Anyone used an Arduino and Xbee Pro board to extended Zigbee Mesh Range?

So to ping an old thread.

I am trying to do this using the suggested parts in the thread.
I believe I have everything working but I can not get smartthings to show a thing in my device list. I have tried many times to put smartthings into add a thing, then plugging the module into my computer usb port.

I know it is connected to smartthings as the AI value is 0 and I can map out the mesh and see the coordinator, repeaters and endpoints on the mesh.

So I guess my question is am I okay even if I don’t get a “thing” listed in smartthings under my devices?