Set timer or some other way to prevent script from running multiple times in short time

RouterOS Scripting
1

I want to monitor my download to check how often I reach max bandwidth and basing on that decide whether to increase speed at my ISP or not.
I created simple traffic monitor, set trigger to above 100M and pasted this script:

global telegramMessage "100mbps reached!"
/system script run SendToTelegram

Now to prevent spamming over and over what I want to achieve is something like this:

if (bandwidth_already_informed_flag == 0) {
global telegramMessage "100mbps reached!"
/system script run SendToTelegram
set bandwidth_already_informed_flag to 1 for 60 minutes
}

Any ideas?

Two questions about DHCP leases script.
2

maybe?

  • set a ":global bandwidth_already_informed_flag=1;
  • start scheduler to reset in 60min

Another solution: use graphing to monitor usage over longer time interval (not just instantaneous).

3

In scripts I created dwnFlagCleaner

:global downloadFlag
set downloadFlag "0"

And in traffic monitor I now have this maxDown

if ($downloadFlag != "1") do={
global telegramMessage "Download 100mbps reached!"
/system script run SendToTelegram
set downloadFlag "1"
--run scheudler here--
}

Now I need to create scheduler which will be started at the end of maxDown and after 60 minutes will execute dwnFlagCleaner. How to do that?

4

There are two ways to go about doing that. One, you put the scheduled task and enable/disable it as needed. The other, you create and remove it each time.

This is the task you need.

/system scheduler add name=dwnFlagCleaner start-time=startup interval=60m on-event=dwnFlagCleaner

Either add it and disable it or add the line to your script. If you choose the first option you then add this to the script:

/system scheduler enable dwnFlagCleaner

Then you can put an if into the script and either:

/system scheduler disable dwnFlagCleaner

or

/system scheduler remove dwnFlagCleaner
5

Works, Thank You once more.

6

Awesome! Glad I could help. :smiley: