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The carrying value as of the balance sheet date of the current and noncurrent portions of long-term obligations drawn from a line of credit, which is a bank's commitment to make loans up to a specific amount. Examples of items that might be included in the application of this element may consist of letters of credit, standby letters of credit, and revolving credit arrangements, under which borrowings can be made up to a maximum amount as of any point in time conditional on satisfaction of specified terms before, as of and after the date of drawdowns on the line. Includes short-term obligations that would normally be classified as current liabilities but for which (a) postbalance sheet date issuance of a long term obligation to refinance the short term obligation on a long term basis, or (b) the enterprise has entered into a financing agreement that clearly permits the enterprise to refinance the short-term obligation on a long term basis and the following conditions are met (1) the agreement does not expire within 1 year and is not cancelable by the lender except for violation of an objectively determinable provision, (2) no violation exists at the BS date, and (3) the lender has entered into the financing agreement is expected to be financially capable of honoring the agreement.

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Financing (Details Narrative) - USD ($) $ in Thousands		1 Months Ended				9 Months Ended
Financing (Details Narrative) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Apr. 29, 2016	Sep. 30, 2016	Mar. 31, 2016	Feb. 29, 2016	Jan. 31, 2016	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015	Dec. 31, 2015
Proceeds from related party						$ 375
Proceeds from short term debt							$ 2,000
Short-term debt		$ 47				$ 47		$ 1,916
Omni Metrix [Member] \| Loan and Security Agreement [Member]
Proceeds from short term debt				$ 500
Debt bear interest rate						6.00%
Percentage of monthly service charge		1.00%		1.125%
Debt effective interest rate				19.50%
Line of credit		$ 150		$ 500		$ 150
Percentage of eligible hardware invoices		80.00%
Percentage of eligible monitoring invoices		40.00%
Percentage of all eligible invoices		75.00%
Short-term debt		$ 47				$ 47
Omni Metrix [Member] \| Loan and Security Agreement [Member] \| Sublimit [Member]
Line of credit				$ 300
Omni Metrix [Member] \| Loan and Security Agreement [Member] \| Prime Rate [Member]
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Notes mature days, following proceeds of DSIT transaction					three days
Repayment of promissory notes	$ 275
Director One [Member]
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Percentage of interest repaid	15.00%
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Director Two [Member]
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Percentage of borrowed amounts the company need to repay to each director			115.00%
Third Director [Member]
Principal amount converted to common stock	100
Interest due converted into common stock	$ 15
Conversion of loan to common stock, shares	465,587