The slitmask database renamed my slitmasks; can you change them?
Unfortunately, no. Once the slitmask information has been ingested, it will be transferred to the milling site and the slitmask should be milled. Since the database computer in Santa Cruz has no way of knowing whether the mask data have been transferred to the slitmask mill on the Mauna Kea summit, it is not safe to change the slitmask name once the mask has been ingested. If we did change the name in the database, we could end up having the name recorded in the database disagree with the name milled into the physical mask. There is no way to change the metal, and the inscription on the mask is used as a cross-check by the technicians who are loading the masks. We wish to prevent such confusion.
