2.3.0 is out. The headline is Operator Roles: hand a locked-down surface to the person actually running the show.
- Operator Roles (CyberDeck Pro). Build a role, a chosen set of buttons and variables, and publish it to someone running DeckHand on their iPad. They get exactly that surface and nothing else. No connection editor, no page navigation, nothing to misconfigure mid-show.
- Pairing over your local network. Hand off a role by QR code, or by a 6-character code when the camera can't reach it. No accounts, no cloud.
- Manage paired operators from the role. See who's connected, push updates when the role changes, revoke access when the show is over. Nothing you didn't expose is reachable from the operator's device.
- A first-launch guide. A short walkthrough on first open points out the status rail, saved connections, and where the Pro features live.
- Companion 5 confirmed. CyberDeck works with Bitfocus Companion 5.0 with no changes. The supported floor stays Companion 4.3.
- The pairing QR no longer clips when the device is held sideways.
- The dashboard editor's advice when Companion's Button Subscriptions API is off now points at the setting to turn on, rather than telling you to update Companion.
If you use DeckHand, update both apps together. Pairing moved to wire protocol v2 this cycle, and v2 is deliberately fail-closed: a v2 app and a v1 app refuse to pair rather than degrade into something that half works. Since no public build of either app could pair before today, there is no v1 in the wild to be compatible with, and there never will be.
Companion 4.3+ required. iOS / iPadOS 17 or later.
Update in the App Store.