SHIFTIN problem

[champion]

hi all. More rookie problems to deal with. I am using the SHIFTIN command to shift in 16 bits of data from a counter. My problem is with initiating the counter's shift register. The following link will lead you to the data sheet for the decoder/counter that I am using.

http://www.genapta.com/WORD%20DOCS/GEN-2122-5.pdf

On the 5th page under "Shift Register" you will read that in order to latch the data to the shift register I have to hold PLsr high for one rising edge of the shift register Clock, CLKsr. My problem with that is the SHIFTIN command is what generates the pulses for CLKsr, and I am forced to manually drive CLKsr high while PLsr is high in order to latch the data. As a result, I always miss the first bit. Not good. I need a way to latch the data as the SHIFTIN command begins. Does anyone know a trick I could use to do this? Thanks.