In the State of Awaiting Order

Last month I purchased a new digital caliper, for measuring gemstones (my day job). Last night just for fun, I read the instructions. I usually like to read the directions from things from China, this proved to be no exception.
The mode directions explained all the things this simple digital caliber can do. Before, however, you can use it, you must place the caliber, "In the state of awaiting order." There were no directions on how to do this, unfortunately.
Then it occurred to me. "The state of awaiting order," meant, in our archaic way of phrasing things, "On."
Wow!
I was somewhat disappointed. "The state of awaiting order," cries out for much more meaning than that. I mean, whole novels, self help books and CIA papers can bear that title.
Maybe I'll write a story with the title.