Well, I have tried holding PLsr high the whole time. What this does is latch a new bit to the SR each time CLKsr goes high. This results in a count of either all 1's or 0's. I had also been using SHIFTIN mode 3. However, I just found that I could drive PLsr CLKsr high then both low and use mode 1 to read the bit before the clock signal. That way I get the bit that is already in the SR at the start of the SHIFTIN command. Victory!!! Thanks for the help.