Abstract: Lighting assembly comprising a two-wire light string, wherein sockets are placed in parallel at different positions of the light string, wherein each of the sockets is provided so as to connect a lamp to the two wires, and wherein a controller is provided at one end of the light string, which controller is provided so as to provide a voltage signal over the two wires, and which controller is further provided so as to superimpose a control signal on the voltage signal, wherein the controller further comprises a mains connection and comprises a filter between the two-wire light string and the mains connection, which filter is provided for the purpose of blocking propagation of the control signal from the light string to the mains connection.