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Stock-Based Compensation - Income Tax Benefit From Stock-based Awards (Details) (USD $)
9 Months Ended
Apr. 30, 2015
Apr. 30, 2014
Jul. 31, 2014
Aug. 01, 2005
Income Tax Benefits From Stock Based Awards [Abstract]        
Actual income tax benefit recorded for the tax deductions relating to the settlement of stock-based awards $ 1,032,000us-gaap_EmployeeServiceShareBasedCompensationTaxBenefitRealizedFromExerciseOfStockOptions $ 342,000us-gaap_EmployeeServiceShareBasedCompensationTaxBenefitRealizedFromExerciseOfStockOptions    
Less: Tax benefit initially recognized on settled stock-based awards vesting subsequent to the adoption of accounting standards that require us to expense stock-based awards 892,000cmtl_TaxBenefitInitiallyRecognizedRelatedToSettledStockBasedAwards 280,000cmtl_TaxBenefitInitiallyRecognizedRelatedToSettledStockBasedAwards    
Excess income tax benefit recorded as an increase to additional paid-in capital 140,000cmtl_ExcessIncomeTaxBenefitRecordedAsIncreaseToAdditionalPaidInCapital 62,000cmtl_ExcessIncomeTaxBenefitRecordedAsIncreaseToAdditionalPaidInCapital    
Less: Tax benefit initially disclosed but not previously recognized on settled equity-classified stock-based awards vesting prior to the adoption of accounting standards that require us to expense stock-based awards 0cmtl_TaxBenefitInitiallyDisclosedButNotRecognizedRelatedToStockBasedAwards 13,000cmtl_TaxBenefitInitiallyDisclosedButNotRecognizedRelatedToStockBasedAwards    
Excess income tax benefit from settled equity-classified stock-based awards reported as a cash flow from financing activities in our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows 140,000cmtl_ExcessTaxBenefitFromExercisedShareBasedCompensationFinancingActivities 49,000cmtl_ExcessTaxBenefitFromExercisedShareBasedCompensationFinancingActivities    
Hypothetical tax benefits related to stock-based awards 17,314,000cmtl_SharedBasedAwardsHypotheticalTaxBenefitAdditionalPaidInCapitalPool   17,574,000cmtl_SharedBasedAwardsHypotheticalTaxBenefitAdditionalPaidInCapitalPool 8,593,000cmtl_SharedBasedAwardsHypotheticalTaxBenefitAdditionalPaidInCapitalPool
Reduction to APIC and accumulated hypothetical tax benefits $ 260,000cmtl_NetReductionToAPICAndAccumulatedHypotheticalTaxBenefits $ 2,306,000cmtl_NetReductionToAPICAndAccumulatedHypotheticalTaxBenefits