# Streaming CLI path issue **URL:** \ **Category:** Software & APIs\ **Created:** [February 20, 2025, 8:44pm UTC](https://forum.liquidinstruments.com/t/streaming-cli-path-issue/1127 "2025-02-20T20:44:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JackAttack720](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ce7236/32.png) [@JackAttack720](https://forum.liquidinstruments.com/u/JackAttack720)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2025, 8:44pm UTC](https://forum.liquidinstruments.com/t/streaming-cli-path-issue/1127/1 "2025-02-20T20:44:32Z")
**Moku model:** Moku:Go **Operating system:** Windows 11 **Software version:** MokuCLI: 2.2.3, Moku python API 3.3.3, Python 3.13.2 **Firmware version:** 601.0 **Bug or support request description:** When trying to start a streaming session on a lock in amplifier in multi instrument mode I get the following error: ```auto File "C:\Users\jrt3\Pycharm Projects\EUVRadiometer\euv_moku_interface.py", line 156, in example_live_plot_output(euv_interface) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "C:\Users\jrt3\Pycharm Projects\EUVRadiometer\euv_moku_interface.py", line 119, in example_live_plot_output lia_stream = moku_interface.lia.start_streaming() File "C:\Users\jrt3\Pycharm Projects\EUVRadiometer\.venv\Lib\site-packages\moku\instruments\_lockinamp.py", line 855, in start_streaming super().start_streaming() ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ^^ File "C:\Users\jrt3\Pycharm Projects\EUVRadiometer\.venv\Lib\site-packages\moku\instruments\_stream.py", line 123, in start_streaming check_mokucli_version(MOKU_CLI_PATH, self._compat_cli_ver) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "C:\Users\jrt3\Pycharm Projects\EUVRadiometer\.venv\Lib\site-packages\moku\utilities.py", line 17, in check_mokucli_version out, _ = Popen([cli_path, "--version"], stdout=PIPE, stderr=PIPE).communicate() ~~~~~ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "C:\Users\jrt3\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python313\Lib\subprocess.py", line 1038, in __init__ self._execute_child(args, executable, preexec_fn, close_fds, ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ pass_fds, cwd, env, ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ...<5 lines>... gid, gids, uid, umask, ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ start_new_session, process_group) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "C:\Users\jrt3\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python313\Lib\subprocess.py", line 1550, in _execute_child hp, ht, pid, tid = _winapi.CreateProcess(executable, args, ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ # no special security ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ...<4 lines>... cwd, ^^^^ startupinfo) ^^^^^^^^^^^^ PermissionError: [WinError 5] Access is denied ``` I tried many things including running as adminstrator, modifying permissions on files etc, but after some debugging I found there is perhaps a bug in line 17 of moku. **init**.py: ```auto MOKU_CLI_PATH = environ.get("MOKU_CLI_PATH", which("mokucli")) # This seems to return the path to the folder rather than the executable. >> 'C:\\Program Files\\Liquid Instruments\\Moku CLI\\' ``` I changed this line to ```auto MOKU_CLI_PATH = which(os.environ.get('MOKU_CLI_PATH') + 'mokucli') # This gives the executable file >>'C:\\Program Files\\Liquid Instruments\\Moku CLI\\mokucli.EXE' ``` This change allowed streaming to work. ---
**Author:** ![indira](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/forum.liquidinstruments.com/indira/32/317_2.png) [@indira](https://forum.liquidinstruments.com/u/indira)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2025, 5:02am UTC](https://forum.liquidinstruments.com/t/streaming-cli-path-issue/1127/2 "2025-02-24T05:02:40Z")
Hi Jack, You’re right that the MOKU\_CLI\_PATH should return ‘C:\Program Files\Liquid Instruments\Moku CLI\mokucli.EXE’, and I’m glad you could get that working. However I think the error you were getting initially is because you are using an old version of mokucli (looking at `check_mokucli_version(MOKU_CLI_PATH, self._compat_cli_ver`). If you revert these changes and then update your mokucli to the latest package you should be able to stream without any errors. You can download the latest mokicli package from [Utilities](https://www.liquidinstruments.com/software/utilities/). The installation wizard will configure everything needed to launch the CLI successfully. Let me know how this goes ---
**Author:** ![JackAttack720](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ce7236/32.png) [@JackAttack720](https://forum.liquidinstruments.com/u/JackAttack720)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2025, 3:16pm UTC](https://forum.liquidinstruments.com/t/streaming-cli-path-issue/1127/3 "2025-03-12T15:16:45Z")
Hi Indira, I downloaded my installation of the mokuCLI from [utilities](https://www.liquidinstruments.com/software/utilities/) as you had suggested, and that was the version I got. Are there instructions for updating the CLI another way? It seems 2.2.3 is the latest version of windows. Thanks -Jack ---
**Author:** ![Dylan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e95f7d/32.png) [@Dylan](https://forum.liquidinstruments.com/u/Dylan)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2025, 9:23pm UTC](https://forum.liquidinstruments.com/t/streaming-cli-path-issue/1127/4 "2025-03-12T21:23:37Z")
Hello Jack, The latest version of mokucli for all OS is 2.3.1. Please try downloading again and going through the installation wizard, ensuring to delete the old installation. Then run: mokucli --version in your terminal to verify the newest version is installed. Please let me know how it goes and if you need any more assistance! ---
**Author:** ![JackAttack720](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ce7236/32.png) [@JackAttack720](https://forum.liquidinstruments.com/u/JackAttack720)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2025, 1:56pm UTC](https://forum.liquidinstruments.com/t/streaming-cli-path-issue/1127/5 "2025-03-13T13:56:12Z")
Hi Dylan, downloading the latest version and installing through the wizard got me to 2.3.0, but I still don’t see 2.3.1. I don’t have any issues with 2.3.0 so far though. Thanks.