, object  450  is placed within a predetermined distance of a light switch enclosure  400  and light detector  420 , in response to the placement of object  450 , detects light emitted by LED  405 . In a number of embodiments, object  450  is placed within a predetermined distance of a light switch enclosure  400 , and light detector  420 , in response to the placement of object  450 , detects light emitted by LED  405  and sends a signal or a response to one or more components of lighting system  100 . In a plurality of embodiments, object  450  is placed within a predetermined distance of a light switch enclosure  400 , and light detector  420 , in response to the placement of object  450 , detects light emitted by LED  405  and signals one or more components of lighting system  100  to turn on one or more light sources  110 . In many embodiments, object  450  is placed within a predetermined distance of a light switch enclosure  400 , and light detector  420 , in response to the placement of object  450 , detects light emitted by LED  405  and lighting system  100  turns one or more light sources  110  on. In numerous embodiments, object  450  is placed within a predetermined distance of a light switch enclosure  400 , and light detector  420 , in response to the light reflected by the object  450 , detects light emitted by LED  405  and lighting system  100  turns one or more light sources  110  on. In a number of embodiments, object  450  emits an optical signal or a light toward a light switch enclosure  400 , and light detector  420 , in response to the received optical signal or the light emitted by the object  450 , detects light emitted by LED  405  and lighting system  100  turns one or more light sources  110  on. 
         [0166]    Lighting system  100 , in some embodiments, comprises a plurality of lighting system  100  components. Some of the lighting system  100  components may be associated with one or more light switch enclosures comprising an LED  405  and a light detector  420 . In some embodiments, each lighting system  100  component comprises, or is associated with, a light switch enclosure  400 . In some embodiments, lighting system  100  comprises a plurality of light sources  110  connected in series, each light source comprising or being associated with a light switch enclosure  400 . 
         [0167]    Sometimes, light switch enclosures  400  may be used for assignment of unique digital addresses for a plurality lighting system  100  components. In a number of embodiments, a plurality of light sources  110 , each comprising a light switch enclosure  400 , are assigned unique digital addresses, such as addresses  127 . In many embodiments, a plurality of light sources  110  connected in series and each comprising a light switch enclosure  400 , are assigned unique digital addresses to be used for communication. 
         [0168]    A component of a lighting system  100  component having a master status, which is sometimes also referred to as the master, is placed into an assignment mode. An assignment mode, in some embodiments, is a mode, a function, a feature or a capability of a lighting system  100  to assign addresses  127  to any lighting system  100  component. An assignment mode, in other embodiments, is a mode, a function, a feature or a capability of a lighting system  100  component to assign addresses  127  to any lighting system  100  component. In numerous embodiments, an assignment mode is a function or a setting of any of the lighting system  100  components. In some embodiments, assignment mode is a mode, a function, a feature or a capability implemented by any of a controller  120 , a communicator  125 , a master/slave addressor  130 , a power supply  140  or a light source  110 . Assignment mode, in some embodiments, comprises a software, a hardware or a combination of software and hardware for implementing tasks relating to assignment of addresses  127  for each of the lighting system  100  components. 
         [0169]    In a number of embodiments, assignment mode comprises a plurality of addresses  127  and means for communicating one of the plurality of addresses  127  to each component to be associated with the address  127 . Assignment mode, in a number of embodiments, comprises means for transmitting or receiving confirmation messages from each of the lighting system  100  components who have received and accepted the addresses  127 . In many embodiments, lighting system  100  components, store the address  127  received from the master and transmit a confirmation message to the master, confirming that they have accepted the address  127  assigned. In some embodiments, the master transmits one of a plurality of addresses  127  to each of the lighting system  100  components and waits for the lighting system  100  components to accept the address  127  transmitted. The lighting system  100  component accepts the address  127  and returns to the master the confirmation message indicating that the lighting system component has accepted the address  127 . The master stores the address  127  and associates it with lighting system  100  component and uses it for any communication to the lighting system  100  component in the future. For example, light source  110 A accepting address  127 A previously sent by the master sends a confirmation message confirming that light source  110 A component has accepted the address  127 . The master, in response to the received confirmation message, associates address  127  with the lighting system  100  component for any future communication. In some embodiments, assignment mode entails the master receiving messages from one or more lighting system  100  components and assigning addresses  127  in response to the received messages. 
         [0170]    In some embodiments, light switch enclosures  400  are associated with lighting system  100  components and are used for assignment of addresses  127 . In some embodiments, a master communicates with a plurality of lighting system  100  components which may or may not have a master status. One of the plurality of lighting system  100  components is a light source  110 A. In a number of embodiments, lighting system  100  components send information to the master using light switch enclosures  400  associated with lighting system  100  components. A master is placed in an assignment mode and is available to receive any information from any one or more of lighting system  100  components. A user may select a light source  110 A by placing an object  450 , such as a hand, in front of a light switch enclosure  400  associated with the light source  110 A. Light detector  420  of the light switch enclosure  400 , in response to the placed object  450 , detects light emitted by LED  405  and light switch enclosure  400  sends a signal indicating that the light source  110 A is selected. Light source  110 A transmits a signal to the master indicating the user&#39;s selection and the master assigns an address  127 , such as address  127 A, to light source  110 A. The master transmits information notifying light source  110 A of the new address  127  assigned to the light source  110 A. The light source  110 A uses the assigned address  127  to receive for communication with master or any other lighting system  100  component. In some embodiments, light source  110 A uses the assigned address  127  to recognize which information transmitted by any other lighting system  100  component is addressed to light source  110 A. 
         [0171]    Similarly, the user proceeds to select any number of lighting system  100  components by placing an object  450  in front of light switch enclosure  400  associated of each selected lighting system  100  component. The master, in response to user&#39;s selections, assigns an address  127  to each of the user selected lighting  100  system components. Upon completing all the selections, the user terminates the assignment mode and the master stores all the addresses  127  and lighting system  100  components associated with each of the addresses  127 . The lighting system  100  components use addresses  127  assigned to transmit or receive information or communication among the lighting system  100  components assigned. In some embodiments, this method is used to create a group of lighting system  100  components, or a group of light sources  100 . In many embodiments, this method is used to distinguish a group of lighting system  100  components or light sources  110  from other lighting system  100  components or light sources  110 . In a number of embodiments, each of the groups created or distinguished are controlled separately. 
         [0172]    In some embodiments, each lighting system  100  component uses a non-volatile memory for storing addresses  127  of one or more lighting system  100  components. Sometimes, one or more addresses  127  of one or more lighting system components belonging to a group or a zone are stored in a non-volatile memory of a lighting system component controlling the group or the zone. In a number of embodiments, address  127  of each lighting system  100  component may comprise a group identifier, uniquely identifying a zone or a group the lighting system  100  component is a part of. In a plurality of embodiments, lighting system  100  controls one or more light sources  110  having a same group identifier by sending one information or an instruction to every member of the group or the zone. In many embodiments, a group identifier is an address  127 . In some embodiments, a group identifier is a part of an address  127 . In a plurality of embodiments, a group identifier comprises an address  127 . In a number of embodiments, a group identifier is an identifier separate from an address  127 . 
         [0173]    Sometimes, a user assigns a group identifier to one or more light sources  110  using a light switch enclosure  400  by placing an object  450  in the vicinity of, or on top of, the light switch enclosure  400  of the one or more light sources  110 . In some embodiments, a user assigns a group identifier to each of a plurality of light sources  110  using a lighting system  100  component for receiving responses from one or more light sources  110 . The user picks each individual light source  110  by placing an object  450  in the vicinity of, or on top of, the light switch enclosure  400  of each one of the plurality of light sources  110 . The lighting system  100  component receives responses from the each one of the plurality of light sources  110  and assigns the group identifier to each of the light sources  110  that have responded. Sometimes, the mode wherein the light system  100  or a lighting system  100  component assigns group identifiers is called a learn ID mode. The learn ID mode ends when all the light sources  110  which were picked by the user send their responses to a lighting system  100  component in charge of storing or controlling the group. The lighting system  100  or a lighting system  100  component controlling the group then knows which light sources  110  are part of the group, and is able to communicate with the group using the assigned group identifier. 
       F. Systems and Methods for Assigning of Master and Slave Status 
       [0174]    Referring now to  FIG. 5A , an embodiment of a system for assigning of master or slave status to a light device  110  is illustrated.  FIG. 5A  depicts lighting devices  110 A and  110 B exchanging communication signals via a connection  105 . Lighting device  110 A comprises controller  120 A, master/slave addressor  130 A and a communicator  125 A that further includes address  127 A and detector  605 A. Lighting device  110 B includes a controller  110 B that comprises communicator  125 B, address  127 B and master/slave addressor  123 B. The signals or communication transmitted between the lighting devices  110 A and  110 B include data  210 , data bits  215  and instruction bits  220  that are divided into time intervals or periods  205 . Data  210 , data bits  215  and instruction bits  220  within each period  205  define a duty cycle of each period  205 . The duty cycle of each period  205  may further define or identify power  655  or intensity  658  for the lighting devices  110 . Data  210 , data bits  215  and instruction bits  220  of the signals may form instructions  650  for assigning master or slave status to the lighting devices  110 . The instructions  650  in addition to providing instructions for assigning status, such as a master or slave status, may also be included within the duty cycle that may also provide power  655  and/or intensity  658  for the lighting device  110 . 
         [0175]    In further detail,  FIG. 5A  illustrates a detector  605  that receives, detects and identifies instructions  650 . Detector  605  may include any type and form of hardware, software or a combination of hardware and software. Detector  605  may include any type and form of a device, a unit, a structure, an apparatus, a function, an algorithm, a script, an executable file, a software application or a software program that operates on a computing device such as a lighting device with a processor. In some embodiments, detector  605  includes any type and form of a function, application, device, unit or a structure for receiving, detecting, identifying, managing or manipulating instructions  650 . Detector  605  may comprise any unit, function or a component for identifying or recognizing instructions  650  from any type and form of data  210 , such as data bits  215  or instruction bits  220 . In some embodiments, detector  605  includes any type and form of a policy or a policy engine. In further embodiments, detector  605  includes a rule or a rule engine. The policy or policy engine or the rule or the rule engine may determine or identify actions to be taken in response to the instructions  650 . In further embodiments, detector  605  includes a parser that parses incoming data  210 , data bits  215  and instruction bits  220 . The parsed data may be used by any component of the lighting device  110  to implement or execute actions as defined by the received instructions  650 . In some embodiments, the parsed data is used to operate the lighting device  110  as identified by the power  655  or intensity  658 . In further embodiments, detector  605  determines the duty cycle within each of the time interval or period  205 . In still further embodiments, detector  605  determines the starting or ending point of each of the time intervals or periods  205 . 
         [0176]    Power  650  may be any rate of delivery of electrical energy to a lighting device  110 . In some embodiments, power  650  is a product of voltage and current delivered to a lighting device  110 . The power  650  may be delivered to the lighting device  110  from another lighting device  110 , from a power supply  140  or from any power outlet or plug. In some embodiments, power  650  is defined by the duty cycle of a signal or communication received by the lighting device  110  via connection  105 . In some embodiments, power  650  within a period  205  is defined by a ratio of a duration of a period  205  for which the signal or communication have a high value to a duration of the entire duration of the period  205 . In further embodiments, power  650  within a period  205  is defined by an average voltage, current or power value of the signal within the period  205 . In some embodiments, power  650  may be defined by a signal that comprises a plurality of periods  205 . The lighting device  110  may emit light or otherwise operate in accordance with power  650 . The power  650  may change from period  205  to period  205 . In some embodiments, the power  650  may remain unchanged over any number of consecutive periods  205 , regardless if some periods  205  comprise one or more instructions  650 . 
         [0177]    Intensity  658  may be any amount of electromagnetic radiation emitted or emanated or to be emitted or emanated from the lighting device  110 . In some embodiments, intensity  658  identifies an amount of photons of light emitted from the lighting device  110 . In further embodiments, intensity  658  is an amount of light emitted by lighting device  110  per a predetermined amount of time. In some embodiments, intensity  658  is defined by the duty cycle of a signal or communication received by the lighting device  110  via connection  105 . In some embodiments, intensity  658  within a period  205  is defined by a ratio of a duration of a period  205  for which the signal or communication have a high value to a duration of the entire duration of the period  205 . In further embodiments, intensity  658  within a period  205  is defined by an average voltage, current or power value of the signal within the period  205 . In some embodiments, intensity  658  may be defined by a signal that comprises a plurality of periods  205 . The lighting device  110  may emit light or otherwise operate in accordance with intensity  658 . The intensity  658  may change from period  205  to period  205 . In some embodiments, intensity  658  may remain unchanged over any number of consecutive periods  205 , regardless if some periods  205  comprise one or more instructions  650 . 
         [0178]    Instructions  650  may include any type and form of commands, instructions, or configurations, such as for assigning a status to a lighting device  110 . Instructions  650  may include data  210 , data bits  215  or instruction bits  220 . In some embodiment, instructions  650  includes any combination of data  220 , data bits  215  or instruction bits  220 . In some embodiments, instructions  650  include any type and form or commands and instructions for assigning a status of a master or a slave to a lighting device  110 . The status of a master may enable the lighting device  110  to send out instructions or commands to one or more lighting devices on a network. The status of a master may further enable the lighting device to control, manage or modify operation, functionality or output of other lighting devices  110  connected to the lighting devices  110  via the connection  105 . The status of a slave may enable the lighting device  110  to receive instructions and commands from a lighting device  110  that is assigned a status of the master. The status of a slave may enable the lighting device to be controlled, managed or have its operation, functionality or output modified by the lighting device that is assigned a status of the master. The lighting device  110  assigned the status of a slave may be modified, commanded, operated or have its operation or functionality controlled or modified by the lighting device  110  having the status of the master by receiving instructions  650  via the connection  105 . 
         [0179]    In some embodiments, instructions  650  include messages used to diagnose problems of lighting devices  110 . Instructions  650  may include requests and responses to the requests and may be sent by master or slave lighting devices  650 , such as:
   LC_ACK_ON_ALERTS sending an acknowledgement to check for an error, such as humidity, temperature or voltage error;   LC_CLEAR_ALERTS clearing alert flags from the lighting device  110 ;   LC_SET_ALERT_HISTORY setting alert flag if permanent history exists.   LC_DRIVE_LED_ALERT setting an alert light or alert LED if an alert is set;   LC_DRIVE_LED_ADDRESS setting alert light to on when a match between an address  127  of a previously received instruction  650  and an address  127  of the lighting device  110  is detected;   LC_NO_DRIVE_LED to set alert light to off;   LC_ACK_ON_AMBIENT sending an acknowledgement if ambient light detector is active;   LC_ACK_ON_PIR sending an acknowledgement if an object  450  is detected on a light switch enclosure.   
 
         [0188]    In some embodiments, instructions  650  include messages that include commands for controlling or managing of the lighting devices  110 . Instructions  650  may include dimming or brightness level instructions, color settings, flashing instructions, timing instructions, or any other control instructions, such as:
   LC_SET_DIM commanding a setting of a dimming or a brightness value   LC_SET_RED setting a value of brightness of red light;   LC_SET_GREEN setting a value of brightness of green light;   LC_SET_BLUE setting a value of brightness of blue light;   LC_LATCH_RGB setting a value of brightness or intensity using a previous value for a specific zone or a specific group of lighting devices  110 ;   LC_LATCH_RGB_SHORT setting a value of brightness or intensity for all zones or all groups of lighting devices  110 ;   LC_MOVING_DOWN decreasing dim or brightness, intensity level;   LC_MOVING-UP increasing dim or brightness, intensity level;   LC_FOLLOW_DIM_LINE using external source for PWM signal to modify the dim or brightness and intensity level. Such external signal control may be cancelled with LC_SET_DIM instruction;   LC_SELECT_LED 1  selecting a lighting device  110   a  of the plurality of lighting devices  110 ;   LC_SELECT_LED 2  selecting a lighting device  110   b  of the plurality of lighting devices  110 ;   LC_SELECT_LED 3  selecting a lighting device  110   c  of the plurality of lighting devices  110 ;   LC_LATCH_FADE_SPEED using a previously sent value to set speed of fading light between 0% and 100%;   LC_LATCH_MAX_LEVEL using a previously sent value as maximum dim or intensity, brightness level.;   LC_LATCH_SMOOTH_TIME using a previously sent value as dim number last sent as DIM transition time for “smooth DIM”   LC_LATCH_ON_TIME using a value sent as a time interval during which the lighting device  110  will be turned on during the strobe or flashing effect;   LC_LATCH_OFF_TIME using a value sent as a time interval during which the lighting device  110  will be turned off during the strobe or flashing effect;   LC_START_FLASH starting a flashing or strobe effect by counting PWM pulses from the master lighting device  110 ;   LC_STOP_FLASH stopping the flashing or strobe effect.   
 
         [0208]    In some embodiments, instructions  650  include messages that set or check addresses of the lighting devices  110 . Instructions  650  may include any requests for address matches, setting of addresses, such as:
   LC_ACK_ADDRESS requesting response from specific address. The address may include a number between 1 and 511. This instruction may send 0 to clear the addresses;   LC_ENTER_LEARN_MODE turning on the learn mode or the addressing assignment mode and allowing the lighting devices  110  to learn set addresses, be assigned addresses or modify addresses; LC_CANCEL_LEARN_MODE ignoring learn mode and not saving the modified addresses;   LC_EXIT_LEARN_MODE turning off the learn mode or the addressing assignment mode;   LC_ACK_ZONE_MATCH sending acknowledgement if a one-wire zone or group of lighting devices  110  was recognized;   LC_FLASH_ZONE_ID flashing a zone identifier;   LC_RESET_ZONE setting the zone to default, such as value of 0 for example.   
 
         [0215]    In some embodiments, instructions  650  include messages that activate or deactivate light switch enclosure detection of an object  450 , such as:
   LC_IR_TOUCH_SENSE commanding to use infrared, or IR, touch sensing;   LC_IR_CODELSENSE commanding to use IR receive code sensing;   LC_PIR_SENSE commanding to use passive IR person sensing   LC_KEY_FOB_SENSE commanding to use wireless key fob sensing   LC_OTHER_SENSE commanding to use unlisted or an auxiliary technology for sensing   LC_NO_SENSE commanding to turn off all sensing, and instead use the line communication between the lighting devices  110  only;.   
 
         [0222]    In some embodiments, instructions  650  include messages that set or check for master or slave statuses of the lighting devices  110 . Instructions  650  may assign or verify master and slave statuses of the lighting devices using any number of commands, such as:
   LC_ACK_MASTER sending a global request to all the lighting devices  110  to acknowledge a master status of a lighting device  110 .   LC_ACK_GRANT_MASTER granting or assigning a master status to a lighting device  110  previously having a slave status;   LC_ACK_DECODE_ERR sending an acknowledgement response stating that the instruction  650  to acknowledge a master status was not recognized;   LC_CHECK_FOR_SLAVE sending a request to set a status of a lighting device  110  to slave status;   LC_ACK_REQ_SHORT sending a default request to set a hardware to clear.   
 
         [0228]    In some embodiments, instructions  650  include messages that configure options, such as clock and timing of the lighting devices. Such instructions may grant or assign generic status or be used for control of communications, such as:
   LC_POWER_ON_FULL powering on the lighting devices  110  to full 100% brightness or intensity;   LC_POWER_ON_LAST remembering a previous setting for next power-on   LC_SET_NUMBER setting current value to be used for intensity, addresses, status, commands or communication to any value between 0 and 1023.   LC_LATCH_COUNT using a value previously sent as count for upload/download bytes in packet, time setting;   LC_LATCH_CLOCK_TIME using a value previously sent for a time and date, such as years/days/hours/seconds of time;   LC_SET_ACTION using a value previously sent to assign the date and time of the event;   LC_RESET_HARDWARE resetting hardware of the lighting devices  110 ;   LC_RAW_DATA sending raw data, such as higher-level protocol for extended commands;   LC_REQUEST_STATUS asking for configuration string.   
 
         [0238]    Instructions  650  may include status responses for lighting devices  110  such as, 12″ V-Line “Gen2.1”, 18″ V-Line “Gen-2.1”, Touch V1, Aperion V2, TriLight V3, Lightlink 105 V3, LightLink 101 V3, Super LightLink, or any other lighting device  110 . The instructions  650  may further include current software version or revision. In some embodiments, instructions  650  include software interfaces used for communication, such as the line, DMX communication interface, differential serial communication line or a wireless connection. Instructions  650  may further include hardware features installed, such as InfraRed, or IR detect present, light switch enclosure  400  or PIR detect present, ambient light sensor present, fire sensor present, DMZ interface present or wireless radio present. Instructions  650  may further include input selections, such as: 0 to 10 volt input, 10 volt current source, MOM switch, DMX address, PWM signal input, inverted PWM signal input, preset switch input, IR touch or IR command line. Instructions  650  may further include a time, such as current time of day, total on duration of time, lighting device  110  on running time, and event timers. Instructions  650  may include humidity, temperature and voltage error readings, such as: humidity reading, minimum lifetime humidity reading with time stamp, maximum lifetime humidity reading with time stamp, temperature reading, minimum lifetime temperature reading with time stamp, maximum lifetime temperature reading with time stamp and over voltage detection with time stamp. Sometimes, instructions  650  may further include current status of sensors, such as: IR detect, PIR detect, PIR person detector tripped since last request, current state of ambient light sensor, and current state of the fire or smoke sensor. 
         [0239]    Connection  105 , which may also be referred to as the line, may be any medium through which signals, communications, instructions, power and intensity are transmitted. In some embodiments, the line is a I2Systems Lightlink™ of I2Systems Inc. In further embodiments, the line is I2Systems or I2System Lightlink Control Bus, also referred to as LLCB by I2Systems Inc. The line may comprise a single active wire connection between two or more lighting devices  110  and a single ground return wire. Two or more lighting devices  110  may be connected via the line in parallel connection, in series connection or in any combination of parallel and series connections. In some embodiments, the lighting devices are connected in a parallel connection pattern in which the communication receiving pins of the lighting devices  110  are connected to the active wire of the line and ground pins of the lighting devices  110  are connected to the ground wire of the line. In some embodiments, the line includes a medium for controlling lighting devices  110  via a lighting dimmer scheme, such as a DMX-512 protocol for a DMX connection. In further embodiments, the line includes a RS-232 connection, a wireless connection or an Ethernet connection. In still further embodiments, the line is any medium supporting or handling any 8/16 bit digital communication. 
         [0240]    In one embodiment, a master lighting device  11  Oa communicates with a plurality of slave lighting devices  110  via the line. The line may include an active wire via which the communications are transmitted, and a ground return wire. Communications transmitted may include signals, instructions, request and response messages, power or intensity modulating signals, commands, configurations, settings, read-backs or any other type and form of transmissions The communications may be digital transmissions of any voltage or current characteristics or range. In some embodiments, digital pulse width modulated (PWM) signals based on a 5 volt digital logic are transmitted via the line. The PWM signals may use a 5 volt signal to indicate a high state, while a 0 volt transmission may indicate a low state. A threshold distinguishing between the high and the low levels may be any value between 0 and 5 volts, such as 2.5 volts for example. In some embodiments, the signal in addition to only two levels, a high level and a low level, may further include additional levels, such as a third level, a fourth level, a fifth level, and so on. The line may transmit communication using a half-duplex channel allowing a single lighting device  110   a  to send a communication at one time. The lighting devices  110  receiving the communication may send acknowledgement transmissions in response to the received communication. The acknowledgement may include a response that a received instruction  650  was implemented or an indication that the received communication was acknowledged. In some embodiments, acknowledgements include a response that an error occurred or that that the received instruction  650  was not acknowledged. For example, the master lighting device  110   a  may send an instruction  650  to set a first slave lighting device  110   b  as a master lighting device. In response to the received instruction  650 , the master lighting device  110   a  may receive acknowledgements from each of the lighting devices  110 . Once each of the lighting devices  110  has acknowledged affirmatively, the first slave lighting device  110   b  may be assigned a master status and all the remaining lighting devices  110 , including the master lighting device  110   a,  may be assigned a slave status. The first slave lighting device  110   b  is from that point on recognized as the master and may send any instructions  650  or commands to any of the lighting devices  110 . Thus, the group of lighting devices  110  in this embodiment only have a single master lighting device  110  at a given time. 
         [0241]    Instructions and acknowledgements transmitted between the lighting devices  110  may be sent via the line using any communication, such as DMX communication that uses DMX-512 protocol. In some embodiments, the DMX communication may be used or modified to enable two-way communication between lighting devices  110  by using RS-232 connections to listen for incoming communication, such as instructions or acknowledgements. Instructions or commands may be of any bit length, such as 2 bits, 4 bits, 8 bits, 16 bits or 32 bits. In some embodiments, instructions include a command of 4 bits, 8 bits of data and 4 bit checksum. In further embodiments, an additional instruction may be used to check for activity over the line. The rate of the communication transmitted via the line may vary. In some embodiments, communication is transmitted via the line at a rate of 250 cps. In further embodiments, communication transmitted may be at speed of 500 cps or clocks per second, 1000 cps, 4000 cps, 16000 cps or any other rate. 
         [0242]    Referring now to  FIG. 6B , an embodiment of steps for a method for assigning a status to a lighting device over a single line or a connection used by the lighting device to communicate with one or more of other lighting devices is illustrated. At step  605 , a first lighting device receives via a line a signal comprising an instruction within a first duty cycle. At step  610 , a detector of the first lighting device detects the instruction. At step  615 , a master/slave addressor assigns a status identified by the instruction to the first lighting device. At step  620 , the first lighting device emits light identified by the first duty cycle. At step  625 , the first lighting device receives via the line a second signal comprising a second duty cycle. At step  630 , the detector detects that the second signal comprises no instruction and the first lighting device emits light identified by the second duty cycle. 
         [0243]    At step  605 , a first lighting device, such as the lighting device  110 , receives via a line a signal comprising an instruction within a first duty cycle. The first lighting device may receive the signal via any line, such as a connection  105  for example. In some embodiments, the signal is transmitted to the first lighting device via a conducting wire. In further embodiments, the first lighting device receives the signal via a wireless link. In yet further embodiments, the first lighting device receives the signal in the form of an electromagnetic wireless transmission that can be of any bandwidth or spectral range. In still further embodiments, the first lighting device receives the signal via an optical fiber or via any type and form of a waveguide. The signal received may include any type and form of a communication or a transmission, such as digital, analog, optical, wireless, electromagnetic or electrical signal or transmission. The signal may be divided into any number of periods  205 . In some embodiments, the signal is of a duration of a single period  205 . In other embodiments, the signal is of a duration of a plurality of periods  205 . The signal may include any number of instructions, such as the instructions  650 . In some embodiments, the instruction includes an instruction  650  to set or establish a status of the first lighting device. In further embodiments, the instruction includes an instruction or a command to set or establish a master status to the first lighting device. In other embodiments, the instruction includes an instruction or a command to establish a slave status to the first lighting device. In still further embodiments, the instruction includes an instruction or a command to set or establish an intermediary status to the first lighting device. The intermediary status may be a status different from the master status or the slave status. The intermediary status may enable the first lighting device to act or operate as a master to a first number of lighting devices and to act or operate as a slave to a second number of lighting devices. The first number of lighting devices and the second number of lighting devices may be connected to the first lighting device via the same line, such as a connection  105 . The instructions comprised by the signal may be included within the first duty cycle of the signal. The first duty cycle may be a duty cycle of a first period  205  of a plurality of periods  205  of the signal. The first duty cycle may be any fraction or a ratio of a duration of a period  205  for which the signal includes a high voltage value over the total duration of the period  205 . In some embodiments, first duty cycle is a fraction or a ratio of a duration of a period  205  for which the signal includes a high current value over the total duration of the period  205 . In further embodiments, first duty cycle is a fraction or a ratio of a duration of a period  205  for which the signal includes a high power value over the total duration of the period  205 . In some embodiments, duty cycle includes an average value of the signal averaged over the period  205 . The total duration of the period  205  may include portions of the signal having any number of values. 
         [0244]    At step  610 , any component of the first lighting device detects the instruction. The instruction may be any instruction  650 . In some embodiments, detector  605  detects the instruction  650 . In further embodiments, communicator  125  detects the instruction  650 . In still further embodiments, controller  120  detects the instruction  650 . In yet further embodiments, master/slave addressor  130  detects the instruction  650 . The first lighting device may detect the instruction using any type and form of a detecting mechanism, apparatus, application or a device. In some embodiments, the first lighting device detects the instruction  650  using a detector that monitors the receiving signal detects the instruction  650  within the signal. In further embodiments, the first lighting device monitors the incoming signal for a specific signal profile in order to detect the instruction. The lighting device  110  may detect the instruction  650  by matching an address or an identifier comprised by the incoming instruction  650  to address  127  stored on the lighting device  110 . The address or the identifier of the instruction  650  may include any set of characters, numbers, symbols, data  210 , data bits  215  or instruction bits  220 . In some embodiments, the address or the identifier of the instruction  650  includes a set of data bits  215 , characters, numbers or symbols that that match data bits  215 , characters, numbers or symbols of the address  127  stored on the lighting device  110 . The first lighting device may detect the instruction  650  by parsing the received instruction into components, one of which may be an address comprised by the instruction  650 . The address or the identifier of the parsed instruction  650  may be matched to the address  127  of the first lighting device by the detector  605 . In some embodiments, detector  605  matches the address or the identifier of the instruction  650  to the address  127  of the lighting device using any type and form of a logic comparator, a policy or a rule. In further embodiments, the lighting device uses a policy engine to match an address or the identifier of the instruction  650  to the address  127  of the lighting device. In still further embodiments, the lighting device uses a rule engine to match an address or the identifier of the instruction  650  to the address  127  of the lighting device. In yet further embodiments, the lighting device  110  uses any combination of a comparator, a logic component a parser, a rule engine, a policy engine or any other matching or detecting unit to detect the instruction  650 . Detector  605  may further identify the type of instruction, such as an instruction  650  to assign a master status, a slave status or any other type of status to the first lighting device  110 . In some embodiments, the first lighting device  110  identifies the instruction to assign a master status to the first lighting device. In other embodiments, the first lighting device identifies the instruction to assign a slave status to the first lighting device. In further embodiments, the first lighting device identifies the instruction to assign any other status, such as an intermediary status, to the first lighting device. 
         [0245]    At step  615 , a component of the first lighting device assigns a status to the first lighting device. The status may be assigned to the first lighting device  110  in response to the identification of the received instruction  650  by the detector  605 . The status may be assigned to the first lighting device  110  in response to the matching of the address or the identifier of the instruction  650 . In some embodiments, master/slave addressor  130  of the first lighting device assigns the status to the first lighting device  110 . In other embodiments, any component of the lighting device  110  assigns the status to the first lighting device  110 . In further embodiments, the status assigned to the first lighting device  110  is identified by the instruction  650  received by the first lighting device  110 . The status may be assigned in response to the detection of the instruction  650 . In some embodiments, the status is assigned in response to the matching of the address or the identifier of the instruction  650  with the address  127  of the first lighting device  110 . In still further embodiments, master/slave addressor  130  modifies or edits configuration of the first lighting device  110  in accordance with the status identified by the instruction  650 . Master/slave addressor  130  may edit or modify settings or configuration of the first lighting device  110  to a specific configuration of the status identified by the instruction  650 . In some embodiments, master/slave addressor  130  edits or modifies the configuration of the first lighting device to the master configuration in response to the detection  650  of the instruction to set the first lighting device  110  to the status of the master. In further embodiments, master/slave addressor  130  edits or modifies the configuration of the first lighting device  110  to the slave configuration in response to the detection of the instruction  650  to set the first lighting device  110  to the status of a slave. In yet further embodiments, master/slave addressor  130  edits or modifies the configuration of the first lighting device to the intermediary configuration in response to the detection of the instruction to set the first lighting device to the intermediary status. Modified configuration in response to the detection of the instruction  650  to set up or assign a master status to the first lighting device  110  may change operation of the first lighting device  110  to control or manage other lighting devices connected via the line. In some embodiments, modified configuration in response to the detection of the instruction  650  to assign or set up a slave status to the first lighting device  110  changes or modifies the operation of the first lighting device  110  to be controlled or managed by another lighting device  110  that is connected via the line, or the connection  105 , to the first lighting device  110 . 
         [0246]    At step  620 , the first lighting device emits light identified by the first duty cycle. The first lighting device  110  may emit the light having the intensity  650  or the power  655  as defined by the first duty cycle or as defined by the signal within the first duty cycle. In some embodiments, the first lighting device emits light that has intensity  658  that is identified by the first duty cycle. In further embodiments, first lighting device emits light that has intensity  658  that is identified by the plurality of successive duty cycles, such as the first duty cycle. In still further embodiments, the first lighting device emits light that has intensity  658  that is proportional to the first duty cycle. In still further embodiments, the first lighting device emits light that has intensity  658  that is proportional to the maximum intensity of light emitted by the first lighting device multiplied by the first duty cycle. In some embodiments, the first lighting device emits light that has power  655  identified by the first duty cycle. In further embodiments, first lighting device emits light that has power  655  identified by the plurality of successive duty cycles. In still further embodiments, the first lighting device emits light that has power  655  that is proportional to the first duty cycle. In still further embodiments, the first lighting device emits light that has power  655  that is proportional to the maximum power used by the first lighting device multiplied by the first duty cycle. In further embodiments, the first lighting device  110  emits light that has pulse or intensity variation that is defined or identified by the first duty cycle or by a plurality of duty cycles such as the first duty cycle. 
         [0247]    At step  625 , the first lighting device receives via the line a second signal comprising a second duty cycle. The second signal may be divided into any number of periods  205 . In some embodiments, the second signal is of a duration of a single period  205 . In other embodiments, the second signal is of a duration of a plurality of consecutive periods  205 . The first lighting device may receive via the line a second signal comprising any functionality or any feature of the signal received by the first lighting device in step  605 . In some embodiments, the second signal comprises a second duty cycle that is same as the first duty cycle or substantially similar to the first duty cycle. In other embodiments, the second duty cycle is different from the first duty cycle. The second duty cycle may include any embodiments and any functionality of any duty cycle. The second duty cycle may not include any instructions  650  but may still define or identify the same power  655  or the same intensity  658  as defined by the first duty cycle. In some embodiments, the second duty cycle does not include any instructions  650  but still identifies or defines power  655  that is the same or substantially similar as the power  655  defined or identified by the first duty cycle. In further embodiments, the second duty cycle does not include any instructions  650  but still identifies or defines power  655  that is the same or substantially similar as the power  655  defined or identified by the first duty cycle. 
         [0248]    At step  630 , first lighting device detects that the second signal comprises no instructions and emits light identified by the second duty cycle. In some embodiments, detector  605  detects no instructions  650  within the second signal. The first lighting device may emit light identified by the second duty cycle. The first lighting device  110  may emit the light as identified by the second duty cycle regardless of the presence or absence of the instruction  650  from the signal within the second duty cycle. The first lighting device  110  may emit the light having the intensity  650  or the power  655  as defined by the second duty cycle or as defined by the signal within the second duty cycle. In some embodiments, the first lighting device emits light that has intensity  658  that is proportional to the second duty cycle. In still further embodiments, the first lighting device emits light that has intensity  658  that is proportional to the maximum intensity of light emitted by the first lighting device multiplied by the second duty cycle. In some embodiments, the first lighting device emits light that has power  655  identified by the second duty cycle. In further embodiments, first lighting device emits light that has power  655  identified by the plurality of successive duty cycles. In still further embodiments, the first lighting device emits light that has power  655  that is proportional to the second duty cycle. In still further embodiments, the first lighting device emits light that has power  655  that is proportional to the maximum power used by the first lighting device multiplied by the second duty cycle. In further embodiments, the first lighting device  110  emits light that has pulse or intensity variation that is defined or identified by the second duty cycle or by a plurality of duty cycles such as the second duty cycle.