CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (USD $)	Mar. 31, 2012	Sep. 30, 2011
Cash	$ 1,141,164	$ 949,749
Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $1,613,000 and $996,122, respectively	4,221,544	4,150,427
Notes receivable, current portion	147,125	90,000
Prepaid expenses and other	2,566,896	1,082,581
Inventory, net of reserves of $127,016 and $127,016, respectively	631,096	579,779
Total current assets	8,707,825	6,852,536
Property and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation of $2,615,809 and $2,530,591, respectively	985,669	1,086,633
Monitoring equipment, net of accumulated depreciation of $4,037,979 and $3,608,388, respectively	4,039,548	3,461,985
Notes receivable, net of current portion	50,000	125,000
Goodwill	5,889,395	5,889,395
Intangible assets, net of amortization of $658,279 and $485,393, respectively	5,018,305	5,191,191
Other assets	78,122	78,509
Total assets	24,768,864	22,685,249
Accounts payable (including $302,507 and $505,977 due to a related party, respectively, see Note 16)	2,382,776	2,840,845
Accrued liabilities	3,015,176	2,713,230
Deferred revenue	955,301	162,331
Dividends payable	624,231	541,797
Current portion of long-term related-party debt, net of debt discount of $7,382 and $0, respectively	1,667,488	754,896
Current portion of long-term debt, net of debt discount of $416,103 and $0, respectively	891,966	1,041,392
Total current liabilities	9,536,938	8,054,491
Long-term related-party debt, net of current portion and debt discount of $13,172 and $0, respectively	61,828	116,852
Long-term debt, net of current portion and debt discount of $20,528 and $0, respectively	648,715	898,598
Total liabilities	10,247,481	9,069,941
Series D 8% dividend, convertible, voting, $0.0001 par value: 85,000 shares designated; 48,783 and 44,845 shares outstanding, respectively (aggregate liquidation preference of $28,521,086)	5	5
Common stock, $0.0001 par value: 1,250,000,000 shares authorized; 529,730,666 and 503,623,428 shares outstanding, respectively	52,973	50,362
Additional paid-in capital	249,105,789	244,620,460
Accumulated deficit	(234,637,384)	231,055,519
Total equity	14,521,383	13,615,308
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity	$ 24,768,864	$ 22,685,249