Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Product Warranties (Details)

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Product Warranties (Details) (USD $)
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
12 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Mar. 31, 2014
Mar. 31, 2013
Changes in Company's product warranty reserve      
Total product warranty reserve at the beginning of the period $ 328us-gaap_StandardProductWarrantyAccrual $ 152us-gaap_StandardProductWarrantyAccrual $ 243us-gaap_StandardProductWarrantyAccrual
Warranty reserves from business acquisitions   149us-gaap_StandardProductWarrantyAccrualAdditionsFromBusinessAcquisition 25us-gaap_StandardProductWarrantyAccrualAdditionsFromBusinessAcquisition
Specific pre-acquisition ANTONE product warranty in excess of acquired limit     303wstl_SpecificPreAcquisitionProductWarrantyAccrualAdditions
Product Warranty Expense 446us-gaap_ProductWarrantyExpense 183us-gaap_ProductWarrantyExpense (45)us-gaap_ProductWarrantyExpense
Utilization (269)us-gaap_StandardProductWarrantyAccrualPayments (156)us-gaap_StandardProductWarrantyAccrualPayments (374)us-gaap_StandardProductWarrantyAccrualPayments
Total product warranty reserve at the end of the period $ 505us-gaap_StandardProductWarrantyAccrual $ 328us-gaap_StandardProductWarrantyAccrual $ 152us-gaap_StandardProductWarrantyAccrual