The term 'star wiring' seems to be a little confusing in what is suggests versus what is meant for trouble-free DCS operation. The term suggests that each feeder should be run to a central location, but I don't think that is true. Perhaps some other term should be used such as 'isolated feeders'. From what I've read, a buss wire will work just fine as long as any one isolated block of track only has one feeder wire connected, AND the buss is not looped, ex it is connected to a transformer on one end, and nothing on the other end. The goal being to make sure that the DCS signal can only reach an engine by one path at time.
Is this correct?
JGL