Vernon actually it is not flat out false - Barry Broskowitz
"The star wiring method was intended to minimize signal duplication by having all track feeders (and thus control signal paths) as close to being the same length as possible.]
This myth still comes up every now and then though it was proven years ago that the wires being equal or unequal have no effect on DCS. But having more than 1 track feed per block can cause signal duplications"
"Star wiring, with center rail-insulated blocks, is implemented primarily to ensure that a DCS engine (PS2/PS3) sees only one incidence of a command, rather than multiple incidences separated in (not very much) time.
Regardless, DCS is considerably more tolerant than one would suspect and, consequently, some different wiring schemes will yield acceptable, if not perfect, results. When adding DCS to an existing layout, the best advice is to just hook it up, see what you get and work from there.
