From 79c8494f9f5254e669e03d24006c96d832676a98 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lewis Moten <lewismoten@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 17 May 2024 22:24:54 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] add option to send first packet twice

---
 Panels/MessagePanel.js |  6 ++++++
 index.js               | 11 ++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Panels/MessagePanel.js b/Panels/MessagePanel.js
index 142e955..d44910f 100644
--- a/Panels/MessagePanel.js
+++ b/Panels/MessagePanel.js
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@ class MessagePanel extends BasePanel {
     this.addDynamicText('bytes', 0);
     this.closeField();
 
+    this.addCheckboxes('packet-options', [
+      { text: 'Send First Packet Twice', id: 'first-packet-twice', checked: true },
+    ]);
+
     this.addEventListener('send-button-click', () => {
       if(this.getSendButtonText() === 'Send') {
         this.dispatcher.emit('sendClick');
@@ -46,6 +50,8 @@ class MessagePanel extends BasePanel {
     });
     this.dispatcher.emit('dataTypeChange', {values: [this.getDataType()]});
   }
+  setIsFirstPacketSentTwice = (checked) => this.setCheckedById('first-packet-twice', checked);
+  getIsFirstPacketSentTwice = () => this.getCheckedById('first-packet-twice');
   getSendButtonText = () => this.getValueById('send-button');
   setSendButtonText = text => this.setValueById('send-button', text);
   setMessageText = text => {
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index bb5be52..c0221bf 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ function handleWindowLoad() {
   messagePanel.setMessageText(Randomizer.text(5));
   messagePanel.setDataType('text');
   messagePanel.setSendButtonText('Send');
+  messagePanel.setIsFirstPacketSentTwice(true);
 
   messagePanel.addEventListener('dataTypeChange', ({values: [dataType]}) => {
     receivePanel.setDataType(dataType);
@@ -491,16 +492,24 @@ function sendPackets(bytes, packetIndeces) {
 
   AudioSender.setAudioContext(audioContext);
 
+  const sendFirstTwice = messagePanel.getIsFirstPacketSentTwice();
+
   if(audioContext.state !== "running") {
     statusPanel.appendText(`Expected audio context to be running. State: ${audioContext.state}`);
   }
   
-  const startSeconds = AudioSender.now() + 0.1;
+  let startSeconds = AudioSender.now() + 0.1;
   const packetBitCount = PacketUtils.getPacketMaxBitCount();
   const packer = PacketUtils.pack(bytes);
 
   try {
     AudioSender.beginAt(startSeconds);
+    if(sendFirstTwice) {
+      let packet = packer.getBits(packetIndeces[0]);
+      packet.push(...new Array(packetBitCount - packet.length).fill(0));
+      sendPacket(packet, startSeconds);
+      startSeconds += packetDurationSeconds;
+    }
     // send all packets
     for(let i = 0; i < requestedPacketCount; i++) {
       let packet = packer.getBits(packetIndeces[i]);