Route down log indication

RouterOS Scripting
1

Hi,
Looking to implement a check to confirm if routes are up and running for various subnets. Trying to get it working with Netwatch and an output to log at the moment but a major issue in the Loop that my inferior scripting skills have not managed to solve, so I turn to the forum for assistance.

Thanks to @Jotne for getting me this far with his post viewtopic.php?p=888800#p888800

Netwatch:
Host - 8.8.8.8
Up - Pointing to script “Test”
Down - Pointing to script “Test”

Script:
Name - Test
Source -

:local Host $host
/tool netwatch
:local Status [get [find where host="$Host"] status]
:while ($Status="down") do= {:log error "Down"}

This currently outputs an endless barrage of error log “Down” without end, only way I’ve found is a reboot. How can I get this error message to loop every minute if the netwatch status is marked as down and then to stop when status is up?

2

Is exactly what you want/write:
while $Status is down, write to error log “Down”…

If you had written instead:
if $tatus is down, write to error log “Down”…

3

Had already tried this however with logic it only outputs to log once. How would one go about getting this to repeat until the Status is noted as “up”?

:local Host $host
/tool netwatch
:local Status [get [find where host="$Host"] status]
:if ($Status="down") do={:log error "ITS DOWN"} else={:log error "ITS UP"}
4

ChatGPT gave me the answer

:while ($Status="down") do={
    :log error "Down"
    :delay 1000ms
    :set Status [get [find where host="$Host"] status] #THIS needs to check the var every time
}