Binary signaling via power switching

1. A lighting system, comprising:

a lighting device;

a switching device configured to control application of lighting power to the lighting device; and

an automation system comprising a non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon, the instructions executable by a processing device to:

receive a lighting profile selection; and

cycle the switching device to transmit an encoded binary signal to the lighting device, wherein the encoded binary signal is a binary representation of a numerical value identifying the lighting profile selection and is decodable by the lighting device to instructs the lighting device to emit a lighting profile identified by the encoded binary signal.

2. The system of claim 1 , further comprising:

a transformer configured to receive a first power from the switching device and to transfer the lighting power to the lighting device, wherein the encoded binary signal is transmitted across the transformer to the lighting device.

3. The system of claim 2 , wherein the transformer comprises a 120 VAC-to-12 VAC transformer.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the processing device to:

identify the numerical value associated with the lighting profile selection; and

encode the encoded binary signal to represent the numerical value associated with the lighting profile selection.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the lighting device comprises an additional non-transitory computer-readable medium having additional instructions stored thereon, the additional instructions executable by an additional processing device to:

receive the encoded binary signal;

decode the encoded binary signal to identify the lighting profile selection; and

control a light of the lighting device to emit the lighting profile identified by the encoded binary signal.

6. The system of claim 5 , wherein decoding the encoded binary signal to identify the lighting profile selection comprises:

determining the numerical value of the encoded binary signal; and

comparing the numerical value of the encoded binary signal to a set of numerical values associated with a set of lighting profiles to identify the lighting profile selection.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the lighting device is positionable within a swimming pool.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the switching device comprises a high power relay.

9. The system of claim 1 , wherein the encoded binary signal comprises a power signal transmitted over a plurality of time slots, wherein each time slot of the plurality of time slots represents a different bit of the encoded binary signal.

10. A method, comprising:

receiving, at an automation system of a lighting system, a light profile indication;

cycling a power switching device to generate an encoded binary signal representing a binary representation of a numerical value identifying the light profile indication;

receiving, at a lighting device of the lighting system, the encoded binary signal; and

controlling the lighting device to emit a light profile associated with the light profile indication.

11. The method of claim 10 , further comprising:

encoding, at the automation system, the encoded binary signal based on the numerical value of the light profile indication;

decoding, at the lighting device, the encoded binary signal to the numerical value; and

comparing, at the lighting device, the numerical value to a set of numerical values associated with a set of lighting profiles to identify the lighting profile indication.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the set of lighting profiles comprise at least 128 unique lighting profiles.

13. The method of claim 10 , wherein the encoded binary signal comprises a power signal transmitted over a plurality of time slots, wherein each time slot of the plurality of time slots represents a different bit of the encoded binary signal.

14. The method of claim 10 , wherein the encoded binary signal comprises at least 7 bits.

15. A lighting device, comprising:

a light configured to receive a lighting voltage;

a lighting controller comprising a non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon, the instructions executable by a processing device to:

receive an encoded binary signal from the lighting voltage, wherein the encoded binary signal is generated by a power switching device and the encoded binary signal represents a number identifying a lighting profile selection;

decode the encoded binary signal to identify the lighting profile selection of the light; and

control the light to emit the lighting profile selection.

16. The lighting device of claim 15 , wherein decoding the encoded binary signal comprises:

identifying a numerical value of the encoded binary signal; and

comparing the numerical value to a set of numerical values associated with a set of lighting profiles to identify the lighting profile selection.

17. The lighting device of claim 15 , wherein the encoded binary signal comprises a power signal transmitted over a plurality of time slots, wherein each time slot of the plurality of time slots represents a different bit of the binary signal.

18. The lighting device of claim 15 , further comprising a transformer configured to transform a received voltage input at a first voltage level to the lighting voltage at a second voltage level.

19. The lighting device of claim 15 , wherein the lighting device is controllable to output at least 128 unique lighting profiles.