I'm sorry to reply to an old thread, I just wanted to let people know I have been able to get these 1715AH chips working using one of the cheap regulator boards designed for using with the NRF24L01+ and the RF24 Library from TMRH20.

I ran into this thread and almost returned the modules disappointed, but I decided to give it a try anyway and they worked for me. It's one of the only hits on google when searching for the model number so hopefully this post helps others.