A lighting system automatically assigns a unique address to each lighting apparatus, and controls each lighting apparatus based on the assigned address. The lighting system may include a first lighting apparatus, a second lighting apparatus connected to the first lighting apparatus in series, and a bridge device coupled to the first and second lighting apparatuses in series and configured to assign an address to the first and second lighting apparatuses. The bridge device may transmit a first data packet to initialize the lighting apparatuses for address assignment, and a control circuit may disconnect the connections between the lighting apparatuses during address assignment.