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snorkle256

are we sure that bctester actually reads maxicode and just is not spitting out 69 based on an improper decode? the bctester site is blocked for me so I had to get a download elsewhere and I can find nothing in it saying it supports maxicode.

**Posted:** Wed Sep 09, 2009 2:51 pm

Nighthawk

bcTester v4.8, which is the latest version from that site, doesn't identify it at all. I just tried it myself.

**Posted:** Wed Sep 09, 2009 2:57 pm

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**Posted:** Wed Sep 09, 2009 3:11 pm

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**Posted:** Wed Sep 09, 2009 3:17 pm

catherwood-offline · Guest

i suggest testing your decoders on a known code block, such as the one on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MaxiCode which decodes to "Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia"
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b4/MaxiCode.svg

**Posted:** Wed Sep 09, 2009 3:35 pm

cypher80b · Guest

You are right. It was improper decoding... Rolling Eyes

I tried a console tool but during the decoding it throws too many errors so i don't know if the result does make any sense...

|&u600D|*t600R|&a1000v500H|&fS|&f23465Y|&f0X|&a+24.1H|&a-20v-15H|*rf1A|*bm3W

**Posted:** Wed Sep 09, 2009 4:00 pm

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**Posted:** Wed Sep 09, 2009 4:41 pm

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right, I also use bcTester, and it attempts to find the best matching barcode if it's not explicitly known. 69 is definitely not the answer =)

It would be nice if they updated their software again though. It's a wonderful app.

**Posted:** Thu Sep 10, 2009 10:31 am

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**Posted:** Thu Sep 10, 2009 11:25 am

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Noran · Greenhorn Joined: 09 Sep 2009 Posts: 3

Could it be that we are too fixated on decoding this code? Maybe there is more IN this picture than this maxicode? Its not a .gif-animation (I checked this) and there is no message hidden in the picture (except the code^^) or I used the wrong tools to check. In the .wav neiter. (Or I used the wrong tools, too). And why Dr. Who? Where I the link?
Maybe I am thinking way to complicated but could it be that decoding this code brings not the results we hope it does? (nevertheless I would decode this, if I could)

I found a tool for reading Maxicodes. There is only one problem: I need a USB-Code-Scanner for this...

(Before I forget: Hi guys, I�m new^^ Sorry if my english is not the best, its not my native language=) )

**Posted:** Thu Sep 10, 2009 11:47 am

hexDa3m0n

If you've found a reader, post the link. So far all the ways I have tried to reverse engineer have failed. (You'd think people would make it easier to hack their code apart..... Rolling Eyes

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Have we decided which Mode the Maxicode is in?

**Posted:** Thu Sep 10, 2009 11:50 am

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Noran · Greenhorn Joined: 09 Sep 2009 Posts: 3

Sorry, here is the link
http://www.idautomation.com/
there are some informations abput maxicode and how to decode it and the tool I found.

**Posted:** Thu Sep 10, 2009 12:04 pm

Nighthawk

Yeah, everything I've found so far is a hardware solution.

I'd be tempted to ship something to myself via UPS and then hijack the driver's reader. Razz

**Posted:** Thu Sep 10, 2009 1:18 pm

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**Posted:** Thu Sep 10, 2009 1:56 pm

Gadjilitron · Veteran Joined: 19 Aug 2009 Posts: 112

So after watching the Blink episode, I can't figure out what we're meant to be getting from it. Theres no mention of a website at all during the entire show. Perhaps if we had a bit more help as to what we're looking for we'd be able to find it.

**Posted:** Thu Sep 10, 2009 2:06 pm