Stock Options and Awards (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Abstract]

Schedule of Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Allocation of Recognized Period Costs [Table Text Block]

The following table summarizes stock-based compensation expense in the Company's consolidated statements of operations:

	Year ended
	September 30, 2013		September 30, 2012
	(Amounts in thousands)
Cost of sales	$	1	$	—
Engineering and development	4		5
Selling, general and administrative	144		87
Total	$	149	$	92

Schedule of Share-based Payment Award, Stock Options, Valuation Assumptions [Table Text Block]

The table below summarizes the assumptions used to value the options that were issued for fiscal year 2012:

	Year ended
	September 30, 2013	September 30, 2012
Expected volatility	—%	52%
Expected dividend yield	—%	2.92%
Risk-free interest rate	—%	1.32%
Expected term (in years)	0.00	7.25

Schedule of Share-based Compensation, Stock Options, Activity [Table Text Block]

The following tables provide summary data of stock option award activity:

	Number of Shares		Weighted average exercise price		Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Term	Aggregate Intrinsic Value (in thousands)
Outstanding at September 30, 2011	245,425		$	7.13	—	—
Granted	1,750		$	3.43	—	—
Expired	(750	)	$	4.79	—	—
Forfeited	—		—		—	—
Exercised	—		—		—	—
Outstanding at September 30, 2012	246,425		$	7.11	—	—
Granted	—		—		—	—
Expired	(97,500	)	$	8.46	—	—
Forfeited	—		—		—	—
Exercised	(41,249	)	2.77		—	—
Outstanding at September 30, 2013	107,676		$	7.56	2.89 Years	$	88
Exercisable at September 30, 2013	104,925		$	7.67	2.77 Years	$	78
Vested and expected to vest at September 30, 2013	107,676		$	7.56	2.89 Years	$	88

Schedule of Nonvested Share Activity [Table Text Block]

The following table provides summary data of nonvested stock award activity:

	Number of nonvested shares		Weighted Average grant date Fair Value		Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Term	Aggregate Intrinsic Value (in thousands)
Nonvested shares outstanding at September 30, 2011	55,849		$	3.86	—	—
Activity in 2012:
Granted	38,000		$	3.56	—	—
Vested	(27,766	)	$	3.87	—	—
Forfeited	(29,333	)	—		—	—
Nonvested shares outstanding at September 30, 2012	36,750		$	3.68	—	—
Activity in 2013:
Granted	57,250		$	5.80	—	—
Vested	(18,000	)	$	3.79	—	—
Forfeited	(2,500	)	6.63		—	—
Nonvested shares outstanding at September 30, 2013	73,500		$	5.21	2.18 Years	$	520
Vested at September 30, 2013	81,217		$	3.67	0.26 Years	$	574
Vested and expected to vest at September 30, 2013	154,717		$	4.40	1.17 Years	$	1,094