diff --git a/MConnectSDK/MConnectClient.cs b/MConnectSDK/MConnectClient.cs
index b7f6b26..59b2d33 100644
--- a/MConnectSDK/MConnectClient.cs
+++ b/MConnectSDK/MConnectClient.cs
@@ -55,7 +55,15 @@ namespace MConnectSDK
     /// <summary>
     /// URL BASE per le chiamate
     /// </summary>
-    protected string baseUrl = @"https://stg.maestroconnect.scmgroup.com/";
+    protected string BaseUrl = @"https://stg.maestroconnect.scmgroup.com/";
+    /// <summary>
+    /// URL BASE per le chiamate
+    /// </summary>
+    protected string PingTarget = @"stg.maestroconnect.scmgroup.com";
+    /// <summary>
+    /// URL per test HEALT del cloud
+    /// </summary>
+    protected string AliveTarget = @"https://stg.api.maestroconnect.scmgroup.com/health";
     /// <summary>
     /// DateTime di watchdog
     /// </summary>
@@ -341,24 +349,25 @@ namespace MConnectSDK
         answ.Source = SourceType.LOCAL;
       }
 
-      // verifico chiamata server...
-      if (_currParam.testMode)
+      // verifico STATO sistema A VALLE...   
+
+      // STEP 1: PING a server (locale/remoto) 
+      bool pingOk = false;
+      if (PingTarget != "")
       {
-        // Fingo che tutto vada bene e di conseguenza setto risposta...
-        answ.CloudStatusOk = true;
-        answ.Source = SourceType.CLOUD;
-        // attesa random...
-        Random r = new Random();
-        Thread.Sleep(100 + r.Next(0, 100));
+        pingOk = Utils.pingAddress(PingTarget);
       }
-      else
+      // STEP 2: test HEALTH page...
+      if (pingOk)
       {
-        // TBD !!!FARE!!! le vere chiamate di testing remoto...
-
-        // PING a server (locale/remoto)
-
-        // verifica chiamapa pagina HEALT  con reply = "HELLO" | https://stg.api.maestroconnect.scmgroup.com/health
-
+        // verifica chiamata pagina HEALT  con reply = "HELLO" | https://stg.api.maestroconnect.scmgroup.com/health
+        var pageRes = Utils.DownloadPageAsync(AliveTarget);
+        pageRes.Wait();
+        if (pageRes.Result.IndexOf("HELLO") >= 0)
+        {
+          answ.CloudStatusOk = true;
+          answ.Source = SourceType.CLOUD;
+        }
       }
       answ.CallResultOk = (answ.CloudStatusOk || answ.LocalStatusOk);
       return answ;
@@ -514,8 +523,10 @@ namespace MConnectSDK
           // imposto val da file YAML...
           _MConnectID = config["MachineID"].ToString();
           _ClientID = config["Client_ID"].ToString();
-          // URL base x le chiamate REALI
-          baseUrl = config["BaseUrl"].ToString();
+          // URL base x le chiamate REALI            
+          BaseUrl = config["BaseUrl"].ToString();
+          PingTarget = config["PingTarget"].ToString();
+          AliveTarget = config["AliveTarget"].ToString();
 
           var redisConf = config["MemoryLayer"]["Redis"];
 
diff --git a/MConnectSDK/Utils.cs b/MConnectSDK/Utils.cs
index 05d08aa..a5b40c9 100644
--- a/MConnectSDK/Utils.cs
+++ b/MConnectSDK/Utils.cs
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Drawing;
 using System.Linq;
-using System.Net;
+using System.Net.Http;
 using System.Net.NetworkInformation;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
 
 namespace MConnectSDK
 {
@@ -12,13 +13,13 @@ namespace MConnectSDK
     /// <summary>
     /// Test ping x indirizzo indicato
     /// </summary>
-    /// <param name="address"></param>
+    /// <param name="address">Hostname or Address</param>
     /// <returns></returns>
-    public static bool pingAddress(IPAddress address)
+    public static bool pingAddress(string target)
     {
       bool answ = false;
       Ping pingSender = new Ping();
-      PingReply reply = pingSender.Send(address, 100);
+      PingReply reply = pingSender.Send(target, 100);
       // se passa il ping do OK...
       if (reply.Status == IPStatus.Success)
       {
@@ -74,7 +75,23 @@ namespace MConnectSDK
       }
       return sMacAddress;
     }
-
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Effettua download async della pagina indicata
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="pageURL"></param>
+    public static async Task<string> DownloadPageAsync(string pageURL)
+    {
+      string result = "";
+      // ... Use HttpClient.
+      using (HttpClient client = new HttpClient())
+      using (HttpResponseMessage response = await client.GetAsync(pageURL))
+      using (HttpContent content = response.Content)
+      {
+        // ... lettura contenuto...
+        result = await content.ReadAsStringAsync();
+      }
+      return result;
+    }
 #if false
     /// <summary>
     /// Effettua chaimata URL e restituisce risultato
diff --git a/TestClient/mconnect.conf.yaml b/TestClient/mconnect.conf.yaml
index 1dbe01f..5d383cc 100644
--- a/TestClient/mconnect.conf.yaml
+++ b/TestClient/mconnect.conf.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 #File di conf per MConnectClientSDK
 conf:
   Client_ID: "test"
-  MachineID: "MCID-0009-1234-5678" 
+  MachineID: "MCID-0009-1234-5678"                           
+  PingTarget: "stg.api.maestroconnect.scmgroup.com"       
+  AliveTarget: "https://stg.api.maestroconnect.scmgroup.com/health"
   BaseUrl: "https://stg.api.maestroconnect.scmgroup.com/api"
   MemoryLayer: 
     Redis: