Acquisition	6 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2019
Business Combinations [Abstract]
ACQUISITIONS	ACQUISITIONS Acquisition of Accelerated Concepts, Inc. On January 22, 2018, we purchased all the outstanding stock of Accelerated Concepts, Inc. (“Accelerated”), a Tampa-based provider of secure, enterprise-grade, cellular (LTE) networking equipment for primary and backup connectivity applications, for cash of $16.4 million (excluding cash acquired of $0.2 million) and future earn-out payments. Accelerated’s results have been included in our consolidated financial statements within the IoT Products and Services segment since the date of acquisition. Purchase accounting related to the acquisition of Accelerated was finalized during the fourth quarter of fiscal 2018. The earn-out payments are scheduled to be paid in two installments and the payment amount, if any, will be calculated based on the revenue performance of Accelerated products. The first installment was based on revenues from January 22, 2018 through January 21, 2019 (the “2018 period”) and the second installment will be based on revenues from January 22, 2019 through January 21, 2020 (the “2019 period”). If certain revenue thresholds are met, the cumulative amount of these earn-outs will be $4.5 million. Additional payments, not to exceed $2.0 million for both installments, may also be due depending on revenue performance. The fair value of this contingent consideration was $5.4 million at March 31, 2019, which includes $3.5 million to be paid for the 2018 period (see Note 6 to the consolidated financial statements). Acquisition of TempAlert LLC On October 20, 2017, we purchased all the outstanding interests of TempAlert LLC (“TempAlert”), a Boston-based provider of automated, real-time temperature monitoring and task management solutions for cash of $40.7 million (excluding cash acquired of $0.6 million) and future earn-out payments. TempAlert’s results have been included in our consolidated financial statements within the IoT Solutions segment since the date of acquisition. Purchase accounting related to the acquisition was finalized during the first quarter of fiscal 2019. The first earn-out payments was schedules to be paid after December 31, 2018 and the second earn-out payment is scheduled to be paid after December 31, 2019 which is the end of the earn-out periods. No payment was earned for the period ended December 31, 2018. The cumulative amount of the remaining earn-outs for the periods ended December 31, 2019, will not exceed $45.0 million. The fair value of the remaining contingent consideration was zero at March 31, 2019 (see Note 6 to the consolidated financial statements).

ACQUISITIONS

Acquisition of Accelerated Concepts, Inc.

On January 22, 2018, we purchased all the outstanding stock of Accelerated Concepts, Inc. (“Accelerated”), a Tampa-based provider of secure, enterprise-grade, cellular (LTE) networking equipment for primary and backup connectivity applications, for cash of $16.4 million (excluding cash acquired of $0.2 million) and future earn-out payments. Accelerated’s results have been included in our consolidated financial statements within the IoT Products and Services segment since the date of acquisition. Purchase accounting related to the acquisition of Accelerated was finalized during the fourth quarter of fiscal 2018.

The earn-out payments are scheduled to be paid in two installments and the payment amount, if any, will be calculated based on the revenue performance of Accelerated products. The first installment was based on revenues from January 22, 2018 through January 21, 2019 (the “2018 period”) and the second installment will be based on revenues from January 22, 2019 through January 21, 2020 (the “2019 period”). If certain revenue thresholds are met, the cumulative amount of these earn-outs will be $4.5 million. Additional payments, not to exceed $2.0 million for both installments, may also be due depending on revenue performance. The fair value of this contingent consideration was $5.4 million at March 31, 2019, which includes $3.5 million to be paid for the 2018 period (see Note 6 to the consolidated financial statements).

Acquisition of TempAlert LLC

On October 20, 2017, we purchased all the outstanding interests of TempAlert LLC (“TempAlert”), a Boston-based provider of automated, real-time temperature monitoring and task management solutions for cash of $40.7 million (excluding cash acquired of $0.6 million) and future earn-out payments. TempAlert’s results have been included in our consolidated financial statements within the IoT Solutions segment since the date of acquisition. Purchase accounting related to the acquisition was finalized during the first quarter of fiscal 2019.

The first earn-out payments was schedules to be paid after December 31, 2018 and the second earn-out payment is scheduled to be paid after December 31, 2019 which is the end of the earn-out periods. No payment was earned for the period ended December 31, 2018. The cumulative amount of the remaining earn-outs for the periods ended December 31, 2019, will not exceed $45.0 million. The fair value of the remaining contingent consideration was zero at March 31, 2019 (see Note 6 to the consolidated financial statements).