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Business acquisitions - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($)			1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Jun. 02, 2015	Nov. 02, 2014	May. 19, 2015	Oct. 31, 2015	Oct. 31, 2014	Jun. 05, 2015
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Gross				$ 2,100,000
Revenues				32,804,000	$ 23,115,000
Selling, General and Administrative Expense				9,126,000	$ 7,239,000
Rel-Tech Electronics, Inc
Business Acquisition, Additional Payment In Cash				$ 800,000
Business Acquisition Unregistered Common Stock Shares				50,467
Business Acquisition Unregistered Common Stock Value				$ 200,000
Business Acquisition, Percentage of Voting Interests Acquired						100.00%
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Gross	$ 2,100,000			$ 3,100,000
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred	610,000
Business Acquisition, Share Price				$ 3.96
Revenues				$ 3,100,000
Business Acquisition Cost Of Acquired Entity Purchases Price	$ 2,910,000
Rel-Tech Electronics, Inc \| Palumbo
Salary Payable To President				$ 150,000
Description For President Annual Bonus				earn an annual bonus of up to 50% of his base salary
CompPro Product Line
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Gross			$ 700,000
Business Acquisition Cost Of Acquired Entity Purchases Price			$ 700,000
Comnet Telecom Supply Inc
Business Acquisition Cost Of Acquired Entity Purchase Price value				$ 1,060,000
Business Acquisition, Additional Payment In Cash				$ 300,000
Business Acquisition Unregistered Common Stock Shares				252,381
Business Acquisition, Percentage of Voting Interests Acquired				100.00%
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Gross		$ 3,090,000
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred		1,235,000
Revenues				$ 10,300,000
Business Acquisition Cost Of Acquired Entity Purchases Price		$ 5,385,000		4,150,000
Selling, General and Administrative Expense				318,000
Comnet Telecom Supply Inc \| Mr. Portera
Business Acquisition Cost Of Acquired Entity Purchase Price value				4,150,000
Business Acquisition, Additional Payment In Cash				$ 1,360,000
Description For President Annual Bonus				earn an annual bonus of up to 50% of his base salary
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred				$ 210,000
Business Acquisition, Share Price				$ 4.20