How to decode U.P.S. Information from UPS MaxiCode Barcode?

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user46482 picture user46482 · Dec 15, 2008 · Viewed 22.3k times · Source

I recently purchased a 2D Barcode reader. When scanning a U.P.S. barcode, I get about half of the information I want, and about half of it looks to be encrypted in some way. I have heard there is a UPS DLL.

Example - Everything in bold seems to be encrypted, while the non-bold text contains valuable, legitimate data.

[)>01961163522424800031Z50978063UPSN12312307G:%"6*AH537&M9&QXP2E:)16(E&539R'64O

In other words, this text seems OK - and I can parse the information [)>01961163522424800031Z50978063UPSN123123 ...

While, this data seems to be encrypted ... 07G:%"6*AH537&M9&QXP2E:)16(E&539R'64O

Any Ideas???

Everything I read on the internet says I should be able to read this thing. I'm just not finding any information on specifics. The "encrypted" info contains street address, package number (like 1/2), weight, and several other items Im dying to get my hands on. I suppose I will contact UPS directly. Thanks.

Answer

andyknas picture andyknas · Jan 10, 2011

The data after the SCAC is compressed and requires a DLL or some other component from UPS in order to decode. Note that a MaxiCode holds only about 100 characters of data so compression is required in order to encode more shipping data.

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