Hi all,
I know this topic has been kind of touched on already, but is there a way to access my RPis locally, but remotely, if that makes sense?
Both of my RPis are in my loft, so if I want to try changing a gain, for example, I have to get up there and bring it downstairs to plug it into a monitor and spare keyboard etc.
I’m not bothered about internet access, just some way of accessing the command line stuff from my home PC on the same network 
Headless access via ssh? That is usually the way to go. You‘ll have to enable it on the Pi and use a ssh client, eg putty for windows, on the other device. And it requires a little knowledge about how the linux terminal works, but that’s not that difficult und really useful to learn.
Thank you @biekerc 
For Beginners - How-to SSH to RPi - Setup Putty in Windows
For Beginners - How to Set / Change Gain
But changing gain depends on what image / decoder you use.
Did you run one of those two, then there are shortcuts to change gain:
Automatic installation for readsb · wiedehopf/adsb-scripts Wiki · GitHub
Automatic installation for dump1090 fa · wiedehopf/adsb-scripts Wiki · GitHub
You really need to provide some info on your setup when asking these questions 
Well I have 3 x RPi4’s in my loft and when I initially set them up I install XRDP and use Microsoft Remote Desktop on either PC or Mac (nicer interface on Mac for some strange reason) so I get straight to the RPi desktop when connected.
I also use SSH but almost always reach for RDP when I need to access the Pi’s even if all I do when I get there is open a Shell to the command line!
-=Glyn=-
Thanks all - there’s some bed time reading in there for me 
Yes, I successfully used your dump1090 fa script on both my PRis and they’re both running great in the loft and being monitored on my PC downstairs
Putty worked amazingly - thank you so much; that’s exactly what I wanted to achieve 
Ive been using Bitvise SSH Client, is there an advantage of putty?
I’ve only just started using PuTTY, so cannot comment really.
I downloaded RaspController for Android this morning and that’s good for mobile phone use.
No difference for our purpose. Bitvise has a bit more options for other connections.
I use ConnectBot which is a lightweight, powerful, open source SSH for Android. One can predefine connections and logins for one touch access to SSH enabled systems.
PuTTY is working really well for me!
I’ve also added a Philips Hue smart plug, to the mains feed, so I can remotely power cycle my feeds, as I find that very occasionally the RPis will go off-line and cannot be reached.
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