A lighting device (6) comprising a light emitting diode module (8), arranged for being installed in a lighting fixture (1), and for receiving power from a ballast (3) accommodated in the lighting fixture (1). The lighting device (6) has a ballast type detection circuit (12), for determining ballast type detection data from power signals supplied by the ballast (3), and a communication circuit (13), operatively connected to the ballast type detection circuit (12), for exchanging the ballast type detection data, among others for providing maintenance information and for operation of the lighting device (6) in a lighting system.