Guide needed for local interface to Davis weatherstations

It’s just a wish. The thread I have followed is Davis WeatherLink Integration but I have not been able to read data from my Davis VantageVue with the various yaml edits suggested there. As I have posted elswhere, a major missing piece of HA – well not HA itself because HA is software but of home automation hardware systems – is a robust (wired) weatherproof outside temperature sensor. I have a full weather station but all I really need is a reliable temperature sensor, not a student demo project that will corrode in a few months.