Configure the u-blox neo-6m for minimal output with 500ms updates from Arduino / C

u-blox_rate_init.c

// configure the u-blox neo-6m for minimal output with 500ms updates

byte startup[] = {
  /* 500ms updates
  B5 62 06 08 06 00 F4 01 01 00 01 00 0B 77 */
  0xB5, 0x62, 0x06, 0x08, 0x06, 0x00, 0xF4, 0x01, 0x01, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x0B, 0x77
  
  /* disable $GPGSV
  B5 62 06 01 03 00 F0 03 00 FD 15 */
  , 0xB5, 0x62, 0x06, 0x01, 0x03, 0x00, 0xF0, 0x03, 0x00, 0xFD, 0x15
  
  /* disable $GPVTG
  B5 62 06 01 03 00 F0 05 00 FF 19 */
  , 0xB5, 0x62, 0x06, 0x01, 0x03, 0x00, 0xF0, 0x05, 0x00, 0xFF, 0x19
  
  /* disable $GPGGA
  B5 62 06 01 03 00 F0 00 00 FA 0F */
  , 0xB5, 0x62, 0x06, 0x01, 0x03, 0x00, 0xF0, 0x00, 0x00, 0xFA, 0x0F
  
  /* disable $GPGSA
  B5 62 06 01 03 00 F0 02 00 FC 13 */
  , 0xB5, 0x62, 0x06, 0x01, 0x03, 0x00, 0xF0, 0x02, 0x00, 0xFC, 0x13
  
  /* disable $GPGLL
  B5 62 06 01 03 00 F0 01 00 FB 11 */
  , 0xB5, 0x62, 0x06, 0x01, 0x03, 0x00, 0xF0, 0x01, 0x00, 0xFB, 0x11
};

gpsSerial.write(startup, sizeof(startup));

// you'll probably get 60 bytes(10 bytes x 6 messages) of acks back, maybe interspersed with the first GPRMC message
// B5 62 05 01 02 00 06 08 16 3F