CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (USD $)	Common Stock [Member]	Preferred Stock [Member]	Additional Paid-In Capital [Member]	Deferred Compensation Share Based Payments [Member]	Retained Earnings [Member]	Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income [Member]	Treasury Stock [Member]	Total
Balance at Sep. 30, 2009	$ 15,393	$ 0	$ 35,186,280	$ (3,392,769)	$ 13,606,510	$ 595,132	$ (1,972,684)	$ 44,037,863
Balance (in shares) at Sep. 30, 2009	30,786,106	0					1,620,320
Issuance of shares of common stock under employee stock purchase plan	10	0	43,818	0	0	0	0	43,828
Issuance of shares of common stock under employee stock purchase plan (in shares)	20,546	0					0
Issuance of shares of common stock in lieu of compensation to directors	41	0	221,602	(102,314)	0	0	0	119,329
Issuance of shares of common stock in lieu of compensation to directors (in shares)	81,179	0					0
Issuance of shares of common stock under stock option plan	61	0	226,469	0	0	0	0	226,530
Issuance of shares of common stock under stock option plan (in shares)	121,459	0					0
Compensation costs recognized in connection with employee bonuses	3	0	18,254	0	0	0	0	18,257
Compensation costs recognized in connection with employee bonuses (in shares)	6,500	0					0
Compensation costs recognized in connection with employment contract	4	0	22,871	(22,875)	0	0	0	0
Compensation costs recognized in connection with employment contract (in shares)	7,500	0					0
Compensation costs recognized in connection with stock options	0	0	166,913	(34,899)	0	0	0	132,014
Issuance of shares of common stock in lieu of advisor fees	2	0	10,999	0	0	0	0	11,001
Issuance of shares of common stock in lieu of advisor fees (in shares)	4,484	0					0
Issuance of shares of common stock for conversion of Series B preferred stock	473	(710)	237	0	0	0	0	0
Issuance of shares of common stock for conversion of Series B preferred stock (in shares)	946,431	(710,000)					0
Foreign currency translation adjustment net of income taxes	0	0	0	0	0	150,162	0	150,162
Issuance of shares of common stock in lieu of Series C preferred stock dividends	22	0	109,978	0	0	0	0	110,000
Issuance of shares of common stock in lieu of Series C preferred stock dividends (in shares)	44,000	0					0
Preferred stock dividends	0	0	0	0	(537,433)	0	0	(537,433)
Net income	0	0	0	0	3,234,381	0	0	3,234,381
Balance at Sep. 30, 2010	6,241	5,256	15,186,029	(160,088)	5,791,368	150,162	(986,342)	19,992,626
Balance (in shares) at Sep. 30, 2010	12,482,356	5,256,000					810,160
Issuance of shares of common stock under employee stock purchase plan	15	0	95,275	0	0	0	0	95,290
Issuance of shares of common stock under employee stock purchase plan (in shares)	28,758	0					0
Issuance of shares of common stock in lieu of compensation to directors	24	0	228,795	(98,380)	0	0	0	130,439
Issuance of shares of common stock in lieu of compensation to directors (in shares)	48,167	0					0
Issuance of shares of common stock in lieu of compensation to directors	0	0	61,756	162,843	0	0	0	224,599
Issuance of shares of common stock under stock option plan	10	0	39,990	0	0	0	0	40,000
Issuance of shares of common stock under stock option plan (in shares)	20,000	0					0
Compensation costs recognized in connection with employee bonuses	3	0	27,496	0	0	0	0	27,499
Compensation costs recognized in connection with employee bonuses (in shares)	6,441	0					0
Compensation costs recognized in connection with employment contract	211	0	1,701,049	(1,600,760)	0	0	0	100,500
Compensation costs recognized in connection with employment contract (in shares)	423,000	0					0
Compensation costs recognized in connection with stock options	0	0	80,405	0	0	0	0	80,405
Issuance of shares of common stock for conversion of Series C preferred stock	1,051	(5,256)	4,205	0	0	0	0	(5,256,000)
Issuance of shares of common stock for conversion of Series C preferred stock (in shares)	2,102,400	(5,256,000)					0
Net exercise of options by non-director	8	0	(8)	0	0	0	0	0
Net exercise of options by non-director (in shares)	15,973	0					0
Net exercise of options by director	99	0	(88)	0	0	0	0	11
Net exercise of options by director (in shares)	198,650	0					0
Foreign currency translation adjustment net of income taxes	0	0	0	0	0	147,404	0	147,404
Issuance of shares of common stock in lieu of Series C preferred stock dividends	34	0	168,236	0	0	0	0	168,270
Issuance of shares of common stock in lieu of Series C preferred stock dividends (in shares)	67,308	0					0
Preferred stock dividends	0	0	0	0	(116,646)	0	0	(116,646)
Net income	0	0	0	0	1,351,645	0	0	1,348,734
Balance at Sep. 30, 2011	$ 7,697	$ 0	$ 17,593,140	$ (1,696,384)	$ 7,026,367	$ 297,566	$ (986,342)	$ 22,242,044
Balance (in shares) at Sep. 30, 2011	15,393,053	0					810,160