Accounts and Long Term Receivable (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2019	Sep. 30, 2018
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Minimum term of accounts and long term receivables	1 year	1 year
Accounts receivable	$ 15,114	$ 11,980
Total long-term receivable	5,328
Long term receivable - without financing component	$ 300
Financing receivables
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Minimum term of accounts and long term receivables	1 year
Accounts receivable	$ 2,100
Long term receivable - financing component	$ 5,000
Long term receivables interest rate	6.90%
Contract Receivable, Fiscal Year Maturity [Abstract]
2020	$ 2,502
2021	2,258
2022	1,880
2023	1,423
Total payments	8,063
Less: unearned income	976
Total, net of unearned income	$ 7,087

The carrying amount as of the balance sheet date of contractual receivables net of unearned income.

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The weighted average interest rate charged on receivables maturing after one year.

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The carrying amount as of the balance sheet date of unearned income.

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Amount, after allowance, receivable from customers, clients, or other third-parties, and receivables classified as other due within one year or the normal operating cycle, if longer.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Amount billed to customers under long-term contracts or programs but not paid. Excludes amounts due that have been withheld because of retainage provisions in a contract.

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Amount due from customers or clients, more than one year from the balance sheet date, for goods or services that have been delivered or sold in the normal course of business, reduced to the estimated net realizable fair value by an allowance established by the entity of the amount it deems uncertain of collection.

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Amount billed to customers under long-term contracts or programs to be collected in the second fiscal year following the latest fiscal year. Excludes amounts due that have been withheld because of retainage provisions in a contract. Excludes interim and annual periods when interim periods are reported on a rolling approach, from latest balance sheet date.

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Amount billed to customers under long-term contracts or programs to be collected in the next fiscal year following the latest fiscal year. Excludes amounts due that have been withheld because of retainage provisions in a contract. Excludes interim and annual periods when interim periods are reported on a rolling approach, from latest balance sheet date.

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Amount billed to customers under long-term contracts or programs to be collected in the fourth fiscal year following the latest fiscal year. Excludes amounts due that have been withheld because of retainage provisions in a contract. Excludes interim and annual periods when interim periods are reported on a rolling approach, from latest balance sheet date.

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The aggregate of amounts due from customers or clients more than one year from the balance sheet date, for goods or services that have been delivered or sold in the normal course of business and an amount representing an agreement for an unconditional promise by the maker to pay the Company (holder) a definite sum of money at a future date more than one year from the balance sheet date, reduced to their estimated net realizable fair value by an allowance established by the Company of the amount it deems uncertain of collection and net of any write-downs taken for collection uncertainty on the part of the holder, respectively.

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An amount representing an agreement for an unconditional promise by the maker to pay the Entity (holder) a definite sum of money at a future date more than one year from the balance sheet date, net of any write-downs taken for collection uncertainty on the part of the holder. Such amount may include accrued interest receivable in accordance with the terms of the debt. The debt also may contain provisions and related items including a discount or premium, payable on demand, secured, or unsecured, interest bearing or noninterest bearing, among a myriad of other features and characteristics. This amount does not include amounts related to receivables held-for-sale.

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