A Powershell function that pings given host names and returns their status - basic machine monitoring

PingIt.ps1

Function PingIt{
    <#
    .SYNOPSIS
	    Pings a list of computers, returns if they are offline or online and provides MS return time and status code

    .FUNCTIONALITY
        Simply used as a status indicator of machines as opposed to applications

    .DESCRIPTION
	    Puts out the status of the hosts requested
	
    .PARAMETER Computers
	    The hosts you want monitored
	
    .PARAMETER Wait
	    Length between pings
    
    .PARAMETER Logscape
    Boolean - Using with Logscape (Outputs strings instead of objects)

    .EXAMPLE
	    PingIt -Computers HOST1,HOST2

    .OUTPUTS
	    String

    .NOTES
	    Author: Ben Newton - Excelian

    .LINK
        http://github.com/istairbn
    #>	

    [CmdletBinding()]
    param(
        [Parameter(Mandatory=$True,ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName=$True)]
        [string[]]
        $Computers = @(),

        [Parameter(Mandatory=$False,ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName=$True)]
        [int]
        $Wait = 60,

        [Parameter(Mandatory=$False)]
        [bool]
        $Logscape = $False
    )

    $Now = Get-Date -Format "yyyy/mm/dd hh:MM:ss"

    while(1){
        ForEach($Computer in $Computers){
            Try{
                 If($IT = Test-Connection -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -Count 1 -ComputerName $Computer -ErrorVariable Failure){
                    If($Logscape){
                      $String = $Now + " Server:" + $IT.Address +" MsResponse:" + $IT.ResponseTime +" State:Online Status:" + $IT.StatusCode +" IPV4:" + $IT.IPV4Address
                      Write-Output $String
                    }
                    Else{
                      $Obj = New-Object -TypeName PSObject -Property @{"TimeStamp"=$Now;"Server"=$IT.Address;"MsResponse"=$IT.ResponseTime;"State"="Online";"StatusCode"=$IT.StatusCode;"IPV4Address"=$IT.IPV4Address;"IPV6Address"=$IT.IPV6Address }
                      Write-Output $Obj
                    }
                 }
                 else{     
                    If($Logscape){
                        $String = $Now + " Server:" + $Computer + " Status: Offline"
                        Write-Output $String
                    }
                    Else{
                      $Obj = New-Object -TypeName PSObject -Property @{"TimeStamp"=$Now;"Server"=$IT.Address;"State"="Offline"}
                      Write-Output $Obj
                    }
                 }
            }
            catch [System.Exception]{
	            Write-Error $Failure
            }
        }
        sleep $Wait
    }
}

Updated to include a $Logscape parameter. If True, it will output a string (suitable for captured console output). If false (default) it will output a standard powershell object including the timestamp