Create and pre-populate a mutiple value field in field collection on new node with ajax call

This question is in the same area as a previous I asked (How to create (& pre-populate) multiple “field collection” fields on an ajax call), but with the extra level of complexity that I’m trying to alter a multiple value field inside the field collection.

The Problem

I want to add a number of field instances to a multiple value field, inside a field collection when creating a node using an ajax call.

In order to create and pre-populate a multiple value field collection, you need to change the following value in the AJAX callback and then rebuild the form.

$form_state['field']['--machine-name-of-field-collection--'][LANGUAGE_NONE]['items_count'] = x;

However inside a field collection in $form_state, there is no field information, only entity information. So while I can change item_count for the field collection I can’t alter it for any of the fields inside it.

The entity also doesn’t seem to be fully created because it’s on a brand new node so I can’t load it and edit it.

Has anyone encountered this before? How do you work with fields inside entities on forms?

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