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Line Of Credit Facility, Accordion Feature

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Exercise price per share or per unit of warrants or rights outstanding.

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Number of securities into which the class of warrant or right may be converted. For example, but not limited to, 500,000 warrants may be converted into 1,000,000 shares.

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Percentage points added to the reference rate to compute the variable rate on the debt instrument.

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Face (par) amount of debt instrument at time of issuance.

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Amount of the required periodic payments including both interest and principal payments.

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Expected dividends to be paid to holders of the underlying shares or financial instruments (expressed as a percentage of the share or instrument's price).

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Period the instrument, asset or liability is expected to be outstanding, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Measure of dispersion, in percentage terms (for instance, the standard deviation or variance), for a given stock price.

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Risk-free interest rate assumption used in valuing an instrument.

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The fee, expressed as a percentage of the line of credit facility, for the line of credit facility regardless of whether the facility has been used.

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The effective interest rate during the reporting period.

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Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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The cash inflow from a debt initially having maturity due after one year or beyond the operating cycle, if longer.

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DEBT - Narrative (Details)	1 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
DEBT - Narrative (Details)	Feb. 28, 2017 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Jul. 31, 2016 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2017 USD ($) $ / shares	Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($)	Dec. 18, 2015 USD ($)
Short-term Debt [Line Items]
Proceeds from term loan			$ 24,240,000	$ 24,175,000
Payments under revolving credit facility			10,100,000	14,550,000
Fair value of warrants issued			1,447,000	$ 0
Tennenbaum Capital Partners, LLC \| Secured Debt
Short-term Debt [Line Items]
Debt instrument face amount		$ 25,000,000.0
Proceeds from term loan		$ 25,000,000
Interest rate during period		10.25%
Commitment fee percentage		3.30%
Closing fee (as a percent)		10.00%
Tennenbaum Capital Partners, LLC \| Secured Debt \| Amended Term Loan Agreement, February 2017
Short-term Debt [Line Items]
Debt instrument face amount	$ 25,000,000.0
Tennenbaum Capital Partners, LLC \| Secured Debt \| Minimum
Short-term Debt [Line Items]
Prepayment fee (as a percent)		1.00%
Tennenbaum Capital Partners, LLC \| Secured Debt \| Maximum
Short-term Debt [Line Items]
Prepayment fee (as a percent)		3.00%
Tennenbaum Capital Partners, LLC \| Secured Debt \| LIBOR
Short-term Debt [Line Items]
Interest rate during period		9.5625%
Reduction of interest rate during period (as a percent)		1.00%
Line of Credit \| Wells Fargo Bank \| Revolving Credit Facility
Short-term Debt [Line Items]
Credit line facility			$ 50,000,000.0
Credit line facility, accordion feature					$ 25,000,000.0
Payments under revolving credit facility		$ 10,300,000
Secured Debt \| Tennenbaum Capital Partners, LLC \| Amended Term Loan Agreement, February 2017
Short-term Debt [Line Items]
Interest rate during period	10.3125%
Commitment fee percentage	3.00%
Closing fee (as a percent)	4.00%
Unrestricted cash	$ 10,000,000.0
Number of securities called by warrants (in shares) \| shares	1,220,000
Warrant to purchase common stock, price per share (usd per share) \| $ / shares	$ 1.05
Class of warrant term year	7 years
Secured Debt \| Tennenbaum Capital Partners, LLC \| Term Loan Agreement, July 2016
Short-term Debt [Line Items]
Debt instrument face amount		25,000,000.0
Proceeds from term loan		$ 25,000,000
Secured Debt \| Tennenbaum Capital Partners, LLC \| Minimum \| Amended Term Loan Agreement, February 2017
Short-term Debt [Line Items]
Prepayment fee (as a percent)	1.00%
Periodic payments	$ 15,000,000.0
Secured Debt \| Tennenbaum Capital Partners, LLC \| Maximum \| Amended Term Loan Agreement, February 2017
Short-term Debt [Line Items]
Prepayment fee (as a percent)	3.00%
Secured Debt \| Tennenbaum Capital Partners, LLC \| LIBOR \| Amended Term Loan Agreement, February 2017
Short-term Debt [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate	9.25%
Reduction of interest rate during period (as a percent)	1.00%
Closing Date to March 31, 2018 \| Secured Debt \| Amended Term Loan Agreement, February 2017
Short-term Debt [Line Items]
Liquidity ratio required	1.5
April 1, 2018 and Thereafter \| Secured Debt \| Amended Term Loan Agreement, February 2017
Short-term Debt [Line Items]
Liquidity ratio required	1.75
Cashless Exercise Warrants
Short-term Debt [Line Items]
Warrant to purchase common stock, price per share (usd per share) \| $ / shares			$ 1.05
Stock price (usd per share) \| $ / shares			$ 1.56
Volatility rate, warrants			85.90%
Risk free interest rate, warrants			2.23%
Dividend rate, warrants			0.00%
Expected term, warrants			7 years