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Accrued Liabilities (Details) (USD $)
 9 Months Ended
Jul. 31, 2013
Oct. 31, 2012
Accrued Liabilities, Current [Abstract]    
Accrued payroll and employee benefits $ 4,390,000 [1] $ 3,907,000 [1]
Accrued Contract and Operating Costs 40,000 [2] 39,000 [2]
Reserve for product warranty costs 1,572,000 [3] 2,317,000 [3]
Reserve for Service Agreement Costs 5,222,000 [4] 7,222,000 [4]
Reserve for B1200 Repair and Upgrade Program 4,669,000 [5] 4,753,000 [5]
Accrued taxes, legal professional and other 3,505,000 [6] 2,027,000 [6]
Accrued Liabilities, Current 19,398,000 20,265,000
Product Warranty Accrual, Warranties Issued 1,300,000  
Product Warranty Accrual, Payment and Adjustments 2,000,000  
Loss Reserve on Service Agreements 4,100,000 5,000,000
Reserve for Performance Guarantees 1,100,000 2,200,000
costs for repair and upgrades $ 100,000  
[1] Balance relates to amounts owed to employees for compensation and benefits as of the end of the period.
[2] Balance includes estimated losses accrued on product sales contracts.
[3] Activity in the reserve for product warranty costs for the nine months ended July 31, 2013 included additions for estimates of potential future warranty obligations of $1.3 million on contracts in the warranty period and reserve reductions related to actual warranty spend and reversals to income of $2.0 million as contracts progress through the warranty period or are beyond the warranty period.
[4] As of July 31, 2013 and October 31, 2012, the loss reserve on SA's totaled $4.1 million and $5.0 million, respectively. Also included in this line item is a reserve for performance guarantees penalties under the terms of our customer contracts, which based on our ongoing analysis of historical fleet performance totaled $1.1 million and $2.2 million as of July 31, 2013 and October 31, 2012, respectively.
[5] For the nine months ended July 31, 2013, the Company incurred actual repair and upgrade costs of approximately $0.1 million.
[6] Balance includes accrued sales, use and payroll taxes as well as accrued legal, professional and other expenses as of the end of the period.