Nature of Operations and Ability to Continue as a Going Concern	12 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2012
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Nature of Operations [Text Block]	Note 1 – Nature of Operations and Ability to Continue as a Going Concern Nature of Operations The Company is primarily engaged in the development, marketing and manufacturing of detection, sensing and analysis technology, precision instruments and optical components as well as contract research. The Company’s products and services are used in a broad range of application markets including the homeland security, industrial and medical markets sectors. The products and services are sold throughout the United States and internationally. Liquidity The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, which contemplates continuation of the Company as a going concern. However, the Company has failed to comply with the financial covenants set forth in the terms of its outstanding agreements and sustained a substantial loss from operations. These factors raise substantial doubt over the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. The Company is in default of the financial covenants set forth in the terms of its outstanding indebtedness for its fiscal fourth quarter ended September 30, 2012. These covenants require the Company to maintain specified ratios of earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) to fixed charges and to total/senior debt. A default gives the lenders the right to accelerate the maturity of the indebtedness outstanding. Furthermore, Sovereign Bank, N.A, the Company’s senior lender, may, at its option, impose a default interest rate with respect to the senior debt outstanding, which is 5% higher than the rate otherwise in effect. To date, the lenders have not taken any such actions. However, the Company cannot predict when or whether a resolution of this situation will be achieved. The Company is current with all principal and interest payments due on all its outstanding indebtedness, through January 15, 2013, the date of this filing, and management is actively engaged in discussions with its senior lender to address the financial covenant situation. Because of the uncertainty of any resolution of the covenant violations and possibility of an acceleration of the indebtedness by the lenders, the Company has reclassified all of its outstanding indebtedness as a current liability for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2012. The Company’s ability to continue as a going concern is dependent upon its ability to generate future profitable operations and positive cash flows and/or to obtain the necessary financing from shareholders or other sources to meet its obligations and repay its liabilities arising from normal business operations when they become due. In view of the matters described in the preceding paragraphs, recoverability of a major portion of the recorded asset amounts shown in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet is dependent upon the continued operations of the Company. The consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments relating to the recoverability and classification of recorded asset amounts or amounts and classification of liabilities that might be necessary should the Company be unable to continue in existence. The Company has recently taken and will continue to take actions to improve its liquidity, including the implementation of a number of initiatives designed to conserve cash, optimize profitability and right-size the cost structure of its various businesses. The Company has retained Argus Management Corporation and Mirus Capital as financial advisors to assist it in evaluating strategic and restructuring alternatives, including the potential sale of product lines and/or a Company division. While the Company is actively considering such strategic alternatives, there can be no assurances that any such transaction will occur, or, if a transaction is completed, it will be on terms favorable to the Company. The Company does not currently have cash available to satisfy its obligations under its indebtedness if it were to be accelerated or payment demanded. If the Company is not able to resolve its current defaults under its outstanding indebtedness and improve its liquidity through the actions described above, it may not have sufficient liquidity to meet its anticipated cash needs for the next twelve months.

Nature of Operations and Ability to Continue as a Going Concern

12 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2012

Note 1 – Nature of Operations and Ability to Continue as a Going Concern

Nature of Operations

The Company is primarily engaged in the development, marketing and manufacturing of detection, sensing and analysis technology, precision instruments and optical components as well as contract research. The Company’s products and services are used in a broad range of application markets including the homeland security, industrial and medical markets sectors. The products and services are sold throughout the United States and internationally.

Liquidity

The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, which contemplates continuation of the Company as a going concern. However, the Company has failed to comply with the financial covenants set forth in the terms of its outstanding agreements and sustained a substantial loss from operations. These factors raise substantial doubt over the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.

The Company is in default of the financial covenants set forth in the terms of its outstanding indebtedness for its fiscal fourth quarter ended September 30, 2012. These covenants require the Company to maintain specified ratios of earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) to fixed charges and to total/senior debt. A default gives the lenders the right to accelerate the maturity of the indebtedness outstanding. Furthermore, Sovereign Bank, N.A, the Company’s senior lender, may, at its option, impose a default interest rate with respect to the senior debt outstanding, which is 5% higher than the rate otherwise in effect. To date, the lenders have not taken any such actions. However, the Company cannot predict when or whether a resolution of this situation will be achieved.

The Company is current with all principal and interest payments due on all its outstanding indebtedness, through January 15, 2013, the date of this filing, and management is actively engaged in discussions with its senior lender to address the financial covenant situation.

Because of the uncertainty of any resolution of the covenant violations and possibility of an acceleration of the indebtedness by the lenders, the Company has reclassified all of its outstanding indebtedness as a current liability for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2012. The Company’s ability to continue as a going concern is dependent upon its ability to generate future profitable operations and positive cash flows and/or to obtain the necessary financing from shareholders or other sources to meet its obligations and repay its liabilities arising from normal business operations when they become due.

In view of the matters described in the preceding paragraphs, recoverability of a major portion of the recorded asset amounts shown in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet is dependent upon the continued operations of the Company. The consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments relating to the recoverability and classification of recorded asset amounts or amounts and classification of liabilities that might be necessary should the Company be unable to continue in existence.

The Company has recently taken and will continue to take actions to improve its liquidity, including the implementation of a number of initiatives designed to conserve cash, optimize profitability and right-size the cost structure of its various businesses. The Company has retained Argus Management Corporation and Mirus Capital as financial advisors to assist it in evaluating strategic and restructuring alternatives, including the potential sale of product lines and/or a Company division. While the Company is actively considering such strategic alternatives, there can be no assurances that any such transaction will occur, or, if a transaction is completed, it will be on terms favorable to the Company. The Company does not currently have cash available to satisfy its obligations under its indebtedness if it were to be accelerated or payment demanded. If the Company is not able to resolve its current defaults under its outstanding indebtedness and improve its liquidity through the actions described above, it may not have sufficient liquidity to meet its anticipated cash needs for the next twelve months.