Number of Customer Representing over Ten Percent of Consolidated Accounts Receivable

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Number of Customer Representing over Ten Percent of Consolidated Net Sales

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Single customer representing over ten percent of consolidated accounts receivable, percent

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For an entity that discloses a concentration risk in relation to quantitative amount, which serves as the "benchmark" (or denominator) in the equation, this concept represents the concentration percentage derived from the division.

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Number of operating segments. An operating segment is a component of an enterprise: (a) that engages in business activities from which it may earn revenues and incur expenses (including revenues and expenses relating to transactions with other components of the same enterprise), (b) whose operating results are regularly reviewed by the enterprise's chief operating decision maker to make decisions about resources to be allocated to the segment and assess its performance, and (c) for which discrete financial information is available. An operating segment may engage in business activities for which it has yet to earn revenues, for example, start-up operations may be operating segments before earning revenues.

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Number of segments reported by the entity. A reportable segment is a component of an entity for which there is an accounting requirement to report separate financial information on that component in the entity's financial statements.

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Amount after accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization of physical assets used in the normal conduct of business to produce goods and services and not intended for resale. Examples include, but are not limited to, land, buildings, machinery and equipment, office equipment, and furniture and fixtures.

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Total revenue from sale of goods and services rendered during the reporting period, in the normal course of business, reduced by sales returns and allowances, and sales discounts.

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Segment Information and Major Customers (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2013 customer	Jun. 30, 2013	Mar. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Sep. 30, 2012 customer	Jun. 30, 2012	Mar. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Sep. 30, 2013 customer segment	Sep. 30, 2012 customer	Sep. 30, 2011 customer
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Number of operating segments									1
Number of reportable segments									1
Total revenue	$ 51,369	$ 48,824	$ 48,197	$ 46,991	$ 47,248	$ 47,632	$ 49,016	$ 46,662	$ 195,381	$ 190,558	$ 204,160
Total property, equipment and improvements	13,910				15,157				13,910	15,157	15,370
Number of customer representing over ten percent of revenue									0	0	0
Number of customer representing over ten percent of consolidated accounts receivable	1				0				1	0	0
Single customer representing over ten percent of consolidated accounts receivable, percent	13.80%								13.80%
North America, primarily United States
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Total revenue									116,541	112,398	118,654
United States
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Total property, equipment and improvements	13,321				14,233				13,321	14,233	14,169
United States \| U.S. Export Net Sales
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Percentage of revenue									41.70%	39.60%	37.50%
Europe, Middle East and Africa
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Total revenue									48,815	47,042	52,125
Asia
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Total revenue									24,507	24,844	26,939
Latin America
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Total revenue									5,518	6,274	6,442
International, primarily Europe
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Total property, equipment and improvements	589				924				589	924	1,201
Growth hardware product and all services
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Total revenue									110,741	99,257	101,565
Mature hardware products
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Total revenue									$ 84,640	$ 91,301	$ 102,595