A lighting control system bulb detection apparatus for determining a bulb type, the apparatus comprising: a lighting control module configured to cause a transmission of a quantity of electrical energy to a lighting circuit electrically connectable to the lighting control module ; a detector circuit positioned in the lighting control module , the detector circuit configured to measure a response of the lighting circuit to the transmission of the quantity of electrical energy; and a controller configured to receive a detector signal from the detector circuit containing data representing information related to the measured response of the lighting circuit, the controller configured to correlate the quantity of electrical energy transmitted to the lighting circuit to the measured response of the lighting circuit and to determine a bulb type of a bulb in the lighting circuit by comparing the correlation, of the quantity of electrical energy and the measured response, to a plurality of correlations stored for a plurality of bulb types; characterized in that the controller is further configured to select a dimming profile from a plurality of dimming profiles stored in a database of the controller based on the determined bulb type and to send a control signal to a power circuit of the lighting control module to change a power supplied to the lighting circuit based on data in the selected dimming profile and in that the controller is further configured to compare the information of the detector signal related to the measured response of the lighting circuit with response data of a plurality of known circuits in a further database, wherein the response data contains information about a response to the transmission of electrical energy for each of the known circuits, wherein the measured response is at least one of current, voltage or impedance; and to identify a bulb manufacturer of the bulb in the lighting circuit based on the measured current response following a rapid decrease in voltage. a lighting control module configured to cause a transmission of a quantity of electrical energy to a lighting circuit electrically connectable to the lighting control module ; a detector circuit positioned in the lighting control module , the detector circuit configured to measure a response of the lighting circuit to the transmission of the quantity of electrical energy; and a controller configured to receive a detector signal from the detector circuit containing data representing information related to the measured response of the lighting circuit, the controller configured to correlate the quantity of electrical energy transmitted to the lighting circuit to the measured response of the lighting circuit and to determine a bulb type of a bulb in the lighting circuit by comparing the correlation, of the quantity of electrical energy and the measured response, to a plurality of correlations stored for a plurality of bulb types; characterized in that the controller is further configured to select a dimming profile from a plurality of dimming profiles stored in a database of the controller based on the determined bulb type and to send a control signal to a power circuit of the lighting control module to change a power supplied to the lighting circuit based on data in the selected dimming profile and in that the controller is further configured to compare the information of the detector signal related to the measured response of the lighting circuit with response data of a plurality of known circuits in a further database, wherein the response data contains information about a response to the transmission of electrical energy for each of the known circuits, wherein the measured response is at least one of current, voltage or impedance; and to identify a bulb manufacturer of the bulb in the lighting circuit based on the measured current response following a rapid decrease in voltage. <EOS>